λῆψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ (later [[λῆμψις]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088.45</span> (i A.D.), etc.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[taking hold]], [[seizing]], [[catching]], ῥύγχος… πρὸς τὰς λήψεις τῶν ζῳδαρίων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>662b9</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ καμπαὶ τῶν δακτύλων καλῶς ἔχουσι πρὸς τὰς λήψεις καὶ πιέσεις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">687b10</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπορώτερος ἡ λῆψις</b> the [[seizure]] of them will be more [[difficult]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.110</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ λῆψις τῆς πόλεως</b> the [[seizure]] of it, <span class="bibl">Id.4.114</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[accepting]], [[receiving]], ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ' ἡμέραν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>356</span>; ἡ τοῦ μισθοῦ λῆψις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>346d</span>; opp. [[ἀπόδοσις]], ib.<span class="bibl">332b</span>; opp. [[ἀποβολαί]] ([[loss]]), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1362a35</span> (pl.): in plural, [[receipt]]s, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>343d</span>, <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.123a, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1122a13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[taking]] of [[medicine]], <b class="b3">προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λήψεως</b> <span class="title">POxy.</span> [[l.c.]] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[attack]] of [[fever]] or [[sickness]], [[seizure]], ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λήψεως <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>1.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>866a26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in Logic, [[assumption]] (cf. [[λῆμμα]] ''ΙΙ''), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APr.</span>24a23</span>, <span class="bibl">24b11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λήψει</b> from our [[point of view]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.8. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[choice of matter]], in a [[poem]], etc., Longin.10.3; cf. [[λῆμμα]] ''III''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[choice of pitch]], in Music, <span class="bibl">Ocell.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.11</span> bis. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> Geom., <b class="b3">τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λῆψιν</b> the [[determination]] of the [[centre]] of the [[eccentric]] [[circle]], <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>5.56</span>.</span>