apprehend
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
arrest: P. and V. συλλαμβάνειν, συναρπάζειν; see arrest.
grasp with the mind: P. and V. λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν, κατέχειν, νοεῖν, αἰσθάνεσθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), γιγνώσκειν, P. καταλαμβάνειν, ἐφάπτεσθαι (gen.); see grasp.
fear: P. and V. φοβεῖσθαι; see fear.
anticipate: P. and V. προσδοκᾶν, προσδέχεσθαι.