ἀκατάληπτος

English (LSJ)

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   A that cannot be reached or touched, Arist.Pr.921b23; τί ἐστι φίλος; ἄνθρωπος ἀ. Secund.Sent.11. Adv. -τως Sch.Il.17.75.    II not to be conquered, J.BJ3.7.7; defying suppression, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γοητείας Vett. Val.238.25.    2 Philos., incomprehensible, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.91 M., M.Ant.7.54, S.E.M.7.432; that cannot be grasped, πλῆθος, of the stars, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.168.    3 not comprehending or attaining conviction, φαντασία (opp. καταληπτική, q.v.) Chrysipp.Stoic.2.40, al.: c. gen., ἀ. τῶν ὁμοειδῶν Phld.Herc.1457.12. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν περί τινος Ph.1.78; prob. l. in Arr.Epict.2.23.46:—hence ἀκαταληψία, ἡ, inability to comprehend or attain conviction, Sceptic term, attrib. to Stoics by Galen, Stoic.1.17, but to Arcesilaus by Cic.Att. 13.19.3, Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.7, S.E.P.1.1.