catch
μήτε ἐγρηγορόσιν μήτε εὕδουσι κύρτοις ἀργὸν θήραν διαπονουμένοις → weels that secure a lazy angling for men whether asleep or awake
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. αἱρεῖν, λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν, καταλαμβάνειν, συλλαμβάνειν, Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
seize: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, συναρπάζειν.
catch by hunting: P. and V. θηρᾶν (or mid.) (Xen.), θηρεύειν, ἀγρεύειν (Xen.).
overtake: P. ἐπικαταλαμβάνειν.
catch something thrown: P. and V. ἐκδέχομαι, ἐκδέχεσθαι.
catch in the act: P. and V. ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνω, ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνειν, or use also P. and V. λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν, καταλαμβάνειν (Euripides, Cyclops 260), αἱρεῖν, εὑρίσκειν, ἐφευρίσκειν, φωρᾶν, P. καταφωρᾶν.
be caught in the act: use also P. and V. ἁλίσκεσθαι.
caught in the act: V. ἐπίληπτος.
catch (a disease): P. λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν (Dem. 294), ἀναπίμπλασθαι (gen.), P. and V. ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι (dat.), V. πλησθῆναι (dat.) (aor. pass. of πιμπλάναι), λαμβάνεσθαι (dat.), ἐξαίρεσθαι (Sophocles, Trachiniae 491), κτᾶσθαι (Euripides, Orestes 305).
so that the former soldiers also caught the disease from Hagnon's force: P. ὥστε καὶ τοὺς προτέρους στρατιώτας νοσῆσαι ἀπὸ τῆς σὺν Ἅγνωνι στρατιᾶς (Thuc. 2, 58).
easy to catch, adj.: P. εὐάλωτος.
hard to catch, adj.: P. δυσάλωτος.
this I deem a general's part to know well where his enemy may best be caught: V. τὸ δὲ στρατηγεῖν τοῦτ' ἐγὼ κρίνω, καλῶς γνῶναι τὸν ἐχθρὸν ᾗ μάλισθ' ἁλώσιμος (Euripides, Fragment).
be caught in a storm: P. and V. χειμάζεσθαι.
verb intransitive P. ἐνέχεσθαι; see be entangled.
the scythe caught somewhere in the tackling of the ship: P. τὸ δρέπανον ἐνέσχετό που ἐν τοῖς τῆς νεὼς σκεύεσι (Plato, Laches 183E).
catch at: P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.).
catch fire: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι.
catch in: see be entangled in.
catch up, overtake, verb transitive: P. ἐπικαταλαμβάνειν.
interrupt in speaking: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν.
snatch up: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν; see snatch.
substantive
trick: P. and V. ἀπάτη, ἡ, δόλος, ὁ (rare P.).
thing caught: P. and V. ἄγρα, ἡ (Plato but rare P.), ἄγρευμα, τό (Xen.), θήρα, ἡ (Xen.), V. θήραμα, τό.
of a door: use P. and V. μοχλός, ὁ, Ar. and V. κλῇθρα, τά.
bolt pin: Ar. and P. βάλανος, ἡ.
draught of fish: V. βόλος, ὁ.
