Καταλαβεῖν
to catch
Translated by David Whitehead4 Dec 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
'To catch' is said of fast footwork, when we say of someone fleeing that the pursuer 'caught' him. But the orators [apply it] also to punishment. Antiphon [says]: "not, by catching an innocent man, [to let off] the guilty one".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καταλαβεῖν· εἴρηται καὶ ἐπὶ τάχους ποδῶν τὸ καταλαβεῖν, ὅταν λέγωμεν, ὁ δὲ τὸν φεύγοντα διώξας κατέλαβεν. οἱ δὲ ῥήτορες καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ κολάζειν. Ἀντιφῶν· μὴ ἀναίτιον καταλαβόντες τὸν αἴτιον.
Betacode
*katalabei=n: ei)/rhtai kai\ e)pi\ ta/xous podw=n to\ katalabei=n, o(/tan le/gwmen, o( de\ to\n feu/gonta diw/cas kate/laben. oi( de\ r(h/tores kai\ e)pi\ tou= kola/zein. *)antifw=n: mh\ a)nai/tion katalabo/ntes to\n ai)/tion.