Καταληπτικός

able to restrain

Translated by David Whitehead29 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning someone] anticipating the listeners, so as not to create uproar.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καταληπτικός· προκαταλαμβανόμενος τοὺς ἀκούοντας, ὥστε θόρυβον μὴ κινῆσαι.

Betacode

*katalhptiko/s: prokatalambano/menos tou\s a)kou/ontas, w(/ste qo/rubon mh\ kinh=sai.

The headword is quoted from Aristophanes, Knights 1380 (web address 1), describing Phaeax (phi 152); the gloss comes from the scholia there. (The next verse is quoted at kappa 516.)
In Stoic philosophy, the headword is used to mean "conveying direct apprehension [of an object]": LSJ s.v.