Κατάληψις
seizing, apprehension
Translated by Robert de Brose26 Jul 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] discovering an art/craft
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατάληψις· τὸ εὑρίσκειν τέχνην.
Betacode
*kata/lhyis: to\ eu(ri/skein te/xnhn.
Notes
- Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
For this headword see already kappa 622. In the present entry it probably appears as the technical term from Stoic philosophy: the seizing of an object by the mind (LSJ s.v.kata/lhyis , I.4), considered by Zeno (zeta 79) the first stage of knowledge; all men exercise katalepsis.