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καταληπτός

καταληπτός, to be achieved

καταληπ-τός, ή, όν,
  • seized, D.S. 24.1; capable of being seized, Procop. Goth. 3.24; liable, θανάτῳ Id. Vand. 1.4.
      • 2 to be achieved, ὅσον . . τὰ πράγματα ἐφαίνετο κ. Th. 3.11; ὅ τι ἂν ἔσω δέκα ἡμερέων ἐμβάλλῃς, πᾶν κ. whatever joint you set within ten days, is manageable, i.e. curable, Hp. Art. 67; σοφίᾳ κ. ἅπαντα Philostr. Her. 10.4.
      • 3 capable of being apprehended or grasped, κ. τὸ ἦθος ἐξ εἴδους Cleanth.Stoic. 1.137, al.; λόγῳ, αἰσθήσει κ., Phld. Po. 5.20, Diog.Oen. 4 (-λημπτ-).
      • 4 certain, opp. εὔλογος, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.37.
    • II Act., πένθος θεόθεν κ. grief that falls on us from the gods, E. Hipp. 1346 (anap.).

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