ἅλωσις
Etym. ἁλίσκομαι, ἁλῶναι
I. "a taking, capture, conquest, destruction", Pind., Aesch., etc.; δαΐων ἅλ. "conquest" by the enemy, id=Aesch.: "means of conquest", Soph.: ἁλῶναι ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν to be taken without "power to escape", Plut.
II. as law-term, "conviction", Plat.