καταλαμβάνω
Infl. fut. -λήψομαι
Infl. ionic -λάμψομαι
Infl. perf. -είληφα
Infl. ionic plup. -λελαβήκεε
Infl. Pass., ionic aor1 -ελάμφθην
I. "to seize upon, lay hold of", Lat. occupare, Od., Hdt., attic:—Mid. "to seize for oneself", Lat. capesso, Hdt.
2. "to seize, overpower", of death and fatigue, Hom.
3. "to seize with the mind, apprehend, comprehend", Plat.
II. "to catch, overtake, come up with", τοὺς φεύγοντας Hdt.: of mischances, "to overtake, befall", id=Hdt.
2. "to surprise, catch, find", Lat. deprehendo, with a partic., κ. τινὰ ζῶντα id=Hdt.; καταλαμβάνει τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἐξιόντας Dem., etc.
3. impers., καταλαμβάνει τινά, c. inf., like the attic συμβαίνει, "it happens to" one, "it is" one's "fortune" to do so and so, τοῦτον κατέλαβε κεῖσθαι Hdt.
4. absol., τὰ καταλαβόντα ῀ τὰ συμβάντα, "what happened, the circumstances", id=Hdt.; ἢν πόλεμος καταλαβῇ Thuc.
III. "to repress, arrest, check", τὴν δύναμιν Κύρου Hdt.; κ. τὸ πῦρ "to get" it "under", id=Hdt.; κ. ἑαυτόν id=Hdt.; κ. τὰς διαφοράς "to put an end to" them, id=Hdt.:—Pass., ὁ θάνατος καταλαμφθεὶς ἐσιγήθη "inquiries about" the death "being checked", id=Hdt.
2. "to bind", κ. πίστι, ὁρκίοις, Lat. jurejurando adstringere, to bind by oath, id=Hdt., Thuc.
3. "to force or compel" one "to do", c. inf., ἀναγκαίη μιν κ. φαίνειν "forces" him to bring out the truth, Hdt.:—Pass., καταλαμβανόμενος "being constrained", id=Hdt.