λῆψις, εως, ἡ (later
λῆμψις [
Refs 1st c.AD+],
taking hold, seizing, catching, ῥύγχος. πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ. the
seizure of them will be more difficult, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως the
seizure of it, [
Refs]
2)
accepting, receiving, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀποβολαί (loss), [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: in
plural,
receipts, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b)
taking of medicine, προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λ. [
Refs]
II)
attack of fever or sickness,
seizure, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) in Logic,
assumption [
Refs]
III.2) τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λ. from our
point of view, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV)
choice of matter, in a poem, etc, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
V)
choice of pitch, in Music, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
VI) Geometry texts, τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λ. the
determination of the centre of the eccentric circle, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]