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ἁλίσκομαι
ἁλίσκομαι Root !αλ ἡλώκει shows up in Attic a defect. Pass., the Act. being supplied by αἱρέω to be taken, conquered, of persons and places, Hom., etc.; ἁλίσκεσθαι εἰς πολεμίους to fall into the hands of the enemy, Plat. to be caught, seized, θανάτῳ ἁλῶναι or without θανάτῳ, to die, Hom.; ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας γράμματα letters were seized and taken to Athens, Xen. in good sense, to be won, achieved, attained, Soph., etc. with part. to be caught or detected doing a thing, Hdt.; ἐὰν ἁλῷς τοῦτο πράττων Plat.; also with a Subst. or adj., the part. ὤν being omitted, οὐ γὰρ δὴ φονεὺς ἁλώσομαι Soph., Ar. as Attic law-term, to be convicted and condemned, Plat., Dem.:—c. gen. criminis, to be convicted of, ἁλῶναι ψευδομαρτυριῶν, etc.

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to be caught, conquered, caught in the act

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Headword:
ἁλίσκομαι
Headword (normalized):
ἁλίσκομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αλισκομαι
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ἁλίσκομαι Root !αλ ἡλώκει shows up in Attic a defect. Pass., the Act. being supplied by αἱρέω to be taken, conquered, of persons and places, Hom., etc.; ἁλίσκεσθαι εἰς πολεμίους to fall into the hands of the enemy, Plat. to be caught, seized, θανάτῳ ἁλῶναι or without θανάτῳ, to die, Hom.; ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας γράμματα letters were seized and taken to Athens, Xen. in good sense, to be won, achieved, attained, Soph., etc. with part. to be caught or detected doing a thing, Hdt.; ἐὰν ἁλῷς τοῦτο πράττων Plat.; also with a Subst. or adj., the part. ὤν being omitted, οὐ γὰρ δὴ φονεὺς ἁλώσομαι Soph., Ar. as Attic law-term, to be convicted and condemned, Plat., Dem.:—c. gen. criminis, to be convicted of, ἁλῶναι ψευδομαρτυριῶν, etc.
IDX:
1477
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n1477
Key:
a(li/skomai

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