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.