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