λῆψις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- taking hold, seizing, catching
- accepting, receiving
- attack of fever or sickness, seizure
- (logic) assumption
- (in a poem) choice of matter
- (in music) choice of pitch
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek λαμβάνω (take, grasp, I take, seize).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λαμβάνω
Gloss
take, grasp, I take, seize
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Cognates and derived terms
- -lepsy English
- -leptic English
- narcolepsy English
- καταλαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- λαβή Ancient Greek
- λαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ληπτός Ancient Greek
- λιθολάβος Ancient Greek
- μεσόλαβος Ancient Greek
- ναρκόω Ancient Greek
- χρυσολαβής Ancient Greek
- ἀναλαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολάβος Ancient Greek
- -leipteach Irish
- *hlagʷ- Proto-Hellenic