ἐναπολαμβάνω

A. cut off and enclose, intercept, [τὸν ἀέρα] ἐν ταῖς κλεψύδραις Arist. Ph. 213a27, cf. Onos. 21.5; ἓξ ζῴδια Ph. 2.153:— Pass., εἰς τὸ μέσον ἐ. Pl. Ti. 84e; [μῦς] ἐναποληφθεῖσα ἐν ἀγγείῳ Arist. HA 580b11; [ἀὴρ] ἐ. Id. Cael. 294b27, cf. Pr. 868b25, Epicur. Nat. 2.993.1; ἐ. τῇ δίνῃ to be involved in it, D.S. 1.7.
II. Astrol., annul by adverse influence, Vett.Val. 112.14 (Pass.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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