ἐπικαταλαμβάνω

A. follow and catch up, overtake, τὰς ναῦς Th. 2.90; τινά Id. 3.111, Plb. 1.66.3, etc.; σελήνη ἥλιον ἐ. Pl. Ti. 39c: abs., μεταξὺ δὲ ἁμέρα‐λαμβάνει IG 4.952.14 (Epid.):—Pass., Arist. HA 611b33.

b. . of fruit which forms before the last year's fruit is ripe, overtakes it, Thphr. HP 2.6.10.

2. . fasten, bind on, κατάπλασμα ταινιδίῳ Gal. 13.357.

3. . Gramm. in Pass., of σημεῖα, to be understood after, S.E. M. 8.166.