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A. defeat, discomfiture, Th. 5.12,7.72, Pl. Lg. 638b; πολέμου in war, Id. La. 196a; ἧττα . . πολέμου καὶ δικῶν καὶ ἀγορῶν Aeschin. 3.111, cf. Plu. 2.840c; μὴ δῑ ἧτταν, ἀλλὰ διὰ προαίρεσιν Arist. EN 1150a24; ἧτταν προσίεσθαι to let oneself be conquered, X. Cyr. 3.3.45: c. gen. rei, yielding or giving way to a thing, ἡδονῶν, ἐπιθυμιῶν, Pl. Lg. 869e (pl.); ἡ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ἧ. καλή D. Ep. 3.45; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν λιπαρούντων ἧ. Plu. Brut. 6.