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περίληψις , εως, ἡ,
A.grasping with the hand, Poll.9.98 ; embracing, LXXEc.3.5.
II. comprehension, ἐν τῇ π. τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς ψυχικῆς in the fact of their comprehending the vital principle, Arist.GA762a25, cf. Epicur.Ep.1p.16U.(pl.); ἐπιστημονικὴ π. Procl. in Alc.p.276 C.; εἰς καθολικὴν καὶ ἔντεχνον π. πεσεῖν admit of general and technical comprehension, D.H.Comp.12.
III. inclusion, “κατὰ περίληψιν” S.E.M.10.99,286, cf. Procl. in Euc.p.395 F.
2. concrete, that which includes or comprehends, [“θεὸς] πάντων π. καὶ μέτρον” Plot.6.8.18 ; ἡ ἡνωμένη π. η<*>ν σπέρμα πάντων ἐκάλεσε Dam.Pr.98.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Old Testament, Ecclesiastes, 3.5
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