I.a taking, receiving; a gathering in, collecting.
I. Lit., Ambros. in Luc. 4, 15: “frugum fruetuumque reliquorum,” Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12: “fructuum,” Col. 1, 3, 2.—
II. Trop., perception, comprehension (cf.: “notio, cognitio): animi perceptiones,” notions, ideas, Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22: cognitio aut perceptio, aut si verbum e verbo volumus comprehensio, quam κατάληψιν illi vocant, id. ib. 2, 6, 17.