acasten

t. To cast down. ( Stratmann.) a-căt-a-lěct-ic, a. [In Sp. acatalectico; Lat. acatalectic us; fr. Gr. ἀκατάληκτος ( akatalēktos ) = ince ant: ἀ, priv.; καταλήγω ( katalēgō ) = to leave off, to stop.] Lit. Not stopping or halting. The term applied to lines in cla ic poetry which have all their feet and syllables complete. The ordinary iambic line of the Greek drama is correctly described as the Iambic trimeter acatalectic. Used also substantively. S. ā-căt-a-lěp'-si-a, ā-cat-a-lěp-sỹ, [Gr. ἀκαταληψία ( akatalēpsi a ) = incomprehensiblene ; a, priv.; κατάληψις ( kata leps is ) = a grasping, apprehension, or comprehension: κατά ( kata ) = intensive; λῆψις (lēpsis) = a taking hold: λαμβάνω (lamb anō), λήψομαι ( lēpsomai ) = to take.] Acatalepsy; incomprehensibility; the impo ibility that some intellectual difficulty or other can be solved. 1. Incomprehensiblene . +2. Med. Difficulty or impo ibility of correctly identifying a disease.