1. to be taken, conquered , of persons and places, (Homer), etc.; ἁλίσκεσθαι εἰς πολεμίους to fall into the hands of the enemy, (Plato Philosophus)

2. to be caught, seized , θανάτῳ ἁλῶναι or without θανάτῳ, to die , (Homer); ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας γράμματα letters were seized and taken to Athens, (Xenophon Historicus)

3. in good sense, to be won, achieved, attained , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.

4. with participle to be caught or detected doing a thing, (Herdotus Historicus); ἐὰν ἁλῷς τοῦτο πράττων (Plato Philosophus); also with a Substantive or adjective, the participle ὤν being omitted, οὐ γὰρ δὴ φονεὺς ἁλώσομαι (Sophocles Tragicus)

5. as attic law-term, to be convicted and condemned , (Plato Philosophus):—;with genitive criminis, to be convicted of , ἁλῶναι ψευδομαρτυριῶν, etc. (ML)