1. a leading away , (Xenophon Historicus)

2. payment of tribute, (Herdotus Historicus)

3. as attic law-term, a process by which a person caught in the act ( ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρωι) might be arrested and brought before the Magistrates , (Isaeus Orator): —; the written complaint laid before the Court , (Lysias Orator) (ML)