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Morphology Lemmata λαμβάνω (external link: λαμβάνω )Forms: 'λαβον (data provider: perseus), 'λαβέσ (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένα (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμέναι (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένη (data provider: donatus-sup), εἰλημμένην (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένησ (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένοι (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένον (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένοσ (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένου (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένουσ (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένω (data provider: perseus), εἰλημμένων (data provider: perseus), εἰληφυῖα (data provider: perseus), εἰληφυῖαι (data provider: perseus), εἰληφυῖαν (data provider: perseus), εἰληφέναι (data provider: perseus), εἰληφὸσ (data provider: donatus-sup), εἰληφόσ (data provider: perseus), εἰληφόσι (data provider: perseus), εἰληφόσιν (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότ' (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότα (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότασ (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότεσ (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότι (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότοσ (data provider: perseus), εἰληφότων (data provider: perseus), εἰληφὼσ (data provider: donatus-sup), εἰληφώσ (data provider: perseus), εἰλήμμεθα (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφαμεν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφασι (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφασιν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφατ' (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφατε (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφει (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφειν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφεισαν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφεσαν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφη (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφθω (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφθωσαν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφωσιν (data provider: perseus), εἰλήφῃ (data provider: perseus), εἰλῆφθαι (data provider: perseus), εἴλημμαι (data provider: perseus), εἴληπται (data provider: perseus), εἴληπταί (data provider: donatus-sup), εἴληφ' (data provider: perseus), εἴληφα (data provider: perseus), εἴληφασ (data provider: perseus), εἴληφε (data provider: perseus), εἴληφεν (data provider: perseus), εἴληφέ (data provider: donatus-sup), εἴληψαι (data provider: perseus), κἀλήφθη (data provider: perseus), κἄλαβεσ (data provider: perseus), λαβεῖν (data provider: perseus), λαβομένασ (data provider: perseus), λαβομένη (data provider: perseus), λαβομένην (data provider: perseus), λαβομένουσ (data provider: perseus), λαβομένω (data provider: perseus), λαβουσῶν (data provider: donatus-sup), λαβοίμεθ' (data provider: perseus), λαβοίμην (data provider: perseus), λαβούσαισ (data provider: perseus), λαβούσασ (data provider: perseus), λαβούσησ (data provider: perseus), λαβούσῃ (data provider: perseus), λαβοῖσα (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦ (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦσ' (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦσα (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦσαι (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦσαν (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦσι (data provider: perseus), λαβοῦσιν (data provider: perseus), λαβὲ (data provider: donatus-sup), λαβέ (data provider: perseus), λαβέειν (data provider: perseus), λαβέσθαι (data provider: perseus), λαβέσθην (data provider: perseus), λαβέτην (data provider: perseus), λαβέτω (data provider: perseus), λαβὸν (data provider: donatus-sup), λαβόμεθα (data provider: donatus-sup), λαβόμενα (data provider: perseus), λαβόμεναι (data provider: perseus), λαβόμενοι (data provider: perseus), λαβόμενον (data provider: perseus), λαβόμενοσ (data provider: perseus), λαβόν (data provider: perseus), λαβόνθ' (data provider: perseus), λαβόντ' (data provider: perseus), λαβόντα (data provider: perseus), λαβόντασ (data provider: perseus), λαβόντε (data provider: perseus), λαβόντεσ (data provider: perseus), λαβόντι (data provider: perseus), λαβόντοσ (data provider: perseus), λαβόντων (data provider: perseus), λαβὼν (data provider: donatus-sup), λαβώμεθ' (data provider: perseus), λαβών (data provider: perseus), λαμβανομενᾶν (data provider: donatus-sup), λαμβανομένασ (data provider: donatus-sup), λαμβανομένη (data provider: perseus), λαμβανομένην (data provider: 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perseus), λᾱ́μψεται (data provider: perseus), λᾱ́μψομαι (data provider: perseus), λᾱψοῦμαι (data provider: perseus), ἁλάμβαν' (data provider: perseus), ἅλαβεν (data provider: perseus), ἅλαβεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλαβέτην (data provider: perseus), ἐλαβόμην (data provider: perseus), ἐλαμβάνετε (data provider: perseus), ἐλαμβάνετο (data provider: perseus), ἐλαμβάνομεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλαμβάνοντο (data provider: perseus), ἐλαμβάνου (data provider: perseus), ἐλλάβετ' (data provider: perseus), ἐλάβετε (data provider: perseus), ἐλάβετο (data provider: perseus), ἐλάβομεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάβοντο (data provider: perseus), ἐλάμβανε (data provider: perseus), ἐλάμβανεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλάμβανεσ (data provider: perseus), ἐλάμβανον (data provider: perseus), ἐλάμβανόν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἐλάμφθην (data provider: perseus), ἐλάμφθησαν (data provider: perseus), ἐλήφθη (data provider: perseus), ἐλήφθημεν (data provider: perseus), ἐλήφθην (data provider: perseus), ἐλήφθησ (data provider: perseus), ἐλήφθησαν (data provider: perseus), ἔλαβ' (data provider: perseus), ἔλαβε (data provider: perseus), ἔλαβεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλαβεσ (data provider: perseus), ἔλαβον (data provider: perseus), ἔλαβέσ (data provider: donatus-sup), ἔλαβόν (data provider: donatus-sup), ἔλλαβ' (data provider: perseus), ἔλλαβε (data provider: perseus), ἔλλαβεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλλαβον (data provider: perseus), ἔλλᾰβον (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾰβεν (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾰβεσ (data provider: perseus), ἔλᾰβον (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon λαμβάνω [Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown. ]: <b><G>lamba/nw</G></b>, only aor. 2 act. and mid., <G>e)/llab</G>(<G>e</G>), <G>e)lla/bet</G>(<G>o</G>), inf. redupl. <G>lelabe/sqai</G>: <i>take, receive</i>, mid., <i>take hold of;</i> freq. w. part. gen.; sometimes of seizing, taking captive, Od. 11.4, Il. 11.114; in friendly sense, take in, Od. 7.255; met., of feelings, <G>xo/los, pe/nqos, tro/mos</G>, etc. <pb n=174> Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon λαμβάνω λαμβάνω , fut. λήψομαι (λήψω only late, v.l. in LXX 1 Ma. 4.18); Ion. λάψομαι GDI 5497.3 , al. (Milet., iv/iii B. C. ), 5597.11 (Ephesus, iii B. C. ), corrupted to λάμψομαι in Mss. of Hdt. 1.199; Dor.fut. 2 sg. λαψῇ Epich. 34.2 , Theoc. 1.4,10, inf. λαμψεῖσθαι PSI 9.1091.19 ; Hellenistic λήμψομαι PPar. 14.47 (ii B. C.) , CIG 4224c (add.) (Telmessus ), 4244 (Tlos ), al.: aor. 2 ἔλᾰβον , Ep. ἔλλᾰβον Il. 24.170 , etc.; Ion. Iterat. λάβεσκον Hes. Fr. 112 , Hdt. 4.78, 130; imper. λαβέ Il. 1.407 , etc.; written λάβε in Med. Ms. of A. Eu. 130, but λαβέ Att.acc. to Hdn. Gr.1.431: pf. εἴληφα S. OT 643 , Ar. Ra. 591 (lyr.), etc. (dub.in Archil. 143); Ion., Dor., Arc. λελάβηκα Hdt. 4.79 , IG 42(1).121.68 (Epid., iv B. C. ), 5(2).6.14 (Tegea, iv B. C. ), also Eup. 426; inf. λελαβήκειν IG 42(1).121.59 (Epid.), PSI 9.1091.7: plpf. εἰλήφειν Th. 2.88 , Ion.3 sg. λελαβήκεε v.l. in Hdt. 3.42 (κατα -); Dor. pf. subj. 3 sg. (παρ- ) λελόνβῃ GDI 5087b1 (Crete ):— Med., aor. 2 ἐλαβόμην , Ep. ἐλλ -, Od. 5.325, etc.; Ep. redupl. λελαβέσθαι 4.388 :— Pass., fut. ληφθήσομαι S. Ph. 68 , Th. 6.91, κατα-λελήψομαι Aristid. Or. 54p.677D. : aor. ἐλήφθην Ar. Eq. 101 , etc.; Ion. ἐλάφθην SIG 58.8 (Milet., v B. C. ), (κατ -) GDI 5532.7 (Zeleia ), ἐλάμφθην Hdt. 2.89 , 6.92, 7.239 (-λάφθ - by erasure in cod. B); Hellenistic ἐλήμφθην IG 14.1320 , Ev.Marc. 16.19 (ἀν -); Dor. ἐλάφθην Archim. Aren. 1.13 : pf. εἴλημμαι D. 24.49 , Ar. Pl. 455; but in Trag.usu. λέλημμαι , A. Ag. 876, E. Ion 1113, IA 363 (troch.), Cyc. 433, cf. Ar. Ec. 1090 (δια -); so later προ-λέληπτε (sic) Supp.Epigr. 2.769 (Dura ); Ion. λέλαμμαι (ἀπο -) Hdt. 9.51, (δια -) 3.117; inf. ἀνα-λελάφθαι Hp. Off. 11 (acc. to many codd., Hsch.and Erot. , -λελάμφθαι vulg.); Ion.3 pl. λελήφαται An.Ox. 1.268 ; Dor. pf. imper. λελάφθω Archim. Con.Sph. 3 , al.:— in the fut. , aor. Pass., and pf. Pass. the a is short by nature in Ion., prob. long in Dor. and in Doricized Hellenistic forms such as λαμψοῦνται Test.Epict. 5.14 , λάμψεσθαι IG 5(1).1390.67 (Andania, i B. C. ); it is marked long in Aeol. λᾱ́μψεται Alc. Supp. 5.9 :— of these tenses Hom. uses only aor. Act., and aor. Med. twice (v. supr.); the Homeric pres. is λάζομαι . — The word has two main senses, one (more active) take ; the other (more passive) receive :
I. take ,
1. take hold of, grasp, seize , μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία Od. 6.81 : freq. with χειρί or χερσί added, χειρὶ χεῖρα λαβόντεσ Il. 21.286 ; χερμάδιον λάβε χειρί 5.302 ; χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντόν Od. 9.487 ; ἐν χείρεσσι λάβ' ἡνία Il. 8.116 ; ἐν χεροῖν λ. S. OT 913 ; διὰ χερῶν λαβών Id. Ant. 916 ; ἐς χέρασ E. Hec. 1242 ; ἐν ἀγκάλαισ A. Supp. 481 , etc.; of an eagle, λ. ἄγραν ποσίν Pi. N. 3.81 : c.acc. of the thing seized, λ. γούνατα Il. 24.465 ; but also c. acc. of whole, gen. of part seized, τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν caught her by the wing, 2.316; τὸν δὲ πεσόντα ποδῶν ἔλαβε 4.463 ; γούνων λαβὼν κούρην Od. 6.142 ; λ. τινὰ τῆς ζώνησ X. An. 1.6.10 , etc.: sts. c. gen. only, ἀγκὰς ἀλλήλων λαβέτην χερσί they took hold of one another with their arms, Il. 23.711:— freq. in Med., v. infr. B.
b. take by violence, carry off as prize or booty , Il. 5.273, 8.191, Hdt. 4.130, S. Ph. 68 (Pass.), 1431, etc.; capture a city, Plb. 1.24.11, 3.61.8; ἐκ πόλιος ..ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα Od. 9.41 ; of lions, λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν Il. 11.114 ; ἵνα δαῖτα λάβῃσιν 24.43 ; of an eagle, 17.678; of a dolphin, 21.24.
c. λ. δίκην take, exact punishment, Lys. 1.29,34, Isoc. 4.181; ποινάσ E. Tr. 360 , etc. (rarely for δοῦναι δίκην , v.infr.11.1 e); λ. τιμωρίαν D. 18.280 .
2. of passions, feelings, etc., seize , μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν Il. 23.468 ; Ἀτρεί̈ωνα ..χόλος λάβεν 1.387 ; ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματοσ 4.230 ; τὸν δὲ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 24.170 , al.; δὴν δέ μιν ἀμφασίη ἐπέων λάβε Od. 4.704 ; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους θάρσος ἔλαβε Th. 2.92 ; ἄχοσ X. Cyr. 5.5.6 ; δέοσ Pl. Lg. 699c ; ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε when the occasion came to them, i.e. occurred , Th. 2.34, D.C. 44.19; of fevers and sudden illnesses, attack , Hp. Morb. 1.19, Th. 2.49, Ar. Ec. 417, etc. (cf. λάζομαι, λῆψισ ):— Pass., λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ, ὑπὸ [νόσου ], S. Tr. 446, Hdt. 1.138; ἔρωτι X. Cyr. 6.1.31 , etc. (reversely of the person, λ. θυμόν , etc., v. infr.11.3).
b. of a deity, seize, possess , τινα Hdt. 4.79:— Pass., τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται Luc. Nigr. 37 .
c. of darkness, etc., occupy, possess , εὖτ' ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ A. Pers. 365 .
3. catch, overtake , as an enemy, Il. 5.159, 11.106, 126, etc.; λ. τινὰ στείχοντα θύραζε Od. 9.418 ; ζῶντες ἐλάμφθησαν Hdt. 9.119 ; simply, find, come upon , S. OT 1031, E. Ion 1339.
4. catch, find out, detect , Hdt. 2.89 (Pass.); ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ' αἰτιάματι ; A. Pr. 196; τὸν αὐτόχειρα τοῦ φόνου λ. S. OT 266 : freq. c. part. , κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον ib.461; κλέπτοντα Κλέωνα λάβοιμι Ar. V. 759 ; λ. τινὰ ψευδόμενον Pl. R. 389d ; τοῦτον ὑβρίζοντα λαβόντεσ D. 21.97 : with Adj. , ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ Men. Epit. 570 :— Pass., δρῶσ' ἐλήφθησ S. Tr. 808 ; ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ δεινὰ δρῶντ' εἰλημμένω Ar. Pl. 455 ; ληφθεῖσαν ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ μηχανωμένην τι Antipho 1.3 ; ἐλήφθη μοιχόσ Lys. 13.66 : in good sense, οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν' εὐσεβῆ S. Ph. 1051 .
5. λ. τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι bind him by .., Hdt. 3.74; ἀραῖον λαβεῖν τινα S. OT 276 codd.
6. c. dupl. acc., take as , λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ ' Id. Ph. 1007; ξυμπαραστάτην λ. τινά ib.675; τοὺς Ἕλληνας λ. συναγωνιζομένουσ Isoc. 5.86 .
7. τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα taking, keeping Ida to your left (nisi leg. λαβών, ἐσ ..) Hdt. 7.42; ἐν δεξιᾷ λ. τὴν Σικελίαν Th. 7.1 ; λ. τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου take in rear, i.e. be behind, Hdt. 1.75; cf. ἀπείργω 11.2 , ἔχω (A) A. 1.7.
8. λ. Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα assume it, Id. 4.78, cf. 2.37; λ. ζυγόν Pi. P. 2.93 .
b. take food or drugs, Diocl. Frr. 121 (Pass.), 140, Sor. 1.125, Gal. 15.469.
9. apprehend by the senses , ὄμμασιν θέαν S. Ph. 537 , cf. 656; πρόσφθεγμά τινοσ ib.234; ὁρᾶται, ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ αἰσθήσει λαμβάνεται Pl. R. 524d .
b. apprehend with the mind, understand , φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον Hdt. 9.10 ; νόῳ Id. 3.41 ; τῇ διανοίᾳ Pl. Prm. 143a ; λ. ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις βεβαίωσ X. Cyr. 3.3.51 ; ἐν νῷ Plb. 2.35.6 : abs., λ. τὴν ἀλήθειαν Antipho 1.6 ; μνήμην παρὰ τῆς φήμης λ. Lys. 2.3 , cf. Pl. Phdr. 246d, etc.
c. with Adv. added, take , i.e. understand in a certain manner, ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον Hdt. 7.142 ; λάβετε [τοὺς λόγους] μὴ πολεμίωσ Th. 4.17 ; τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον took it more seriously, Id. 6.27, cf. 61; ὀρθῶς λ. τὸν φιλοκερδῆ Pl. Hipparch. 227c ; λ. τι οὕτω, ὧδε , Arist. SE 174b27, Rh.Al. 1423a4; ὀργῇ καὶ φόβῳ τὸ γεγονὸς λ. Plu. Alc. 18 : with παρά c.acc., λαμβάνω σε παρὰ βουκόλον ..PMag.Par. 1.2434:— Pass., τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται are used for the first person, A.D. Pron. 78.22; with ἐς, εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο be taken for a girl, Philostr. Im. 2.32: less freq. c. dupl. acc., ὡς μεθυστικὰς λ. [τὰς ἁρμονίασ ] Arist. Pol. 1342b25, cf. S.E. P. 1.179; τῆς νίκης ἆθλον τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῆς πολιτείας λ. Arist. Pol. 1296a31 ; τοῦτο λ. γιγνόμενον Id. Mete. 346a7 ; also λ. περί τινος τί ἐστι Id. EN 1142a32 , cf. 1140a24, al.: also c. inf. , λ. τι εἶναί τι Id. Mete. 389a29 , al.: with a relat. clause, οὕτω δεῖ λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ' οὐχ ὅτι ..Id. Metaph. 1053a27, cf. Str. 2.5.1; εἰλήφθω ὁ ἄδικος ποσαχῶς λέγεται Arist. EN 1129a31 : in bad sense, πρὸς δέους λ. τι Plu. Flam. 7 ; πρὸς ἀτιμίασ Id. Cic. 13 ; λ. δι' οἴκτου E. Supp. 194 ; but also ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λ. receive as a favour, Plb. 1.31.6.
d. in Logic, assume, take for granted , ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον Arist. APr. 46b6 ; λ. τὰς περὶ ἕκαστον ἀρχάσ ib.53a2, etc.:— Pass., τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα ib.26b30; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεισ ib.33a15, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.46 S. , Sign. 35, Oec. p.5 J. , S.E. P. 2.89.
e. take , i.e. determine, estimate , τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων Th. 3.20 ; ἐντεῦθεν τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων Lycurg. 66 ; τὴν τιμωρίαν ποθεινοτέραν λ. Th. 2.42 .
10. take in hand, undertake (cf. ληπτέον ), λ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον , opp. συνταχύνειν , Hdt. 3.71; μηδένα πόνον λαβόντεσ without taking any trouble, Id. 7.24; παλαισμάτων λ. φροντίδα Pi. N. 10.22 .
11. take in, hold , τὸ στρατόπεδον πεζοὺς λ. περὶ τετρακισχιλίουσ Plb. 3.107.10.
12. part. λαβών freq. seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα took and kissed, Od. 24.398, cf. Il. 21.36: so in Trag. and Com., τί μ' οὐ λαβὼν ἔκτεινασ ; S. OT 1391, cf. 641; τῆ νῦν τόδε πῖθι λαβών Cratin. 141 , etc.
b. ingressive of ἔχων (ἔχω (A) A. 1.6), ἑτάρους τε λ. καὶ νῆα ..ἦλθον Od. 15.269 , cf. S. Tr. 259.
II. receive ,
1. have given one, get, receive , prop. of things (AB 106), ἄποινα Il. 6.427 ; τὰ πρῶτα 23.275 ; ἀντίποινα S. El. 592 , v. infr.e; παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα Hdt. 8.10 , cf. Ar. Eq. 439; πρός τινοσ S. El. 12 , etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν X. Mem. 2.9.4 ; gain, win , κλέοσ Od. 1.298 , S. Ph. 1347, etc.; ἀρετάν Pi. O. 8.6 ; κόσμον Id. N. 3.31 codd. (v.l. ἔλαχεσ Sch.); ἀλκήν S. OT 218 , etc.; πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λ. ἡλικίαν attain .., Isoc. 10.39; λ. νόστον E. IT 1016 , etc.; λ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς θαλάττησ Isoc. 5.61 ; μοναρχίαν S. Ant. 1163 ; τέρψιν Id. Tr. 820 ; χάριν Id. OT 1004 ; κέρδοσ Ar. Ach. 906 : also in bad sense, λ. ὀνείδη S. OT 1494 ; συμφοράν E. Med. 43 ; θάνατον Id. Hel. 201 (lyr.); γέλωτα μωρίαν τε incur .., Id. Ion 600; αἰτίαν ἀπό τινοσ Th. 2.18 , etc.:— for λ. θυμόν , etc., v. supr.1.2 et infr. 3.
b. receive hospitably , Od. 7.255, cf. S. OC 284 (ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον ) which approaches this sense; καλῶς λ. τινά treat well, BGU 843.10 (i/ii A. D.) .
c. receive in marriage , Hdt. 1.199, 9.108, E. Fr. 953.27, X. HG 4.1.14, Isoc. 10.39, PEleph. 1.2 (iv B. C.) , Men. Pk. 436; τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν , i.e. those who married their daughters, SIG 1044.14 (Halic., iv/iii B. C. ); also of the father taking a daughter-in-law, τῷ υἱῷ λ. τινά Men. Pk. 447 .
d. λ. ὄνομα, ἐπωνυμίαν , receive a name, Pl. Plt. 305d, Smp. 173d.
e. λ. δίκην receive , i.e. suffer , punishment, Hdt. 1.115; τὴν ἀξίην λ. get one's deserts, Id. 7.39; δίκην γὰρ ἀξίαν ἐλάμβανεν E. Ba. 1312 ; λ. ζημίασ D. 11.11 .
f. λ. ὅρκον receive an oath, Arist. Rh. 1377a8; λ. πιστά X. An. 3.2.5 , al.; λ. λόγον demand an account, τινοσ for a thing, παρά τινοσ from a person, Id. Cyr. 1.4.3, D. 8.47.
g. λ. ἐν γαστρί conceive , Hp. Prorrh. 2.24; κῦμα λ. , of the earth, A. Ch. 128.
h. receive as produce, profit , etc., οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου Ar. Nu. 1123 ; [χρήματα] ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆσ Pl. R. 347b ; λ. ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς, ὀβολοῦ , purchase for .., Ar. Pax 1263, Ra. 1235, cf. Nu. 1395; πόθεν ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβοι ; X. Smp. 2.4.
i. λ. πεῖράν τινοσ , v. πεῖρα .
2. admit of , ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει Pi. O. 1.81 .
b. admit, initiate , τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένουσ Hp. Decent. 17 .
3. of persons conceiving feelings and the like , λ. θυμόν take heart, Od. 10.461: freq. in periphrasis, λ. φόβον, = φοβεῖσθαι , S. OC 729; αἰδῶ λ., = αἰδεῖσθαι , Id. Aj. 345; λ. ὀργήν, = ὀργίζεσθαι , E. Supp. 1050: so generally λ. ἀρχήν, = ἄρχεσθαι , Id. IA 1124; λ. ὕψος, ἐπίδοσιν, αὔξησιν, = ὑψοῦσθαι, ἐπιδιδόναι, αὐξάνεσθαι , Th. 1.91, Isoc. 4.10, Arist. GA 732b5, etc.; λ. κακόν τι Ar. Nu. 1310 ; λ. νόσον take a disease, Pl. R. 610d; λ. μορφήν, τέλοσ , etc., Arist. GA 762a13, 744a21, etc.; αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι receiving battlements, having battlements added , Th. 4.69, cf. 115.
4. c. inf. , receive permission to .. , SIG 996.6 (Smyrna, i A. D. ).
B. Med., take hold of, lay hold on , c. gen., [σχεδίησ ] Od. 5.325; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων , Hdt. 4.64, 9.76; χειρόσ E. Med. 899 , etc.; τοῦ βωμοῦ And. 1.126 , etc.: c. dupl.gen., μου λαβόμενος τῆς χειρόσ Pl. Chrm. 153b .
2. seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of , ἀρχῆσ S. OC 373 ; καιροῦ λαβόμενοσ seizing the opportunity, Is. 2.28; λ. ἀληθείασ Pl. Plt. 309d : rarely c. acc., τόν ..λελαβέσθαι Od. 4.388 .
3. lay hands upon , χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινοσ lay rough hands on him, deal hardly with him, Hdt. 2.121. δ́.
4. of place, λ. τῶν ὀρῶν take to the mountains, Th. 3.24, cf. 106; Δήλου λαβόμεναι (sc. αἱ νῆεσ ) reaching Delos, Id. 8.80.
5. find fault with, censure , τινοσ Pl. Lg. 637c, Philostr. VA 4.22.
6. λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ check oneself, Hld. 2.24.William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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