Strong G2983λαμβάνω
to take
- Transliteration
- lambanō
- Pronunciation
- lam-ban'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary verb which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications literally and figuratively [probably objective or active to get hold of; whereas G1209 is rather subjective or passive to have offered to one; while G138 is more violent to seize or remove]): - accept + be amazed assay attain bring X when I call catch come on (X unto) + forget have hold obtain receive (X after) take (away up).
Detailed definition
λαμβάνω,
[in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for אחז,לכד,נשׂא, etc.;]
1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Mat.26:26, Mrk.14:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.5:40 26:52, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.21:35, Mrk.12:3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Mat.13:31 14:19, al.; so also indic., Mrk.7:27, Jhn.19:1, 40 Rev.8:5, al.; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), ἀφορμήν, Rom.7:8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Jas.5:10; id. with accusative of person(s), φόβος, Luk.7:16; πνεῦμα, Luk.9:39; πειρασμός, 1Co.10:13; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; BL, §59, 4), Rev.5:7 8:5, al.
2. to receive: absol., opposite to αἰτεῖν, Mat.7:8, al.; διδόναι, Mat.10:8, Act.20:35; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.27:6, Mrk.10:3o, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:21 13:20 19:27, 2Jo.10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., §38, 3), Mrk.14:65; metaphorically, τ. λόγον, Mat.13:20, Mrk.4:16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Jhn.3:11; τ. ῥήματα, Jhn.12:48; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Luk.20:21, Gal.2:6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124f.), Mrk.10:30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for אחז,לכד,נשׂא, etc.;]
1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Mat.26:26, Mrk.14:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.5:40 26:52, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.21:35, Mrk.12:3, al.; pleonastic λαβών (M, Pr., 230; Bl., §74, 2), Mat.13:31 14:19, al.; so also indic., Mrk.7:27, Jhn.19:1, 40 Rev.8:5, al.; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), ἀφορμήν, Rom.7:8, 11; ὑδόδειγμα, Jas.5:10; id. with accusative of person(s), φόβος, Luk.7:16; πνεῦμα, Luk.9:39; πειρασμός, 1Co.10:13; aoristic pf. (M, Pr., 145, 238; BL, §59, 4), Rev.5:7 8:5, al.
2. to receive: absol., opposite to αἰτεῖν, Mat.7:8, al.; διδόναι, Mat.10:8, Act.20:35; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.27:6, Mrk.10:3o, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.6:21 13:20 19:27, 2Jo.10; ῥαπίσμασιν (a vulgarism; Bl., §38, 3), Mrk.14:65; metaphorically, τ. λόγον, Mat.13:20, Mrk.4:16; τ. μαρτυρίαν, Jhn.3:11; τ. ῥήματα, Jhn.12:48; πρόσωπον (Heb. נָשָׂא פָּנִים, Dalman, Words, 30), Luk.20:21, Gal.2:6; ζωὴν αἰώνιον (Dalman, op. cit., 124f.), Mrk.10:30 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀντι-, συν-αντι- (-μαι), ἀπο-, ἐπι-, κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, συν-περι-, ὑπο-λαμβάνω).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2983 appears in 247 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- receive109
- take101
- receiveth11
- have6
- taketh4
- catch3
- thou3
- be2
- come2
- do2
- hath2
- he2
First verses
- Matthew 5:40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
- Matthew 7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Matthew 8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
- Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
- Matthew 10:38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
- Matthew 10:41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
- Matthew 12:14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
- Matthew 13:20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
- Matthew 13:31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
- Matthew 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Matthew 15:36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 16:5And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
- Matthew 16:7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
- Matthew 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
- Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 17:24And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
- Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- ἀπολαμβάνωto get backG618
- προσωπολήπτηςprejudiced personG4381
- προσλαμβάνωto takeG4355
- ἐπιλαμβάνωto catchG1949
- συμπεριλαμβάνωto embraceG4843
- συλλαμβάνωto seize/conceive/helpG4815
- εὐλαβήςdevoutG2126
- ἀναλαμβάνωto take upG353
- ὑπολαμβάνωto take up/supposeG5274
- καταλαμβάνωto graspG2638
- δεξιολάβοςslingerG1187
- ἀπροσωπολήπτωςimpartiallyG678
- λῆψιςreceivingG3028
- προλαμβάνωto take beforehandG4301
- παραλαμβάνωto takeG3880
- ἀντιλαμβάνωto helpG482
- μεταλαμβάνωto partakeG3335
Detailed Greek dictionary
λαμβάνω,
future λήψομαι (λήψω only late, variant in [LXX (LXX.1Mac.4.18))]; Ionic dialect λάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“GDI” 5497.3, +others (Milet., 4th-3rd c.BC), 5597.11 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC), corrupted to λάμψομαι in Mss. of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199)]; Doric dialectfuture 2nd pers. singular λαψῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 34.2, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.4, 10)], infinitive λαμψεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PSI” 9.1091.19; Hellenistic λήμψομαι “PPar.” 14.47 (2nd c.BC), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4224c (add.) (from Telmessus), 4244 (from Tlos), +others:)]aorist 2 ἔλᾰβον, Epic dialect ἔλλᾰβον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.170, etc.)]; Ionic dialect Iterat. λάβεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 112, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.78, 130; _imperative_ λαβέ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.407, etc.)]; written λάβε in middle Ms. of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 130, but λαβέ)] Attic dialectaccusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.431)]: perfect εἴληφα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 643, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 591 (Lyric poetry), etc. (uncertain in 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 143))]; Ionic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus λελάβηκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79, “IG” 42(1).121.68 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 5(2).6.14 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), also 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 426)]; infinitive λελαβήκειν [Refs (“IG” 42(1).121.59 (Epid.), “PSI” 9.1091.7)]: pluperfect εἰλήφειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.88, _Ionic dialect3rd.pers._ _sing._ λελαβήκεε variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42)] (κατα-); Doric dialect perfect subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular (παρ-) λελόνβῃ [Refs (“GDI” 5087b1 (from Crete):)] —middle, aorist 2 ἐλαβόμην, Epic dialect ἐλλ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.325, etc.)]; Epic dialect reduplicate λελαβέσθαι [Refs (4.388)]:—passive, future ληφθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 68, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, κατα-λελήψομαι 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 54p.677D.)]: aorist ἐλήφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 101, etc.)]; Ionic dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 58.8 (Milet., 5th c.BC), (κατ-) “GDI” 5532.7 (from Zeleia), ἐλάμφθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89, 6.92, 7.239 (-λάφθ- by erasure in codex B))]; Hellenistic ἐλήμφθην [NT (“IG” 14.1320, NT.Mark.16.19 (ἀν-))]; Doric dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 1.13)]: perfect εἴλημμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 455)]; but in Trag.usually λέλημμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 876, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1113, “IA” 363 (troch.), “Cyc.” 433, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1090)] (δια-); so later προ-λέληπτε (sic) [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.769 (from Dura))]; Ionic dialect λέλαμμαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.51, (δια-) 3.117)]; infinitive ἀνα-λελάφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 11)] (accusative to many codices, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographusand 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus, -λελάμφθαι vulgar form))]; Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural λελήφαται [Refs (“Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.268)]; Doric dialect perfect imperative λελάφθω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 3, +others)]:—in the future, aorist passive, and perfect passive the a is short by nature in Ionic dialect, probably long in Doric dialect and in Doric dialect ized Hellenistic forms such as λαμψοῦνται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Test.Epict.” 5.14, λάμψεσθαι “IG” 5(1).1390.67 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]; it is marked long in Aeolic dialect λᾱμψεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.9:—of these tenses 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only)]aorist active, and aorist middle twice (see. above); the Homeric present is λάζομαι. —The word has two main senses, one (more active) take; the other (more passive) receive:
I take,
I.1 take hold of, grasp, seize, μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.81: frequently with χειρί or χερσί added, χειρὶ χεῖρα λαβόντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.286; χερμάδιον λάβε χειρί 5.302; χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.487; ἐν χείρεσσι λάβ᾽ ἡνία 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.116; ἐν χεροῖν λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 913; διὰ χερῶν λαβών [prev. author] “Ant.” 916; ἐς χέρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1242; ἐν ἀγκάλαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 481, etc.)]; of an eagle, λ. ἄγραν ποσίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.81)]: c.accusative of the thing seized, λ. γούνατα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.465)]; but also with accusative of whole, genitive of part seized, τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν caught her by the wing,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.316; τὸν δὲ πεσόντα ποδῶν ἔλαβε 4.463; γούνων λαβὼν κούρην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.142; λ. τινὰ τῆς ζώνης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.10, etc.: sometimes with _genitive_ only, ἀγκὰς ἀλλήλων λαβέτην χερσί)] they took hold of one another with their arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.711)]:—frequently in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
I.1.b take by violence, carry off as prize or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.273, 8.191, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.130, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 68 (_passive_), 1431, etc.)]; capture a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.24.11, 3.61.8; ἐκ πόλιος.. ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.41)]; of lions, λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.114; ἵνα δαῖτα λάβῃσιν 24.43)]; of an eagle, [Refs (17.678)]; of a dolphin, [Refs (21.24.)]
I.1.c λ. δίκην take, exact punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.29,34, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.181; ποινάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 360, etc. (rarely for δοῦναι δίκην, see.below 11.1 e); λ. τιμωρίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.280.)]
I.2 of passions, feelings, etc., seize, μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.468; Ἀτρεΐωνα.. χόλος λάβεν 1.387; ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230; τὸν δὲ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 24.170, +others; δὴν δέ μιν ἀμφασίη ἐπέων λάβε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.704; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους θάρσος ἔλαβε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.92; ἄχος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.6; δέος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 699c)]; ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε when the occasion came to them, i.e. occurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.19)]; of fevers and sudden illnesses, attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.19, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 417, etc. (compare λάζομαι, λῆψις):)] —passive, λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ, ὑπὸ [νόσου], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 446, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.138; ἔρωτι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.31, etc. (reversely of the person, λ. θυμόν, etc., see below 11.3).)]
I.2.b of a deity, seize, possess, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79)]:—passive, τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 37.)]
I.2.c of darkness, etc., occupy, possess, εὖτ᾽ ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 365.)]
I.3 catch, overtake, as an enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.159, 11.106, 126, etc.; λ. τινὰ στείχοντα θύραζε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.418; ζῶντες ἐλάμφθησαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.119)]; simply, find, come upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1031, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1339.)]
I.4 catch, find out, detect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89 (_passive_))]; ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ αἰτιάματ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 196; τὸν αὐτόχειρα τοῦ φόνου λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 266: frequently with)]participle, κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 461; κλέπτοντα Κλέωνα λάβοιμι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 759; λ. τινὰ ψευδόμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389d; τοῦτον ὑβρίζοντα λαβόντες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.97)]: with adjective, ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 570)]:—passive, δρῶσ᾽ ἐλήφθης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 808; ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ δεινὰ δρῶντ᾽ εἰλημμένω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 455; ληφθεῖσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ μηχανωμένην τι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3; ἐλήφθη μοιχός 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.66)]: in good sense, οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν᾽ εὐσεβῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1051.)]
I.5 λ. τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι bind him by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74; ἀραῖον λαβεῖν τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 276 codices)]
I.6 with double accusative, take as, λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ᾽ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1007)]; ξυμπαραστάτην λ. τινά[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 675; τοὺς Ἕλληνας λ. συναγωνιζομένους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.86.)]
I.7 τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα taking, keeping Ida to your left (nisi to be read λαβών, ἐς..) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.42; ἐν δεξιᾷ λ. τὴν Σικελίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.1)]; λ. τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου take in rear, i.e. be behind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; compare ἀπείργω 11.2, ἔχω (A) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.7.)]
I.8 λ. Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα assume it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.78, compare 2.37; λ. ζυγόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.93.)]
I.8.b take food or drugs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Diocles Epigrammaticus “Frr.” 121 (_passive_), 140, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.125, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.469.)]
I.9 apprehend by the senses, ὄμμασιν θέαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 537, compare 656)]; πρόσφθεγμά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 234; ὁρᾶται, ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ αἰσθήσει λαμβάνεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524d.)]
I.9.b apprehend with the mind, understand, φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.10; νόῳ [prev. author] 3.41; τῇ διανοίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 143a; λ. ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις βεβαίως 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.51; ἐν νῷ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.35.6: _absolutely_, λ. τὴν ἀλήθειαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6; μνήμην παρὰ τῆς φήμης λ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246d, etc.)]
I.9.c with adverb added, take, i.e. understand in a certain manner, ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142; λάβετε [τοὺς λόγους] μὴ πολεμίως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17)]; τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον took it more seriously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.27, compare 61; ὀρθῶς λ. τὸν φιλοκερδῆ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 227c)]; λ. τι οὕτω, ὧδε, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 174b27, “Rh.Al.” 1423a4; ὀργῇ καὶ φόβῳ τὸ γεγονὸς λ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 18: with παρά with _accusative_, λαμβάνω σε παρὰ βουκόλον.. “PMag.Par.” 1.2434:)] —passive, τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται are used for the first person, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 78.22)]; with ἐς, εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο be taken for a girl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.32: less frequently with double _accusative_, ὡς μεθυστικὰς λ. [τὰς ἁρμονίας] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1342b25, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.179; τῆς νίκης ἆθλον τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῆς πολιτείας λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296a31; τοῦτο λ. γιγνόμενον [prev. author] “Mete.” 346a7; also λ. περί τινος τί ἐστι [prev. author] “EN” 1142a32, compare 1140a24, +others)]: also with infinitive, λ. τι εἶναί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mete.” 389a29, +others: with a _relative_ clause, οὕτω δεῖ λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὅτι.. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1053a27, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.1; εἰλήφθω ὁ ἄδικος ποσαχῶς λέγεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1129a31)]: in bad sense, πρὸς δέους λ. τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 7; πρὸς ἀτιμίας [prev. author] “Cic.” 13; λ. δι᾽ οἴκτου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 194)]; but also ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λ. receive as a favour, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.31.6.)]
I.9.d in Logic, assume, take for granted, ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 46b6; λ. τὰς περὶ ἕκαστον ἀρχάς [prev. work] 53a2, etc.:)] —passive, τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα[Refs ([prev. work] 26b30)]; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 33a15, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.46 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Sign.” 35, “Oec.” p.5 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.89.)]
I.9.e take, i.e. determine, estimate, τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20; ἐντεῦθεν τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 66; τὴν τιμωρίαν ποθεινοτέραν λ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42.)]
I.10 take in hand, undertake (compare ληπτέον), λ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον, opposed to συνταχύνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71)]; μηδένα πόνον λαβόντες without taking any trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.24; παλαισμάτων λ. φροντίδα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.22.)]
I.11 take in, hold, τὸ στρατόπεδον πεζοὺς λ. περὶ τετρακισχιλίους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.107.10.)]
I.12 participle λαβών frequently seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα took and kissed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.398, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.36: so in Trag. and Comedy texts, τί μ᾽ οὐ λαβὼν ἔκτεινα; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1391, compare 641; τῆ νῦν τόδε πῖθι λαβών 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 141, etc.)]
I.12.b ingressive of ἔχων (ἔχω (A) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.6), ἑτάρους τε λ. καὶ νῆα.. ἦλθον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.269, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 259.)]
II receive,
II.1 have given one, get, receive, properly of things [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 106), ἄποινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.427; τὰ πρῶτα 23.275; ἀντίποινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 592)], see belowe; παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 439; πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 12, etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4)]; gain, win, κλέος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.298, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1347, etc.; ἀρετάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.6; κόσμον [prev. author] “N.” 3.31 codices (variant{ἔλαχες} Scholia))]; ἀλκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 218, etc.)]; πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λ. ἡλικίαν attain.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.39; λ. νόστον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1016, etc.; λ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς θαλάττης 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.61; μοναρχίαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1163; τέρψιν [prev. author] “Tr.” 820; χάριν [prev. author] “OT” 1004; κέρδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 906)]: also in bad sense, λ. ὀνείδη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1494; συμφοράν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 43; θάνατον [prev. author] “Hel.” 201 (Lyric poetry))]; γέλωτα μωρίαν τε incur.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ion” 600; αἰτίαν ἀπό τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18, etc.:—for λ. θυμόν, etc., see above 1.2 et below 3.)]
II.1.b receive hospitably, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.255, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 284)] (ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον) which approaches this sense; καλῶς λ. τινά treat well, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 843.10 (1st-2nd c.AD).)]
II.1.c receive in marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199, 9.108, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.39, “PEleph.” 1.2 (4th c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 436)]; τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν, i.e. those who married their daughters, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1044.14 (Halic., 4th-3rd c.BC))]; also of the father taking a daughter-in-law, τῷ υἱῷ λ. τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 447.)]
II.1.d λ. ὄνομα, ἐπωνυμίαν, receive a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 305d, “Smp.” 173d.)]
II.1.e λ. δίκην receive, i.e. suffer, punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115)]; τὴν ἀξίην λ. get one's deserts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.39; δίκην γὰρ ἀξίαν ἐλάμβανεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1312; λ. ζημίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.11.)]
II.1.f λ. ὅρκον receive an oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a8; λ. πιστά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.5, +others)]; λ. λόγον demand an account, τινος for a thing, παρά τινος from a person, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.47.)]
II.1.g λ. ἐν γαστρί conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.24)]; κῦμα λ., of the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 128.)]
II.1.h receive as produce, profit, etc., οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1123; [χρήματα] ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 347b)]; λ. ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς, ὀβολοῦ, purchase for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1263, “Ra.” 1235, compare “Nu.” 1395)]; πόθεν ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4.)]
i λ. πεῖράν τινος, see at {πεῖρα}.
2 admit of, ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.81.)]
2.b admit, initiate, τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 17.)]
3 of persons conceiving feelings and the like, λ. θυμόν take heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.461: frequently in periphrasis, λ. φόβον, ={φοβεῖσθαι}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 729)]; αἰδῶ λ., ={αἰδεῖσθαι}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 345)]; λ. ὀργήν, ={ὀργίζεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1050: so generally λ. ἀρχήν, ={ἄρχεσθαι}, [prev. author] “IA” 1124)]; λ. ὕψος, ἐπίδοσιν, αὔξησιν, ={ὑψοῦσθαι, ἐπιδιδόναι, αὐξάνεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 732b5, etc.; λ. κακόν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1310)]; λ. νόσον take a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 610d)]; λ. μορφήν, τέλος, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762a13, 744a21, etc.)]; αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι receiving battlements, having battlements added, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.69, compare 115.)]
4 with infinitive, receive permission to.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“SIG” 996.6 (Smyrna, 1st c.AD).)]
B middle, take hold of, lay hold on, with genitive, [σχεδίης] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.325)]; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64, 9.76; χειρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 899, etc.; τοῦ βωμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.126, etc.: with double _genitive_, μου λαβόμενος τῆς χειρός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153b.)]
B.2 seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of, ἀρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 373)]; καιροῦ λαβόμενος seizing the opportunity, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.28; λ. ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 309d: rarely with _accusative_, τόν.. λελαβέσθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.388.)]
B.3 lay hands upon, χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay rough hands on him, deal hardly with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. δ.)]
B.4 of place, λ. τῶν ὀρῶν take to the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24, compare 106)]; Δήλου λαβόμεναι (i.e. αἱ νῆες) reaching Delos, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.80.)]
B.5 find fault with, censure, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 637c, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.22.)]
B.6 λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ check oneself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.24.)]
future λήψομαι (λήψω only late, variant in [LXX (LXX.1Mac.4.18))]; Ionic dialect λάψομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“GDI” 5497.3, +others (Milet., 4th-3rd c.BC), 5597.11 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC), corrupted to λάμψομαι in Mss. of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199)]; Doric dialectfuture 2nd pers. singular λαψῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 34.2, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.4, 10)], infinitive λαμψεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PSI” 9.1091.19; Hellenistic λήμψομαι “PPar.” 14.47 (2nd c.BC), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4224c (add.) (from Telmessus), 4244 (from Tlos), +others:)]aorist 2 ἔλᾰβον, Epic dialect ἔλλᾰβον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.170, etc.)]; Ionic dialect Iterat. λάβεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 112, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.78, 130; _imperative_ λαβέ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.407, etc.)]; written λάβε in middle Ms. of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 130, but λαβέ)] Attic dialectaccusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 1.431)]: perfect εἴληφα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 643, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 591 (Lyric poetry), etc. (uncertain in 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 143))]; Ionic dialect, Doric dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus λελάβηκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79, “IG” 42(1).121.68 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 5(2).6.14 (Tegea, 4th c.BC), also 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 426)]; infinitive λελαβήκειν [Refs (“IG” 42(1).121.59 (Epid.), “PSI” 9.1091.7)]: pluperfect εἰλήφειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.88, _Ionic dialect3rd.pers._ _sing._ λελαβήκεε variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42)] (κατα-); Doric dialect perfect subjunctive 3rd.pers. singular (παρ-) λελόνβῃ [Refs (“GDI” 5087b1 (from Crete):)] —middle, aorist 2 ἐλαβόμην, Epic dialect ἐλλ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.325, etc.)]; Epic dialect reduplicate λελαβέσθαι [Refs (4.388)]:—passive, future ληφθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 68, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, κατα-λελήψομαι 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 54p.677D.)]: aorist ἐλήφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 101, etc.)]; Ionic dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 58.8 (Milet., 5th c.BC), (κατ-) “GDI” 5532.7 (from Zeleia), ἐλάμφθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89, 6.92, 7.239 (-λάφθ- by erasure in codex B))]; Hellenistic ἐλήμφθην [NT (“IG” 14.1320, NT.Mark.16.19 (ἀν-))]; Doric dialect ἐλάφθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 1.13)]: perfect εἴλημμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 455)]; but in Trag.usually λέλημμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 876, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1113, “IA” 363 (troch.), “Cyc.” 433, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1090)] (δια-); so later προ-λέληπτε (sic) [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 2.769 (from Dura))]; Ionic dialect λέλαμμαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.51, (δια-) 3.117)]; infinitive ἀνα-λελάφθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 11)] (accusative to many codices, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographusand 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus, -λελάμφθαι vulgar form))]; Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural λελήφαται [Refs (“Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.268)]; Doric dialect perfect imperative λελάφθω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 3, +others)]:—in the future, aorist passive, and perfect passive the a is short by nature in Ionic dialect, probably long in Doric dialect and in Doric dialect ized Hellenistic forms such as λαμψοῦνται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Test.Epict.” 5.14, λάμψεσθαι “IG” 5(1).1390.67 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]; it is marked long in Aeolic dialect λᾱμψεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.9:—of these tenses 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only)]aorist active, and aorist middle twice (see. above); the Homeric present is λάζομαι. —The word has two main senses, one (more active) take; the other (more passive) receive:
I take,
I.1 take hold of, grasp, seize, μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.81: frequently with χειρί or χερσί added, χειρὶ χεῖρα λαβόντες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.286; χερμάδιον λάβε χειρί 5.302; χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.487; ἐν χείρεσσι λάβ᾽ ἡνία 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.116; ἐν χεροῖν λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 913; διὰ χερῶν λαβών [prev. author] “Ant.” 916; ἐς χέρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1242; ἐν ἀγκάλαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 481, etc.)]; of an eagle, λ. ἄγραν ποσίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.81)]: c.accusative of the thing seized, λ. γούνατα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.465)]; but also with accusative of whole, genitive of part seized, τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν caught her by the wing,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.316; τὸν δὲ πεσόντα ποδῶν ἔλαβε 4.463; γούνων λαβὼν κούρην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.142; λ. τινὰ τῆς ζώνης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.10, etc.: sometimes with _genitive_ only, ἀγκὰς ἀλλήλων λαβέτην χερσί)] they took hold of one another with their arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.711)]:—frequently in middle, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
I.1.b take by violence, carry off as prize or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.273, 8.191, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.130, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 68 (_passive_), 1431, etc.)]; capture a city, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.24.11, 3.61.8; ἐκ πόλιος.. ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.41)]; of lions, λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.114; ἵνα δαῖτα λάβῃσιν 24.43)]; of an eagle, [Refs (17.678)]; of a dolphin, [Refs (21.24.)]
I.1.c λ. δίκην take, exact punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.29,34, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.181; ποινάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 360, etc. (rarely for δοῦναι δίκην, see.below 11.1 e); λ. τιμωρίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.280.)]
I.2 of passions, feelings, etc., seize, μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.468; Ἀτρεΐωνα.. χόλος λάβεν 1.387; ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230; τὸν δὲ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 24.170, +others; δὴν δέ μιν ἀμφασίη ἐπέων λάβε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.704; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους θάρσος ἔλαβε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.92; ἄχος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.6; δέος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 699c)]; ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε when the occasion came to them, i.e. occurred, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.19)]; of fevers and sudden illnesses, attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.19, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 417, etc. (compare λάζομαι, λῆψις):)] —passive, λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ, ὑπὸ [νόσου], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 446, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.138; ἔρωτι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.31, etc. (reversely of the person, λ. θυμόν, etc., see below 11.3).)]
I.2.b of a deity, seize, possess, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79)]:—passive, τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 37.)]
I.2.c of darkness, etc., occupy, possess, εὖτ᾽ ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 365.)]
I.3 catch, overtake, as an enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.159, 11.106, 126, etc.; λ. τινὰ στείχοντα θύραζε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.418; ζῶντες ἐλάμφθησαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.119)]; simply, find, come upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1031, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1339.)]
I.4 catch, find out, detect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89 (_passive_))]; ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ αἰτιάματ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 196; τὸν αὐτόχειρα τοῦ φόνου λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 266: frequently with)]participle, κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 461; κλέπτοντα Κλέωνα λάβοιμι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 759; λ. τινὰ ψευδόμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389d; τοῦτον ὑβρίζοντα λαβόντες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.97)]: with adjective, ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 570)]:—passive, δρῶσ᾽ ἐλήφθης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 808; ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ δεινὰ δρῶντ᾽ εἰλημμένω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 455; ληφθεῖσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ μηχανωμένην τι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3; ἐλήφθη μοιχός 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.66)]: in good sense, οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν᾽ εὐσεβῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1051.)]
I.5 λ. τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι bind him by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74; ἀραῖον λαβεῖν τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 276 codices)]
I.6 with double accusative, take as, λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ᾽ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 1007)]; ξυμπαραστάτην λ. τινά[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 675; τοὺς Ἕλληνας λ. συναγωνιζομένους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.86.)]
I.7 τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα taking, keeping Ida to your left (nisi to be read λαβών, ἐς..) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.42; ἐν δεξιᾷ λ. τὴν Σικελίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.1)]; λ. τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου take in rear, i.e. be behind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; compare ἀπείργω 11.2, ἔχω (A) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.7.)]
I.8 λ. Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα assume it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.78, compare 2.37; λ. ζυγόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.93.)]
I.8.b take food or drugs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Diocles Epigrammaticus “Frr.” 121 (_passive_), 140, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.125, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.469.)]
I.9 apprehend by the senses, ὄμμασιν θέαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 537, compare 656)]; πρόσφθεγμά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 234; ὁρᾶται, ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ αἰσθήσει λαμβάνεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524d.)]
I.9.b apprehend with the mind, understand, φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.10; νόῳ [prev. author] 3.41; τῇ διανοίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 143a; λ. ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις βεβαίως 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.51; ἐν νῷ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.35.6: _absolutely_, λ. τὴν ἀλήθειαν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6; μνήμην παρὰ τῆς φήμης λ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246d, etc.)]
I.9.c with adverb added, take, i.e. understand in a certain manner, ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.142; λάβετε [τοὺς λόγους] μὴ πολεμίως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17)]; τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον took it more seriously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.27, compare 61; ὀρθῶς λ. τὸν φιλοκερδῆ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 227c)]; λ. τι οὕτω, ὧδε, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 174b27, “Rh.Al.” 1423a4; ὀργῇ καὶ φόβῳ τὸ γεγονὸς λ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 18: with παρά with _accusative_, λαμβάνω σε παρὰ βουκόλον.. “PMag.Par.” 1.2434:)] —passive, τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται are used for the first person, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 78.22)]; with ἐς, εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο be taken for a girl, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.32: less frequently with double _accusative_, ὡς μεθυστικὰς λ. [τὰς ἁρμονίας] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1342b25, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.179; τῆς νίκης ἆθλον τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῆς πολιτείας λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296a31; τοῦτο λ. γιγνόμενον [prev. author] “Mete.” 346a7; also λ. περί τινος τί ἐστι [prev. author] “EN” 1142a32, compare 1140a24, +others)]: also with infinitive, λ. τι εἶναί τι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mete.” 389a29, +others: with a _relative_ clause, οὕτω δεῖ λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὅτι.. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1053a27, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.1; εἰλήφθω ὁ ἄδικος ποσαχῶς λέγεται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1129a31)]: in bad sense, πρὸς δέους λ. τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 7; πρὸς ἀτιμίας [prev. author] “Cic.” 13; λ. δι᾽ οἴκτου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 194)]; but also ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λ. receive as a favour, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.31.6.)]
I.9.d in Logic, assume, take for granted, ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 46b6; λ. τὰς περὶ ἕκαστον ἀρχάς [prev. work] 53a2, etc.:)] —passive, τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα[Refs ([prev. work] 26b30)]; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 33a15, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.46 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Sign.” 35, “Oec.” p.5 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.89.)]
I.9.e take, i.e. determine, estimate, τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20; ἐντεῦθεν τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 66; τὴν τιμωρίαν ποθεινοτέραν λ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42.)]
I.10 take in hand, undertake (compare ληπτέον), λ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον, opposed to συνταχύνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71)]; μηδένα πόνον λαβόντες without taking any trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.24; παλαισμάτων λ. φροντίδα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.22.)]
I.11 take in, hold, τὸ στρατόπεδον πεζοὺς λ. περὶ τετρακισχιλίους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.107.10.)]
I.12 participle λαβών frequently seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα took and kissed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.398, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.36: so in Trag. and Comedy texts, τί μ᾽ οὐ λαβὼν ἔκτεινα; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1391, compare 641; τῆ νῦν τόδε πῖθι λαβών 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 141, etc.)]
I.12.b ingressive of ἔχων (ἔχω (A) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.6), ἑτάρους τε λ. καὶ νῆα.. ἦλθον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.269, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 259.)]
II receive,
II.1 have given one, get, receive, properly of things [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 106), ἄποινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.427; τὰ πρῶτα 23.275; ἀντίποινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 592)], see belowe; παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 439; πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 12, etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4)]; gain, win, κλέος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.298, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1347, etc.; ἀρετάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.6; κόσμον [prev. author] “N.” 3.31 codices (variant{ἔλαχες} Scholia))]; ἀλκήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 218, etc.)]; πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λ. ἡλικίαν attain.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.39; λ. νόστον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1016, etc.; λ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς θαλάττης 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.61; μοναρχίαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1163; τέρψιν [prev. author] “Tr.” 820; χάριν [prev. author] “OT” 1004; κέρδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 906)]: also in bad sense, λ. ὀνείδη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1494; συμφοράν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 43; θάνατον [prev. author] “Hel.” 201 (Lyric poetry))]; γέλωτα μωρίαν τε incur.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ion” 600; αἰτίαν ἀπό τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18, etc.:—for λ. θυμόν, etc., see above 1.2 et below 3.)]
II.1.b receive hospitably, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.255, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 284)] (ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον) which approaches this sense; καλῶς λ. τινά treat well, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 843.10 (1st-2nd c.AD).)]
II.1.c receive in marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199, 9.108, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 953.27, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.39, “PEleph.” 1.2 (4th c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 436)]; τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν, i.e. those who married their daughters, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1044.14 (Halic., 4th-3rd c.BC))]; also of the father taking a daughter-in-law, τῷ υἱῷ λ. τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 447.)]
II.1.d λ. ὄνομα, ἐπωνυμίαν, receive a name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 305d, “Smp.” 173d.)]
II.1.e λ. δίκην receive, i.e. suffer, punishment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.115)]; τὴν ἀξίην λ. get one's deserts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.39; δίκην γὰρ ἀξίαν ἐλάμβανεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1312; λ. ζημίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.11.)]
II.1.f λ. ὅρκον receive an oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a8; λ. πιστά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.5, +others)]; λ. λόγον demand an account, τινος for a thing, παρά τινος from a person, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.4.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.47.)]
II.1.g λ. ἐν γαστρί conceive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.24)]; κῦμα λ., of the earth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 128.)]
II.1.h receive as produce, profit, etc., οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1123; [χρήματα] ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 347b)]; λ. ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς, ὀβολοῦ, purchase for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1263, “Ra.” 1235, compare “Nu.” 1395)]; πόθεν ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4.)]
i λ. πεῖράν τινος, see at {πεῖρα}.
2 admit of, ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.81.)]
2.b admit, initiate, τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 17.)]
3 of persons conceiving feelings and the like, λ. θυμόν take heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.461: frequently in periphrasis, λ. φόβον, ={φοβεῖσθαι}, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 729)]; αἰδῶ λ., ={αἰδεῖσθαι}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 345)]; λ. ὀργήν, ={ὀργίζεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1050: so generally λ. ἀρχήν, ={ἄρχεσθαι}, [prev. author] “IA” 1124)]; λ. ὕψος, ἐπίδοσιν, αὔξησιν, ={ὑψοῦσθαι, ἐπιδιδόναι, αὐξάνεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.91, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 732b5, etc.; λ. κακόν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1310)]; λ. νόσον take a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 610d)]; λ. μορφήν, τέλος, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762a13, 744a21, etc.)]; αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι receiving battlements, having battlements added, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.69, compare 115.)]
4 with infinitive, receive permission to.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“SIG” 996.6 (Smyrna, 1st c.AD).)]
B middle, take hold of, lay hold on, with genitive, [σχεδίης] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.325)]; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64, 9.76; χειρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 899, etc.; τοῦ βωμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.126, etc.: with double _genitive_, μου λαβόμενος τῆς χειρός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153b.)]
B.2 seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of, ἀρχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 373)]; καιροῦ λαβόμενος seizing the opportunity, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.28; λ. ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 309d: rarely with _accusative_, τόν.. λελαβέσθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.388.)]
B.3 lay hands upon, χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay rough hands on him, deal hardly with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. δ.)]
B.4 of place, λ. τῶν ὀρῶν take to the mountains, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24, compare 106)]; Δήλου λαβόμεναι (i.e. αἱ νῆες) reaching Delos, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.80.)]
B.5 find fault with, censure, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 637c, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.22.)]
B.6 λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ check oneself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.24.)]