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|Definition=ἡ, ([[λαβεῖν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[handle]], [[haft]], λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος Alc.33.2, cf. D.27.20, etc.; <b class="b3">λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι</b>, of a cup, S.''OC''473, cf.Ar.''Pax''1258.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as a pugilistic term, [[grip]], [[hold]], <b class="b3">βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος</b> Alexander Magnusap.Plu.2.18ob, cf. Plu.''Thes.''5; ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴς λ. ζητεῖν Id.''Fab.''5: metaph., τὰς λ. τοῦ φαρμάκου Gal.11.426.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[handle]], [[occasion]], μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρ', ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''841; <b class="b3">λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας</b> ib.847, cf. ''Lys.''671, [[Demosthenes|D.]] ''[[Prooemia|Prooem.]]'' 2; ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. Ar.''Nu.''551; ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 544b; ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν Id.''Lg.'' 682e; λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον Plu.''Cic.''20; εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας Id.2.78b; εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον Nicoch. 3 D.: so in plural, τὰς ὁμοίας… λ. λαβεῖν A.''Ch.''498; εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας Pl.''Phdr.''236b; τὰ μαθήματα φαίη τις ἂν λαβὰς εἶναι φιλοσοφίας Xenocr. ap. Plu.2.452d, cf. D.L.4.10; <b class="b3">ἐν λαβαῖς εἶναι</b> or [[γενέσθαι]] to be at [[grips]], of wrestlers, Plu.''Eum.''7, 2.979a; εἰς λαβὰς ἥκειν Id.''Luc.''3; of an orator, ἀφύκτους [δεῖ εἶναι] τὰς λ. D.H.''Dem.''18, cf. 20; <b class="b3">λαβὰς ἀντιλογίας διδόναι</b> [[opportunities]] for refutation, Id.''Rh.''8.15; also in friendly sense, φιλικαὶ λ. Plu.2.660b.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[attack]] of fever, Hp. ap. Gal.19.116.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[taking]], [[accepting]], ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ A.''Supp.''935; [[catching]], of a ball, Gal.''Parv.Pil.''3.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[turn]], of a bandage, Id.10.432.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> Anat., in plural, [[insertions]], [[attachments]] of muscles, Id.18(2).1006.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[eye]] of a needle, Aen.Tact.18.10.