ἀντιλαβή
ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. → O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A thing to hold by, handle, ὅπως ἂν . . μὴ ἔχοι ἀντιλαβὴν ἡ χείρ Th.7.65; of a shield, οὔτε πόρπακας οὔτ' ἀντιλαβὰς ἔχει Str.3.3.6. 2 grip, of a dog, Ael.NA8.1. 3 metaph., πολλὰς . . ἔχει ὑποψίας καὶ ἀντιλαβάς gives many handles against one, points of attack, Pl.Phd.84c; so ἀ. διδόναι D.H. Rh.8.15; παρέχεσθαι Luc. Tim.20. 4 Gramm., in dramatic dialogue, division of a line between two speakers, Hsch. 5 apprehension. Dam. Pr.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 254] ἡ, Griff zum Festhalten, ὅπως ἀπολισθάνοι καὶ μὴ ἔχοι ἀντιλαβὴν ἡ χεὶρ ἐπιβαλλομένη Thuc. 7, 65; übertr., Blöße, die man dem Tadel giebt, ὑποψίας καὶ ἀντιλαβὰς ἔχει Plat. Phaed. 84 c; vgl. Ael. H. A. 8, 1.
