παραλαμβάνειν
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also παραλαμβάνω): inherit, receive from another, succeed to, take over
Lexicon Thucydideum
accipere, to receive, get,
a) ab aliis tradita, handed down from others, 2.72.3, 4.16.2, 4.47.3. 5.39.3. 5.42.1, 5.42.1
b) a maioribus, from ancestors, 5.105.2,
c) imperium a decessore, command from one's predecessor, 1.9.2, 1.9.3. 1.96.1, 1.129.1, 3.109.1,
item likewise 6.96.3. 8.85.1,
d) memoriae prodita, handed down in tradition, 2.102.6,
accipere in potestatem, occupare, potiri, to receive into one's power, seize, possess, 1.19.1, 3.39.8,
item likewise 3.46.3. 3.50.1, 3.39.3, 4.54.4, 4.69.4, 5.52.1, 5.52.17.38.1,
sumere secum, to take with one, 1.28.1, 1.111.1, 1.111.3. 5.52.2, 6.101.6, 7.20.3. 7.26.1, 7.26.3. 7.31.2. 8.92.6,
PASS. 7.57.8.
