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|Definition=ἡ, (λαβεῖν) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">handle, haft</b>, λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος <span class="bibl">Alc.33.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.27.20</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι</b>, of a cup, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>473</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1258</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as a pugilistic term, <b class="b2">grip, hold</b>, <b class="b3">βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος</b> Alexander Magnusap.Plu.2.18ob, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>5</span>; ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴς λ. ζητεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fab.</span>5</span>: metaph., τὰς λ. τοῦ φαρμάκου Gal.11.426. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b2">handle, occasion</b>, μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρ', ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>841</span>; <b class="b3">λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">847</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>671</span>, <span class="bibl">D. <span class="title">Prooem.</span>2</span>; ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>551</span>; ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>544b</span>; ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 682e</span>; λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>20</span>; εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας Id.2.78b; εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον <span class="bibl">Nicoch. 3</span> D.: so in pl., τὰς ὁμοίας . . λ. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>498</span>; εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>236b</span>; τὰ μαθήματα φαίη τις ἂν λαβὰς εἶναι φιλοσοφίας Xenocr. ap. Plu.2.452d, cf. <span class="bibl">D.L.4.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν λαβαῖς εἶναι</b> or <b class="b3">γενέσθαι</b> to be at <b class="b2">grips</b>, of wrestlers, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Eum.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">2.979a</span>; εἰς λαβὰς ἥκειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Luc.</span>3</span>; of an orator, ἀφύκτους [δεῖ εἶναι] τὰς λ. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20</span>; <b class="b3">λαβὰς ἀντιλογίας διδόναι</b> <b class="b2">opportunities</b> for refutation, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>8.15</span>; also in friendly sense, φιλικαὶ λ. Plu.2.660b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">attack</b> of fever, Hp. ap. Gal.19.116. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">taking, accepting</b>, ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>935</span>; <b class="b2">catching</b>, of a ball, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Parv.Pil.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">turn</b>, of a bandage, Id.10.432. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> Anat., in pl., <b class="b2">insertions, attachments</b> of muscles, Id.18(2).1006. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VIII</span> <b class="b2">eye</b> of a needle, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.18.10</span>.</span>