παραλαμβάνειν
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
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.
