ἐπιλαμβάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[take]] or [[get besides]], ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν Arist.''Pol.''1259a28: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου</b> [[take a little more]] time, M.Ant.1.17; τῆς ἀρχῆς Paus.9.14.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. simply, [[take]], [[receive]], ''PEleph.''10.1 (iii B.C.), ''OGI''179.18 (Egypt, i B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[lay]] [[hold of]], [[seize]], [[attack]], as a disease, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.115, Hp.''Aph.''6.51, Th.2.51; of an enemy, Luc.''Nav.''36:—Pass., ἐπείληπται νόσῳ S.''Ant.''732; [[τὴν]] <b class="b3">αἴσθησιν ἐπιληφθείς</b> [[becoming unconscious]], Plu.''Flam.''6; [[ἐπελήφθη]] [[had]] [[an epileptic fit]], Gal.11.859.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. of events, [[overtake]], [[surprise]], <b class="b3">μὴ..</b> χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι Th.4.27; <b class="b3">νυκτὸς ἐπιλαβούσης τὸ ἔργον</b> ib. 96; ταχὺ ἐπιλαβὸν γῆρας Pl.''Epin.''974a: impers., [[ἐπιλαμβάνει]], c. acc. et inf., [[it befalls]] one that.., Paus.6.22.4, 7.21.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[attain to]], [[come]] [[within reach of]], [[reach]], X.''An.''6.5.6; <b class="b3">ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἐ. πολέμου</b> [[live over]] eight years, Th.4.133; ἡμέρας ἑπτακαίδεκα τῆς ἑβδόμης ὑπατείας Plu.''Mar.'' 46: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">ἐ. τετάρτου μηνός</b> [[arrive at]], of the foetus, Arist.''HA'' 583b22 (but <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου μηνός</b>, of the mother, ib.584a37); [[ὥστε]] <b class="b3">καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἐ.</b> [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 1.9.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[seize]], [[stop]], esp. by pressure, τὴν ῥῖνα Ar.''Pl.''703; ἐ. τὸ κλύσμα τῆς ὀπίσω ὁδοῦ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.87; [[ἐ]]. <b class="b3">τὸ ὕδωρ</b> [[stop]] the water-clock in court, Lys.23.4, Is.3.76; τὸν αὐλίσκον Arist.''Ath.''67.3, cf. ''Pr.''866b13, Plb.10.44.12; τὸ στόμα τοῖς ἐπικαλύμμασιν Arist.''HA''527b21.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[occupy]] space, <b class="b3">μηδὲν τῶν τῆς πόλεως..</b> <b class="b3">οἰκοδομήμασι ἐ.</b> Pl.''Lg.''779c (Med.); πλείω τόπον Arist. ''Cael.''305b19; πλατύτερον τόπον Plu.''Cat.Ma.''5: metaph., <b class="b3">πολὺν χῶρον ἐ.</b> [[get over]] much ground, [[traverse]] it rapidly, Theoc.13.65.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. c. gen., [[undertake]], <b class="b3">τῆς κινήσεως, τῆς νήξεως</b>, Ael.''NA''5.18, 13.19.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. c. dat., [[assist]], App.''BC''4.96 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] <b class="b3">επιλ</b>.).<br><span class="bld">7</span>. intr., [[succeed]], [[follow]], Arist.''Pr.''860a7.<br><span class="bld">8</span>. of food or drink, [[take extra]], οἰνάριον Plu.''Cat.Ma.''1; [[take after]] other food, Dsc.2.112.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. Med. (with pf. ἐπείλημμαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''396d, D.3.27), [[hold oneself on by]], [[lay hold of]], c. gen., τῶν νεῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.113, Th.4.14, etc.; τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 6.114; <b class="b3">τῶν ἐπισπαστήρων</b> ib.91; τῆς ἴτυος X.''An.''4.7.12; τῶν ἁμαξῶν Plu.''Oth.''3; <b class="b3">ὅτου ἐπιλάβοιτο τὰ δρέπανα</b> whomsoever the scythes [[caught]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.1.31; ἐπιλαμβάνεταί μου τῆς χειρὸς τῇ δεξιᾷ Pl. ''Prt.''335c; ἐπιλαβόμενός [τινος] τῇ χειρί D. 21.60; <b class="b3">τῶν τριχῶν</b> by the hair, Aeschin.3.150; <b class="b3">μὴ 'πιλαμβάνου</b> [[hold]] me not! E.''Ph.'' 896.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[attack]]. τινός X.''HG''4.2.22; esp. with words, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 236b; of things, <b class="b3">τῆς θερμασίας πόρων -ομένης</b> Epieur.''Ep.''2p.52U.; of diseases, Luc.''Nigr.''29.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[make a seizure of]], [[arrest]], τῶν παίδων D.33.9; [[seize]] goods in default of payment, Id.21.133.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. [[lay]] [[hands on in assertion of a claim]], Pl.''Lg.''954c, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1707.15 (iii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[lay hold of]], [[get]], [[obtain]], [[προστάτεω]] a chief, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.127; προφάσιος ἔς τινα Id.3.36, cf. 6.49; δυνάμιος Id.9.09; καιροῦ Ar.''Lys.'' 596; [[ἐξουσίας]], [[γαλήνης]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 360d, ''Plt.''273a, cf. ''PTeb.''48.20 (ii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἐ. λογισμῷ</b>, Lat. [[ratione assequi]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 79a.<br><span class="bld">5</span>. of [[place]], [[reach]], δασέος Arist.''HA''629b15; τῶν ὀρῶν Plu.''Ant.''41: metaph., of a state or condition, <b class="b3">ἐρημίας ἐπειλημμένοι</b> [[having found]] an empty field, i.e. an absence of all competitors, D.3.27, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1305b16.<br><span class="bld">6</span>. [[attempt]], πράξεων μεγάλων Plu.''Mar.''7.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. c. inf., [[undertake]], γεωργεῖν ''IG''7.2446 (Thebes).<br><span class="bld">7</span>. [[touch on]], τινός [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 449d.<br><span class="bld">8</span>. [[take]] [[up]], [[interrupt]] in speaking, Id.''Grg.''506b, ''Smp.''214e; [[object to]], τοῦ ψηφίσματος X.''HG''2.1.32; <b class="b3">ἐ. ὅτι..</b> [[object]] that... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 490c.<br><span class="bld">9</span>. rarely c. acc., [[seize]], <b class="b3">τὰς Ἀθήνας</b> (leg. [[λήψονται]]) Lycurg.84.