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|Definition=fut. λήψομαι ([[λήψω]] only late, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[LXX]] ''1 Ma.''4.18); Ion.<br><span class="bld">A</span> λάψομαι ''GDI''5497.3, al. (Milet., iv/iii B. C.), 5597.11 (Ephesus, iii B. C.), corrupted to [[λάμψομαι]] in Mss. of [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.199; Dor.fut.2sg. λαψῇ Epich.34.2, Theoc.1.4,10, inf. λαμψεῖσθαι ''PSI''9.1091.19; Hellenistic λήμψομαι ''PPar.''14.47 (ii B. C.), ''CIG''4224c (add.) (Telmessus), 4244 (Tlos), al.: aor. 2 ἔλᾰβον, Ep. ἔλλᾰβον Il.24.170, etc.; Ion. Iterat. λάβεσκον Hes.''Fr.''112, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.78, 130; imper. λαβέ Il.1.407, etc.; written [[λάβε]] in Med. Ms. of A.''Eu.''130, but [[λαβέ]] Att.acc. to Hdn. Gr.1.431: pf. εἴληφα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''643, Ar.''Ra.''591 (lyr.), etc. (dub.in Archil. 143); Ion., Dor., Arc. [[λελάβηκα]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.79, ''IG''42(1).121.68 (Epid., iv B. C.), 5(2).6.14 (Tegea, iv B. C.), also Eup.426; inf. λελαβήκειν ''IG'' 42(1).121.59 (Epid.), ''PSI''9.1091.7: plpf. εἰλήφειν Th.2.88, Ion.3sg. λελαβήκεε [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.42 (κατα-); Dor. pf. subj. 3sg. (παρ-) λελόνβῃ ''GDI''5087b1 (Crete):—Med., aor. 2 ἐλαβόμην, Ep. [[ἐλλαβόμην]], Od. 5.325, etc.; Ep. redupl. λελαβέσθαι 4.388:—Pass., fut. ληφθήσομαι S.''Ph.''68, Th.6.91, καταλελήψομαι Aristid.''Or.''54p.677D.: aor. ἐλήφθην [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''101, etc.; Ion. [[ἐλάφθην]] ''SIG''58.8 (Milet., v B. C.), (κατ-) ''GDI''5532.7 (Zeleia), ἐλάμφθην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.89, 6.92, 7.239 (-λάφθ- by erasure in cod. B); Hellenistic ἐλήμφθην ''IG''14.1320, ''Ev.Marc.'' 16.19 ([[ἀν]]-); Dor. [[ἐλάφθην]] Archim.''Aren.''1.13: pf. εἴλημμαι D.24.49, Ar.''Pl.''455; but in Trag.usu. [[λέλημμαι]], A.''Ag.''876, E.''Ion''1113, ''IA''363 (troch.), ''Cyc.''433, cf. Ar.''Ec.''1090 (δια-); so later προλέληπτε (sic) ''Supp.Epigr.''2.769 (Dura); Ion. [[λέλαμμαι]] (ἀπο-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.51, (δια-) 3.117; inf. ἀναλελάφθαι Hp.''Off.''11 (acc. to many codd., [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]and Erot., ἀναλελάμφθαι vulg.); Ion.3pl. λελήφαται ''An.Ox.''1.268; Dor. pf.imper. λελάφθω Archim. ''Con.Sph.''3, al.:—in the fut., aor. Pass., and pf. Pass. the a is short by nature in Ion., prob. long in Dor. and in Doricized Hellenistic forms such as λαμψοῦνται ''Test.Epict.''5.14, λάμψεσθαι ''IG''5(1).1390.67 (Andania, i B. C.); it is marked long in Aeol. λᾱμψεται Alc.''Supp.''5.9:—of these tenses Hom. uses only aor. Act., and aor.Med. twice (v. supr.); the Homeric pres. is [[λάζομαι]]. —The word has two main senses, one (more active) [[take]]; the other (more passive) [[receive]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[take]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[take hold of]], [[grasp]], [[seize]], μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία Od.6.81: freq. with [[χειρί]] or [[χερσί]] added, χειρὶ χεῖρα λαβόντες Il.21.286; χερμάδιον λάβε χειρί 5.302; χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντόν Od.9.487; ἐν χείρεσσι λάβ' ἡνία Il.8.116; ἐν χεροῖν λαμβάνω [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''913; διὰ χερῶν λαβών Id.''Ant.''916; ἐς χέρας E.''Hec.''1242; ἐν ἀγκάλαις A.''Supp.''481, etc.; of an [[eagle]], λαμβάνω ἄγραν ποσίν Pi.''N.''3.81: c.acc. of the thing [[seize]]d, λαμβάνω γούνατα Il.24.465; but also c. acc. of whole, gen. of part seized, [[τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν]] = [[caught her by the wing]], 2.316; τὸν δὲ πεσόντα ποδῶν ἔλαβε 4.463; γούνων λαβὼν κούρην Od. 6.142; λαμβάνω τινὰ τῆς ζώνης X.''An.''1.6.10, etc.: sometimes c. gen. only, [[ἀγκὰς ἀλλήλων λαβέτην χερσί]] = [[they took hold of one another with their arms]], Il.23.711:—freq. in Med., v. infr. B.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[take by violence]], [[carry off as prize]] or [[carry off as booty]], Il.5.273, 8.191, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.130, S.''Ph.''68 (Pass.), 1431, etc.; [[capture]] a [[city]], Plb.1.24.11, 3.61.8; ἐκ πόλιος… ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα Od.9.41; of lions, λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν Il.11.114; ἵνα δαῖτα λάβῃσιν 24.43; of an [[eagle]], 17.678; of a dolphin, 21.24.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[λαμβάνω δίκην]] = [[take punishment]], [[exact punishment]], Lys.1.29,34, Isoc.4.181; ποινάς E.''Tr.'' 360, etc. (rarely for [[δοῦναι δίκην]], v.infr.11.1 e); λαμβάνω τιμωρίαν D.18.280.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of passions, feelings, etc., [[seize]], μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν Il.23.468; Ἀτρεΐωνα… χόλος λάβεν 1.387; ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230; τὸν δὲ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 24.170, al.; δὴν δέ μιν ἀμφασίη ἐπέων λάβε Od.4.704; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους θάρσος ἔλαβε Th.2.92; ἄχος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 5.5.6; δέος Pl.''Lg.''699c; [[ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε]] = when the [[occasion]] came to them, i.e. [[occur]]red, Th.2.34, D.C.44.19; of fevers and sudden illnesses, [[attack]], Hp.''Morb.''1.19, Th.2.49, Ar.''Ec.''417, etc. (cf. [[λάζομαι]], [[λῆψις]]):—Pass., [[λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ]], [[λαμβάνεσθαι ὑπὸ νόσου]], S.''Tr.''446, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.138; ἔρωτι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.31, etc. (reversely of the person, [[λαμβάνω θυμόν]], etc., v. infr.11.3).<br><span class="bld">b</span> of a deity, [[seize]], [[possess]], τινα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.79:—Pass., τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται Luc.''Nigr.''37.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of darkness, etc., [[occupy]], [[possess]], εὖτ' ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ A.''Pers.''365.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[catch]], [[overtake]], as an [[enemy]], Il.5.159, 11.106, 126, etc.; λαμβάνω τινὰ στείχοντα θύραζε Od.9.418; ζῶντες ἐλάμφθησαν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.119; simply, [[find]], [[come upon]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1031, E.''Ion''1339.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[catch]], [[find out]], [[detect]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.89 (Pass.); ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ' αἰτιάματι; A.''Pr.''196; τὸν αὐτόχειρα τοῦ φόνου λαμβάνω [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''266: freq. c. part., κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον ib.461; κλέπτοντα Κλέωνα λάβοιμι Ar.''V.''759; λαμβάνω τινὰ ψευδόμενον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 389d; τοῦτον ὑβρίζοντα λαβόντες D.21.97: with Adj., ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ Men.''Epit.''570:—Pass., δρῶσ' ἐλήφθης S.''Tr.''808; ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ δεινὰ δρῶντ' εἰλημμένω Ar.''Pl.''455; ληφθεῖσαν ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ μηχανωμένην τι Antipho 1.3; ἐλήφθη μοιχός Lys.13.66: in good sense, οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν' εὐσεβῆ S.''Ph.''1051.<br><span class="bld">5</span> λαμβάνω τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι [[bind]] him by... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.74; ἀραῖον λαβεῖν τινα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''276 codd.<br><span class="bld">6</span> c. dupl. acc., [[take as]], λαβὼν [[πρόβλημα]] σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ' Id.''Ph.''1007; ξυμπαραστάτην λαμβάνω τινά ib.675; τοὺς Ἕλληνας λαμβάνω συναγωνιζομένους Isoc.5.86.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα]] [[taking]], [[keeping]] [[Ida]] to your [[left]] ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[λαβών]], [[ἐς]]…) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.42; ἐν δεξιᾷ λ. τὴν Σικελίαν Th.7.1; [[λαμβάνω τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου]] = [[take in rear]], i.e. [[be behind]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.75; cf. [[ἀπείργω]] II.2, [[ἔχω]] (A) A.1.7.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[λαμβάνω Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα]] [[assume]] it, Id.4.78, cf. 2.37; λαμβάνω ζυγόν Pi.''P.''2.93.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[take]] food or drugs, Diocl.''Frr.''121 (Pass.), 140, Sor.1.125, Gal.15.469.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[apprehend by the senses]], ὄμμασιν θέαν S. ''Ph.''537, cf. 656; [[πρόσφθεγμα|πρόσφθεγμά]] τινος ib.234; ὁρᾶται, ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ αἰσθήσει λαμβάνεται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 524d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[apprehend with the mind]], [[understand]], φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.10; νόῳ Id.3.41; τῇ διανοίᾳ Pl. ''Prm.''143a; λαμβάνω ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις βεβαίως [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.51; ἐν νῷ Plb.2.35.6: abs., λαμβάνω τὴν [[ἀλήθεια|ἀλήθειαν]] Antipho 1.6; μνήμην παρὰ τῆς φήμης λαμβάνω Lys.2.3, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''246d, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> with Adv. added, [[take]], i.e. [[understand]] in a [[certain]] [[manner]], ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.142; λάβετε [τοὺς λόγους] μὴ πολεμίως Th.4.17; [[τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον]] = [[took]] it [[more]] [[seriously]], Id.6.27, cf. 61; ὀρθῶς λαμβάνω τὸν φιλοκερδῆ Pl.''Hipparch.''227c; λαμβάνω τι οὕτω, ὧδε, Arist.''SE''174b27, ''Rh.Al.'' 1423a4; ὀργῇ καὶ φόβῳ τὸ γεγονὸς λαμβάνω Plu.''Alc.''18: with [[παρά]] c.acc., λαμβάνω σε παρὰ βουκόλον… ''PMag.Par.''1.2434:—Pass., τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται = are [[use]]d for the [[first]] person, A.D.''Pron.''78.22; with [[ἐς]], εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο = [[be taken]] for a [[girl]], Philostr.''Im.''2.32: less freq. c. dupl. acc., ὡς μεθυστικὰς λαμβάνω [τὰς ἁρμονίας] Arist.''Pol.''1342b25, cf. S.E.''P.''1.179; τῆς νίκης ἆθλον τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῆς πολιτείας λαμβάνω Arist.''Pol.''1296a31; τοῦτο λαμβάνω γιγνόμενον Id.''Mete.'' 346a7; also [[λαμβάνω]] περί τινος τί ἐστι Id.''EN''1142a32, cf. 1140a24, al.: also c. inf., λαμβάνω τι εἶναί τι Id.''Mete.''389a29, al.: with a relat. clause, οὕτω δεῖ λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ' οὐχ ὅτι… Id.''Metaph.''1053a27, cf. Str.2.5.1; εἰλήφθω ὁ ἄδικος ποσαχῶς λέγεται [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1129a31: in bad sense, πρὸς δέους λαμβάνω τι Plu.''Flam.''7; πρὸς ἀτιμίας Id.''Cic.''13; λαμβάνω δι' οἴκτου E. ''Supp.''194; but also [[ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λαμβάνειν]] = [[receive as a favour]], Plb.1.31.6.<br><span class="bld">d</span> in Logic, [[assume]], [[take for granted]], ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον Arist.''APr.''46b6; λαμβάνω τὰς περὶ ἕκαστον ἀρχάς ib.53a2, etc.:—Pass., [[τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα]] ib.26b30; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεις ib.33a15, cf. Phld.''Rh.''2.46 S., ''Sign.''35, ''Oec.''p.5 J., S.E.''P.''2.89.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[take]], i.e. [[determine]], [[estimate]], τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων Th.3.20; ἐντεῦθεν τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων Lycurg.66; τὴν τιμωρίαν ποθεινοτέραν λαμβάνω Th.2.42.<br><span class="bld">10</span> [[take in hand]], [[undertake]] (cf. [[ληπτέον]]), λαμβάνω τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον, opp. [[συνταχύνω|συνταχύνειν]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.71; [[μηδένα πόνον λαβόντες]] = [[without]] taking any [[trouble]], Id.7.24; παλαισμάτων λαμβάνω φροντίδα Pi.''N.''10.22.<br><span class="bld">11</span> [[take in]], [[hold]], τὸ [[στρατόπεδον]] πεζοὺς μὲν λαμβάνει περὶ τετρακισχιλίους Plb.3.107.10.<br><span class="bld">12</span> part. [[λαβών]] freq. seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, [[λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα]] took and [[kiss]]ed, Od.24.398, cf. Il.21.36: so in Trag. and Com., τί μ' οὐ λαβὼν ἔκτεινας; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1391, cf. 641; τῆ νῦν τόδε πῖθι λαβών Cratin.141, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ingressive of [[ἔχων]] ([[ἔχω]] (A) A.1.6), ἑτάρους τε λ. καὶ νῆα… ἦλθον Od. 15.269, cf. S.''Tr.''259.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[receive]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> have [[give]]n one, [[get]], [[receive]], prop. of things (''AB'' 106), ἄποινα Il.6.427; τὰ πρῶτα 23.275; ἀντίποινα S.''El.''592, v. infr.e; παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.10, cf. Ar. ''Eq.''439; πρός τινος S.''El.''12, etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.9.4; [[gain]], [[win]], κλέος Od.1.298, S.''Ph.''1347, etc.; ἀρετάν Pi.''O.''8.6; κόσμον Id.''N.''3.31 codd. ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἔλαχες]] Sch.); ἀλκήν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''218, etc.; [[πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λαμβάνω ἡλικίαν]] [[attain]]... Isoc.10.39; λαμβάνω νόστον E.''IT'' 1016, etc.; λαμβάνω τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς θαλάττης Isoc.5.61; μοναρχίαν S.''Ant.'' 1163; τέρψιν Id.''Tr.''820; χάριν Id.''OT''1004; κέρδος [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''906: also in bad sense, λαμβάνω ὀνείδη [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1494; συμφοράν E.''Med.''43; θάνατον Id.''Hel.''201 (lyr.); γέλωτα μωρίαν τε = [[incur]]... Id.''Ion''600; αἰτίαν ἀπό τινος Th.2.18, etc.:—for [[λαμβάνω θυμόν]], etc., v. supr.1.2 et infr. 3.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[receive hospitably]], Od.7.255, cf. S.''OC''284 (ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον) which approaches this sense; [[καλῶς λαμβάνω τινά]] = [[treat well]], ''BGU''843.10 (i/ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[receive in marriage]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.199, 9.108, E.''Fr.''953.27, X. ''HG''4.1.14, Isoc.10.39, ''PEleph.''1.2 (iv B. C.), Men.''Pk.''436; [[τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν]], i.e. those who married their daughters, ''SIG''1044.14 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.); also of the father taking a daughter-in-law, τῷ υἱῷ λαμβάνω τινά Men.''Pk.''447.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[λαμβάνω ὄνομα]], [[λαμβάνω ἐπωνυμίαν]] = [[receive a name]], Pl. ''Plt.''305d, ''Smp.''173d.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[λαμβάνω δίκην]] [[receive]], i.e. [[suffer]], punishment, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.115; [[τὴν ἀξίην λαβεῖν]] = [[get one's just deserts]], [[get one's deserts]], Id.7.39; δίκην γὰρ ἀξίαν ἐλάμβανεν E.''Ba.''1312; λαμβάνω ζημίας D.11.11.<br><span class="bld">f</span> [[λαμβάνω ὅρκον]] = [[receive an oath]], Arist. ''Rh.''1377a8; λαμβάνω πιστά X.''An.''3.2.5, al.; [[λαμβάνω λόγον]] = [[demand an account]], τινος for a thing, παρά τινος from a person, Id.''Cyr.''1.4.3, D.8.47.<br><span class="bld">g</span> [[λαμβάνω ἐν γαστρί]] = [[conceive]], Hp.''Prorrh.''2.24; [[κῦμα]] λαμβάνω, of the [[earth]], A.''Ch.'' 128.<br><span class="bld">h</span> [[receive as produce]], [[profit]], etc., οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου Ar.''Nu.'' 1123; [χρήματα] ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 347b; [[λαμβάνω ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς]], ὀβολοῦ, [[purchase]] for... Ar.''Pax''1263, ''Ra.''1235, cf. ''Nu.''1395; [[πόθεν]] ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβοι; X.''Smp.''2.4.<br><span class="bld">i</span> [[λαμβάνω πεῖράν τινος]], v. [[πεῖρα]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[admit of]], ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει Pi.''O.''1.81.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[admit]], [[initiate]], τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένους Hp.''Decent.''17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of persons conceiving feelings and the like, [[λαμβάνω θυμόν]] = [[take heart]], Od. 10.461: freq. in periphrasis, [[λαμβάνω φόβον]] = [[φοβεῖσθαι]], S.''OC''729; [[αἰδῶ λαμβάνω]] = [[αἰδεῖσθαι]], Id.''Aj.''345; [[λαμβάνω ὀργήν]] = [[ὀργίζεσθαι]], E.''Supp.''1050: so generally [[λαμβάνω ἀρχήν]] = [[ἄρχεσθαι]], Id.''IA''1124; [[λαμβάνω ὕψος]], [[λαμβάνω ἐπίδοσιν]], [[λαμβάνω αὔξησιν]] = [[ὑψοῦσθαι]], [[ἐπιδιδόναι]], [[αὐξάνεσθαι]], Th.1.91, Isoc.4.10, Arist.''GA''732b5, etc.; λαμβάνω κακόν τι Ar.''Nu.''1310; [[λαμβάνω νόσον]] = [[take a disease]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 610d; [[λαμβάνω μορφήν]], [[λαμβάνω τέλος]], etc., Arist.''GA''762a13, 744a21, etc.; [[αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι]] = [[receiving battlements]], [[having battlements added]], Th.4.69, cf. 115.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., [[receive permission]] to…, ''SIG''996.6 (Smyrna, i A. D.).<br><span class="bld">B</span> Med., [[take hold of]], [[lay hold on]], c. gen., σχεδίης Od.5.325; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.64, 9.76; χειρός E.''Med.''899, etc.; τοῦ βωμοῦ And.1.126, etc.: c. dupl.gen., μου λαβόμενος τῆς χειρός Pl. ''Chrm.''153b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[seize and keep hold of]], [[obtain possession of]], ἀρχῆς S.''OC''373; [[καιροῦ λαβόμενος]] = [[seizing the opportunity]], Is.2.28; λαμβάνω ἀληθείας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 309d: rarely c. acc., τόν… λελαβέσθαι Od.4.388.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lay hands upon]], [[χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινος]] = [[lay rough hands on him]], [[deal hardly with him]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121.δ.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of place, [[λαμβάνω τῶν ὀρῶν]] = [[take to the mountains]], Th.3.24, cf. 106; [[Δήλου λαβόμεναι]] (''[[sc.]]'' αἱ νῆες) [[reach]]ing [[Delos]], Id.8.80.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[find fault with]], [[censure]], τινος Pl.''Lg.'' 637c, Philostr.''VA''4.22.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ]] = [[check oneself]], Hld.2.24.