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λαβή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαβή

Structure: λαβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: labei=n

Sense

  1. the part intended for grasping, a handle, haft
  2. a grip or hold, a handle, occasion, opportunity

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σὺ δὲ τὸ μέγιστον ὧν ἔχομεν ἀγαθῶν ἀφαιρῇ ἡμᾶσ, λέγω δὲ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν καὶ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν ἐξουσίαν, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα οὐχ ὁρᾷσ ὅσα τῆσ ποιήσεωσ καλά, σκινδαλάμουσ δὲ καὶ ἀκάνθασ τινὰσ ἐκλέγεισ καὶ λαβὰσ τῇ συκοφαντίᾳ ζητεῖσ. (Lucian, 8:4)
  • εἶτα διαδήσασ καὶ κατὰ τοὺσ ὤμουσ τελαμῶσι καρτεροῖσ ἁρμοσάμενοσ καὶ πρὸσ ἄκροισ τοῖσ ὠκυπτέροισ λαβάσ τινασ ταῖσ χερσὶ παρασκευάσασ ἐπειρώμην ἐμαυτοῦ τὸ πρῶτον ἀναπηδῶν καὶ ταῖσ χερσὶ ὑπηρετῶν καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ χῆνεσ ἔτι χαμαιπετῶσ ἐπαιρόμενοσ καὶ ἀκροβατῶν ἅμα μετὰ τῆσ πτήσεωσ· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 10:9)
  • ἐὰν τοιαυτασὶ μάθῃ λαβὰσ ποιεῖν, ἄμεινον ἢ νῦν αὔτ’ ἀποδώσεται πολύ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode 1:26)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν Κλεάνθησ ἔλεγε τὸν ἐρώμενον ὑφ’ ἑαυτοῦ μὲν ἐκ τῶν ὤτων κρατεῖσθαι, τοῖσ δ’ ἀντερασταῖσ πολλὰσ λαβὰσ παρέχειν ἀθίκτουσ ἑαυτῷ, τὴν γαστέρα λέγων καὶ τὰ αἰδοῖα καὶ τὸν λαιμόν· (Plutarch, , chapter 6 2:1)
  • καίτοι γε τοῖσ ἀθληταῖσ τῆσ ἀληθινῆσ λέξεωσ ἰσχυρὰσ τὰσ ἁφὰσ προσεῖναι δεῖ καὶ ἀφύκτουσ τὰσ λαβάσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 18 2:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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