λαμβάνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λαμβάνω
λήψω
ἔλαβον
εἴληφα
εἴλημμαι
ἐλήφθην
Structure:
λαμβάν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: from Root LAB
Sense
- I take, I take hold of, grasp, seize
- I take by force, plunder
- I exact (punishment)
Conjugation
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.
- ἄνδρ’ <ἄνδρ’> ὁρῶ προσιόντα παραπεπληγμένον, τοῖσ τῆσ Ἀφροδίτησ ὀργίοισ εἰλημμένον. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene4)
- μὴ ἀφῆτε, ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, μὴ ἀφῆτε τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖσ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων ἀτυχήμασιν ἐπιγεγραμμένον ἀτιμώρητον, εἰλημμένον ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ δῶρα ἔχοντα κατὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ, μηδὲ τῆσ ἀγαθῆσ τύχησ ὑμᾶσ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἀγούσησ, καὶ τὸν μὲν ἕτερον τῶν τὴν πατρίδα λελυμασμένων ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐκβεβληκυίασ, τοῦτον δ’ ὑμῖν ἀποκτεῖναι παραδούσησ, αὐτοὶ τοῖσ πᾶσι συμφέρουσιν ἐναντιωθῆτε, ἀλλὰ μετοιωνίσασθε τὰσ τῆσ πόλεωσ πράξεισ, εἰσ τούτουσ τοὺσ ἡγεμόνασ τὰσ ἀποτυχίασ τρέψαντεσ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 35:1)
- διόπερ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, δεῖ ταῦθ’ ὑμᾶσ ὁρῶντασ καὶ λογιζομένουσ μὴ μὰ Δία τὸν πλείω χρόνον τῆσ Δημοσθένουσ δωροδοκίασ καὶ ἀτυχίασ κοινωνεῖν, μηδ’ ἐν τούτῳ τὰσ ἐλπίδασ τῆσ σωτηρίασ ἔχειν, μηδ’ οἰέσθαι ἀπορήσειν ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ συμβούλων σπουδαίων, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν προγόνων λαβόντασ ὀργὴν τὸν ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ κλέπτην εἰλημμένον καὶ προδότην, τὸν οὐκ ἀπεχόμενον τῶν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἀφικνουμένων χρημάτων, τὸν εἰσ τὰσ δεινοτάτασ ἀτυχίασ ἐμβεβληκότα τὴν πόλιν, τὸν τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἀλιτήριον ἀποκτείναντασ ἐξόριστον ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ποιῆσαι, καὶ μεταβαλέσθαι τὴν τῆσ πόλεωσ τύχην ἐᾶσαι, καὶ προσδοκῆσαι τούτων γενομένων βέλτιον πράξειν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 92:1)
- ἢ τάχα καὶ βαρβαρικὸν ἦν τὸ ἔκπωμα, εἴπερ μέγα ἦν, ἐκ τῆσ τῶν Κικόνων εἰλημμένον λείασ, τί οὖν ἔχομεν λέγειν περὶ τοῦ Νέστοροσ ποτηρίου, ὃ μόλισ ἂν νέοσ βαστάσαι ἴσχυσεν, Νέστωρ δ’ ὁ γέρων ἀμογητὶ ἀείρε; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 4 4:3)
- ἠκούσατ’, ὦ ξυνήλικεσ, ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ Νικίαν εἰλημμένον. (Plutarch, , chapter 4 5:6)
Synonyms
-
I take
- καταλαμβάνω (I seize, grasp, hold)
- αἱρέω (to take, grasp, seize)
- συναρπάζω (to seize, grasp)
- λάζομαι (I seize, grasp)
- συμμάρπτω (to seize or grasp together)
- κρατέω (I seize, hold)
- ὑπολαμβάνω (I take up, seize)
- διαλαμβάνω (to grasp or lay hold of separately, to seize, arrest)
- δράσσομαι (to lay hold of, having seized)
- συναιρέω (to grasp or seize together, to seize at once)
- αἴνυμαι (to take, take off, take hold of)
- προσλαμβάνω (to take hold of, to take hold of)
- καθαιρέω (to take and carry off, seize)
-
I take by force
-
I exact
Derived
- ἀναλαμβάνω (to take up, take into one's hands, to take on board ship)
- ἀπολαμβάνω (to take or receive from, to receive what is one's due, to accept)
- διαλαμβάνω (to take or receive severally, each for himself, each his share)
- ἐκλαμβάνω (to receive from, receive in full, to contract to do)
- ἐπαναλαμβάνω (to take up again, resume, repeat)
- ἐπιλαμβάνω (I take or get besides, I take, receive)
- καταλαμβάνω (I seize, grasp, hold)
- μεταλαμβάνω (to have or get a share of, to partake of, to get possession of)
- παραλαμβάνω (to receive from another, to take upon oneself, undertake)
- περιλαμβάνω (to seize around, embrace, to encompass or surround)
- προκαταλαμβάνω (to seize beforehand, preoccupy, to be preoccupied)
- προλαμβάνω (to take or receive before, to take or seize beforehand, to provide)
- προσαναλαμβάνω (to take in besides, to recal, to recover)
- προσλαμβάνω (to take or receive besides, get over and above, to take to oneself)
- προυπολαμβάνω (to assume beforehand)
- συγκαταλαμβάνω (to seize, take possession of together, to occupy at the same time)
- συλλαμβάνω (I collect, gather; I rally, I take with me)
- συμπαραλαμβάνω (to take along with, take in as an adjunct)
- συμπεριλαμβάνω (to comprehend, with, to take part together in)
- συναπολαμβάνω (to receive in common or at once)
- ὑπολαμβάνω (I take up, I bear up, support)
