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.
- πέρα τοῦ δικανικοῦ τρόπου καὶ ἡ σύνθεσισ ἔχει τι τοῦ ποιητικοῦ τό τε σχῆμα τῆσ λέξεωσ ἐκ τῶν ἐπιδεικτικῶν εἴληπται παρισώσεων καὶ παρομοιώσεων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 2010)
- ἐπειδὴ δὲ τἀληθὲσ παρὰ πάσησ τῆσ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλῆσ ὁμολογεῖται, Δημοσθένην εἰληφέναι εἴκοσι τάλαντα χρυσίου καθ’ ὑμῶν καὶ ταῦτα πεποιηκότ’ ἀδικεῖν, καὶ ὁ δημαγωγὸσ ὑμῖν, ἐν ᾧ τὰσ ἐλπίδασ ἔχουσί τινεσ, ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρω χρήματα λαμβάνων εἴληπται, νῦν τὰ νόμιμα τἀκεῖθεν καὶ τὰ δίκαια καὶ τἀληθῆ ἀσθενέστερα γενήσεται τῶν Δημοσθένουσ λόγων, καὶ ἰσχύσει μᾶλλον τῆσ ἀληθείασ ἡ παρὰ τούτου ῥηθησομένη κατὰ τοῦ συνεδρίου διαβολή, ὡσ ἄρα πολλοὺσ ἡ βουλὴ ἀποπέφαγκεν ἀδικεῖν τὸν δῆμον, οἳ ἀποπεφεύγασιν εἰσελθόντεσ εἰσ τὸ δικαστήριον, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ ἐπ’ ἐνίων τὸ πέμπτον μέροσ οὐ μετείληφε τῶν ψήφων; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 65:1)
- διὸ καὶ σωφρόνων ἐστὶ δικαστῶν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, μήθ’ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ ἐναντίαν ἐνεγκεῖν τὴν ψῆφον μήτε πᾶσι τοῖσ ἄλλοισ Ἀθηναίοισ, ἀλλ’ ὁμοθυμαδὸν καταψηφισαμένουσ πάντασ παραδοῦναι τοῖσ ἐπὶ τοῦτο τεταγμένοισ θανάτῳ ζημιῶσαι, καὶ μὴ προέσθαι καὶ μὴ προδοῦναι τὴν ὁσίαν καὶ τὴν εὐόρκον ψῆφον, ἀναμνησθέντασ ὅτι τούτου κατέγνωκεν ἡ βουλὴ δῶρα λαμβάνειν καθ’ ὑμῶν, τούτου κατέγνωκεν ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ζῶν καὶ τελευτήσασ ἀδικεῖν ἑαυτόν, [καὶ] ἵνα τὸ πραότατον εἴπω τῶν ὀνομάτων, τούτου καταχειροτονήσασ ὁ δῆμοσ παραδέδωκεν ὑμῖν τιμωρήσασθαι, οὗτοσ πολλὰ κακὰ διαπεπραγμένοσ ἐπὶ τοιούτοισ εἴληπται πράγμασι νῦν ἀδικῶν, ἐφ’ οἷσ αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ὑμῖν τοῖσ δικάζουσιν ἀτιμώρητον ἐᾶσαι τοῦτον. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 25:1)
- πλησίον ἤδη ἐστὶν ἔψαυσεν εἴληπται· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 48:6)
- περισκοπεῖ ^ ἀκριβῶσ, αὖθισ ἐπανῆλθεν, ἔχανεν, εἴληπται, ἀνιμήσθω. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 50:7)
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)