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.
- καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν εἰσ τὸν λέβητα τὸν μέγαν ἢ εἰσ τὸ χαλκεῖον ἢ εἰσ τὴν χύτραν. καὶ πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν ἀνέβη ἐν τῇ κρεάγρᾳ, ἐλάμβανεν ἑαυτῷ ὁ ἱερεύσ. κατὰ τάδε ἐποίουν παντὶ Ἰσραὴλ τοῖσ ἐρχομένοισ θῦσαι Κυρίῳ ἐν Σηλὼμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:14)
- ἑστάκαμεν οὖν αὐτοῖσ τά τε ὅρια τῆσ Ἰουδαίασ καὶ τοὺσ τρεῖσ νομούσ, Ἀφαίρεμα καὶ Λύδδαν καὶ Ραμαθέμ, οἵτινεσ προσετέθησαν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἀπὸ τῆσ Σαμαρείτιδοσ, καὶ πάντα τὰ συγκυροῦντα αὐτοῖσ πᾶσι τοῖσ θυσιάζουσιν εἰσ Ἱεροσόλυμα, ἀντὶ τῶν βασιλικῶν, ὧν ἐλάμβανεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ παῤ αὐτῶν τὸ πρότερον κατ̓ ἐνιαυτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν γεννημάτων τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκροδρύων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:34)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ὑπερεπέπληστο ἀνθρώπων ἡ πόλισ, ἁπάντων τοὺσ ἐγκεφάλουσ καὶ τὰσ καρδίασ προεξῃρημένων οὐδὲν ἐοικότων σιτοφάγοισ ἀνδράσιν, ἀλλὰ μόνῃ τῇ μορφῇ μὴ οὐχὶ πρόβατα εἶναι διαφερόντων, ἐν οἰκίσκῳ τινὶ ἐπὶ κλίνησ καθεζόμενοσ μάλα θεοπρεπῶσ ἐσταλμένοσ ἐλάμβανεν εἰσ τὸν κόλπον τὸν Πελλαῖον ἐκεῖνον Ἀσκληπιόν, μέγιστόν τε καὶ κάλλιστον, ὡσ ἔφην, ὄντα, καὶ ὅλον τῷ αὑτοῦ τραχήλῳ περιειλήσασ καὶ τὴν οὐρὰν ἔξω ἀφεὶσ ‐ πολὺσ δὲ ἦν ‐ ἐν τῷ προκολπίῳ προκεχύσθαι αὐτοῦ ^ καὶ χαμαὶ τὸ μέροσ ἐπισύρεσθαι, μόνην τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑπὸ μάλησ ἔχων καὶ ἀποκρύπτων, ἀνεχομένου πάντα ἐκείνου, προὔφαινεν τὴν ὀθονίνην κεφαλὴν κατὰ θάτερον τοῦ πώγωνοσ, ὡσ δῆθεν ἐκείνου τοῦ φαινομένου πάντωσ οὖσαν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 15:2)
- ἐλάμβανεν οὖν πολλὰ παρ’ ἐκείνων, εἰδότων ὅτι ἐντὸσ αὐτοὺσ ἔχοι τῶν ἀρκύων. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 32:4)
- ἅμα τε οὖν ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἀργύριον ἐλάμβανεν, ἅμα τε οἱ ἡγεμόνεσ οὐ παρεκρούοντο αὐτόν, πότε τετελεύτηκεν ὁ στρατιώτησ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 51:2)
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)
