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.
- πλὴν ὁ Θεὸσ λυτρώσεται τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ χειρὸσ ᾅδου, ὅταν λαμβάνῃ με. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 48:16)
- συνειδὼσ γὰρ Ἡρόδοτοσ, ὅτι πᾶσα μῆκοσ ἔχουσα πολὺ διήγησισ ἂν μὲν ἀναπαύσεισ τινὰσ λαμβάνῃ, τὰσ ψυχὰσ τῶν ἀκροωμένων ἡδέωσ διατίθησιν, ἐὰν δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτῶν μένῃ πραγμάτων, κἂν τὰ μάλιστα ἐπιτυγχάνηται, λυπεῖ τὴν ἀκοὴν τῷ κόρῳ, ποικίλην ἐβουλήθη ποιῆσαι τὴν γραφὴν Ὁμήρου ζηλωτὴσ γενόμενοσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 11:3)
- τοῖσ αὐχμῶσι γὰρ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ εἰσ τὸ μετέωρον ἕλκεσθαι τὸ λαμβανόμενον καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τῶν πυρετῶν διακαιόντων τὰ σώματα τέγγουσι τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπιβρέγμασιν, ἵνα μὴ πρὸσ τὸ ξηρόν, ταύτῃ δὲ καὶ πολύκενον, ὁρμὴν τὰ παρακαιόμενα λαμβάνῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 45 1:1)
- προθύμωσ ἐπιλαβέσθαι τῆσ κατασκευῆσ, προσκαρτερῶν καὶ αὐτὸσ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, τὸ μὲν οὖν ἥμισυ τοῦ παντὸσ τῆσ νεὼσ ἐν μησὶν ἓξ ἐξειργάσατο καὶ ταῖσ ἐκ μολίβου ποιηθείσαισ κεραμίσιν ἀεὶ καθ’ ὃ ναυπηγηθείη μέροσ περιελαμβάνετο, ὡσ ἂν τριακοσίων ὄντων τῶν τὴν ὕλην ἐργαζομένων τεχνιτῶν χωρὶσ τῶν ὑπηρετούντων, τοῦτο μὲν οὖν τὸ μέροσ εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν καθέλκειν προσετέτακτο, τὴν λοιπὴν κατασκευὴν ἵν’ ἐκεῖ λαμβάνῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 40 3:1)
- τοῦτο δὲ μάλιστα γίνεται, ὅταν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πράγματοσ τοῦ εἰσαγομένου ἔννοιαν λαμβάνῃ, οἱο͂ν ὡσ ἐν τῷ Ἀγησιλάῳ καὶ τὸ τὰ ἐκείνου βούλεσθαι δαπανῶντά φησι μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων πολεμεῖν. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 2:2)
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)
