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.
- πενία γὰρ εἰσαεὶ καὶ τὸ λαμβάνειν ἀναγκαῖον καὶ ἀπόθετον οὐδὲν οὐδὲ περιττὸν εἰσ φυλακήν, ἀλλὰ τὸ δοθέν, κἂν δοθῇ, κἂν ἀθρόωσ ληφθῇ, πᾶν ἀκριβῶσ καὶ τῆσ χρείασ ἐνδεῶσ καταναλίσκεται. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 5:7)
- ἐκεῖνοσ τοίνυν πρόσ τινοσ τῶν τοιούτων ἀκούσασ κακῶσ τέττιγα ἔφη τὸν ἄνδρα εἰληφέναι τοῦ πτεροῦ, εἰκάζων ἑαυτὸν τῷ τέττιγι ὁ Ἀρχίλοχοσ φύσει μὲν λάλῳ ὄντι καὶ ἄνευ τινὸσ ἀνάγκησ, ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ τοῦ πτεροῦ ληφθῇ, γεγωνότερον βοῶντι. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 1:5)
- αὐτῶν ὅταν ληφθῇ τισ ἀνόσιόν τι δρῶν, μανίαισ φλέγων λύσσῃ παράκοποσ, εἴ τι δρῴη πᾶσιν ἐμφανὴσ ὁρᾶν ἔσται γυναιξὶ καὶ βροτοῖσιν, ὅτι τά <τε> παράνομα τά τ’ ἀνόσια <παρὼν> θεὸσ ἀποτίνεται. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Choral, strophe 17)
- θανεῖται δ’, ἤν γε δὴ ληφθῇ μόνον. (Euripides, Helen, episode8)
- ἡδὺσ γ’ ὁ Βρόμιοσ τὴν ἀτέλειαν Λεσβίου ποιῶν τὸν οἶνον εἰσάγουσιν ἐνθάδε ὃσ ἂν εἰσ ἑτέραν ληφθῇ δ’ ἀποστέλλων πόλιν κἂν κύαθον, ἱερὰν ἐγγράφων τὴν οὐσίαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 51 1:6)
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)
