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.
- οἵ τε πρὸσ τούτοισ λειτουργοὶ κατὰ τὴν ἑσπέραν ἀξιόντεσ τὰσ τῶν ταλαιπώρων ἐδέσμευον χεῖρασ τήν τε λοιπὴν ἐμηχανῶντο περὶ αὐτοὺσ ἀσφάλειαν, ἔννυχον δόξαντεσ ὁμοῦ λήψεσθαι τὸ φῦλον πέρασ τῆσ ὀλεθρίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:5)
- οὐ μέτριόν τι κακὸν ἡ ἀθλία ἐοίκε λήψεσθαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 24:4)
- οὗτοσ δὲ οὐδὲ οὕτωσ ἐπιστρέφεται πρὸσ ἐμέ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὸν ἐρώμενον βλέπει, τί, ὦ θεοί, χρηστὸν παρ’ αὐτοῦ λήψεσθαι προσδοκῶν, ὃν οἶδε τοῦ τρίβωνοσ οὐδὲν πλέον ἔχοντα; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 29:4)
- ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν καὶ περιττότερόν τι ἐπὶ τούτοισ ᾤμην γενήσεσθαί μοι παρ’ ὑμῶν καὶ δωρεὰσ λήψεσθαι ἰσαρίθμουσ τοῖσ ἀνῃρημένοισ, ὡσ ἂν οὐ τῶν παρόντων ἀπαλλάξασ ὑμᾶσ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ τῶν μελλόντων κακῶν ἐλπίδοσ, καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν βέβαιον παρασχών, οὐδενὸσ παραλελειμμένου κληρονόμου τῶν ἀδικημάτων· (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 3:1)
- ὑμεῖσ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἔξω τὰσ ἐλπίδασ ἔχετε, ἁμιλλώμενοι ταῖσ κολακείαισ πρὸσ τοὺσ ὁμολογοῦντασ ὑπὲρ Ἀλεξάνδρου πράττειν καὶ δῶρ’ εἰληφέναι παρὰ τῶν αὐτῶν ὧνπερ νῦν ἀποπέφαγκεν ὑμᾶσ ἡ βουλή, καὶ σύ, πάντων ἐναντίον τῶν Ἑλλήνων διειλεγμένοσ Νικάνορι καὶ κεχρηματικὼσ [ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ] περὶ ὧν ἐβουλήθησ, ἐλεεινὸν νῦν σεαυτὸν κατασκευάζεισ προδότησ ὢν καὶ δωροδόκοσ, ὡσ ἐπιλησομένουσ τούτουσ τῆσ σῆσ πονηρίασ, καὶ οὐ δώσων δίκην ὑπὲρ ὧν εἴληψαι πεποιηκώσ, τοσούτῳ τολμηρότερον Δημάδου, ὥσθ’ ὁ μὲν προειρηκὼσ ἐν τῷ δήμῳ τὸν αὑτοῦ τρόπον καὶ τὴν ἀπόνοιαν, καὶ ὁμολογῶν λαμβάνειν καὶ λήψεσθαι, ὅμωσ οὐ τετόλμηκε τούτοισ δεῖξαι τὸ πρόσωπον, οὐδ’ ἐναντία τῇ βουλῆσ ἀποφάσει λέγειν ἠξίωσε ‐ καίτοι οὐκ ἔγραψεν ἐκεῖνοσ περὶ αὑτοῦ κυρίαν εἶναι τὴν βουλήν, οὐδὲ θάνατον ὡρίσατο, ἐὰν ἀποφανθῇ χρήματ’ εἰληφώσ ‐ σὺ δ’ οὕτω σφόδρα πεπίστευκασ τοῖσ σεαυτοῦ λόγοισ καὶ καταπεφρόνηκασ τῆσ τούτων εὐηθείασ, ὥστε πείσειν οἰεί τοὺσ δικαστὰσ ὡσ μόνου σοῦ κατέψευσται τὸ συνέδριον καὶ μόνον οὐκ εἰληφότα σε τὸ χρυσίον ἀποπέφαγκεν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 124:1)
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)
