Lavmaco"
Lav-ma±co" »a<Eth>1/4, on , ( la-, mavcomai ) Eager-for-fight, a well-known Athenian general, Ar. , Thuc.
lambavnw
lambavnw (from Root LAB ): f. lhvyomai , Ion. lavmyomai , Dor. layeu`mai or -ou`mai :— aor. 2 e[la±bon , Ep. e[lla±bon ; Ion. lavboskon ; imper. labev :— pf. ei[lhfa , Ion. lelavbhka : plqpf. eijlhvfein , Ion. 3 sing. lelabhvkee :— Med. , aor. 2 ejlabovmhn , Ep. ejll- , Ep. redupl. inf. lelabevsqai :— Pass. , f. lhfqhvsomai :— aor. I ejlhvfqhn , Ion. ejlavmfqhn :— pf. ei[lhmmai , in Trag. levlhmmai ; Ion. levlammai . The orig. sense of the word is twofold, one (more active) to take; the other (more passive) to receive:
I.
to take,
1.
to take hold of, grasp, seize,
Hom
.,
etc.
; the part
seized
in
gen.
, the
whole
in
acc.
,
th;n ptevrugo" lavben
caught
her
by
the wing, Il.;
gouvnwn lavbe kouvrhn
Od.,
etc.
:—then, with
gen.
of
part
only,
podw`n, gouvnwn, kovruqo" lavben
took hold of
the feet,
etc.
, Il.
2.
to take by violence, seize, carry off as prize
or
booty,
Hom.
3.
l. divkhn, poinav"
,
Lat.
sumere poenas
, to exact
punishment,
Eur.
,
etc.
;
v.
infr. 11. 3.
4.
of passions, feelings,
etc.
,
to seize,
Hom
.,
etc.
; of fever and sudden illnesses,
to attack,
Hdt
.,
Att.
5.
of a deity,
to seize, possess,
tinav
Hdt
.: of darkness, and the like,
to occupy, possess,
Aesch.
6.
to catch, come upon, overtake,
as an enemy,
Hom.
,
Hdt.
:
to catch, find, come upon,
l. tina; mou`non
Hdt
.,
etc.
: also,
to catch, find out, detect,
Lat.
deprehendo
,
Id.: so
Pass.
,
ejpÆ aujtofwvrw/ eijlhmmevno"
caught
in the act,
Ar.
7.
l. tina; oJrkivoisi
to bind
him by oaths,
Hdt.
8.
to take as
an assistant,
Soph.
9.
th;n [Idhn labw;n ej" ajristerh;n cevra
taking, keeping
Ida to your left; so,
l. ejn dexia`/
Thuc.
10.
l. \Ellhnivda ejsqh`ta
to assume
it, Hdt
11.
to apprehend by the senses,
Soph
.,
Plat.
:—
to seize with the mind, apprehend, comprehend,
Hdt
.,
etc.
:—
to take,
i.e.
understand,
a thing
so and so,
e. g. a passage of an author,
Lat.
accipere
,
Hdt
.,
Thuc.
,
etc.
12.
to take in hand, undertake,
Hdt.
13.
the
part.
labwvn
is almost pleon., as,
labw;n kuvse cei`ra
took and
kissed, Od.; so in Att
II.
to receive:
1.
to have given one, to get, gain, win,
Hom
.,
etc.
:—also in bad sense,
l. o[neido"
Soph
.;
qavnaton
Eur.
,
etc.
2.
to receive in marriage,
Hdt
.,
Xen.
3.
l. divkhn
to receive,
i.e.
suffer,
punishment, as we say,
to catch it,
Lat.
dare poenas
,
Hdt
.,
Eur.
:—an unusual sense,
v.
supr. 1. 2.
4.
l. o{rkon
to accept
an oath as a test,
Arist.
;
l. lovgon
to demand an account,
Xen.
5.
to conceive,
Aesch.
6.
to receive as produce
or
profit,
Ar
.,
Plat.
;
to purchase
Ar.
7.
to admit of,
Pind.
8.
of persons subject to feelings, passions, and the like,
l. qumovn
to take
heart,
Od.; so, periphr.,
l. fovbon
=
fobei`sqai
,
Soph.
,
etc.
; so,
l. u{yo"
=
uJyou`sqai
,
Thuc.
;
l. novson
(as we say)
‘to take
a cold,’
Plat.
; so,
aiJ oijkivai ejpavlxei" lambavnousai
receiving
battlements,
having
battlements
added,
Thuc.
B.
Med.
to take hold of, lay hold on,
c. gen
.,
scedivh"
Od.,
Hdt.
,
etc.
2.
of place,
l. tw`n ojrw`n
to take to
the mountains,
reach, gain
them,
Thuc.