bind+attack

com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

id. 7, 12, 1:

mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

morsu guttura,

Luc. 4, 727:

nuces modio,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

naves,

to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

Cels. 7, 4, 3:

comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

aures,

Tib. 2, 5, 92:

nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

ignem,

to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

opera flammā comprehensa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

Ov. M. 9, 234:

loca vallo,

Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

comprehensa aedificia,

Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

In partic.

To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

tam capitalem hostem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

hominem,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

nefarios duces,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

Virginium,

Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

praesidium Punicum,

id. 26, 14, 7:

hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

in fugā,

id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

comprehensus morbo,

Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

comprehensi pestiferā lue,

id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —

Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—

To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

fures,

Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,

Transf. to the crime:

nefandum adulterium,

to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

res ejus indicio,

id. Clu. 16, 47.—

Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

cum comprehendit (surculus),

Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

in gen.,

Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—

Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

Cels. 5, 21 fin. —

Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

Curt. 6, 6, 24. —

In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

aliquid melle,

Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—

Of the range of a missile:

quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

Sil. 4, 102.—

Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

Cels. 8, 3 init. —

Trop.

To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

aliquid visu,

Sil. 3, 408;

and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10.—

To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

omnes animo virtutes,

id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

omnia animis et cogitatione,

id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

aliquid mente,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

aliquid memoriā,

id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

aliquid certis signis,

Col. 6, 24, 3:

aliquid experimentis assiduis,

Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—

To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

breviter paucis comprendere multa,

Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

breviter comprehensa sententia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

comprehendam brevi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

id. Brut. 8, 34:

in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

aliquid dictis,

Ov. M. 13, 160:

quae si comprendere coner,

id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —

Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

neque enim numero comprendere refert,

Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

numerum quorum comprendere non est,

id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—

To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

adulescentem humanitate tuā,

id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

id. Planc. 19. 47.—

To shut in, include (late Lat.):

spiritum in effigiem,

Lact. 4, 8, 9:

elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

id. 2, 6, 1.

com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).

Prop.

In gen.:

quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:

(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,

Cels. 4, 1 fin.:

cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,

id. 7, 12, 1:

mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),

Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:

morsu guttura,

Luc. 4, 727:

nuces modio,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

naves,

to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:

oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,

Cels. 7, 4, 3:

comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.

aures,

Tib. 2, 5, 92:

nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,

let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:

naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,

assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:

ignem,

to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;

and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,

Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:

opera flammā comprehensa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:

avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,

Ov. M. 9, 234:

loca vallo,

Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:

comprehensa aedificia,

Liv. 26, 27, 3.—

In partic.

To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:

aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:

tam capitalem hostem,

Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:

hominem,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:

nefarios duces,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

Virginium,

Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:

praesidium Punicum,

id. 26, 14, 7:

hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:

in fugā,

id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:

comprehensus morbo,

Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:

comprehensi pestiferā lue,

id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:

aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —

Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—

To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:

fures,

Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,

Transf. to the crime:

nefandum adulterium,

to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:

res ejus indicio,

id. Clu. 16, 47.—

Of plants, to take root; of a graft:

cum comprehendit (surculus),

Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,

in gen.,

Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—

Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:

si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,

Cels. 5, 21 fin. —

Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:

ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:

circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,

Curt. 6, 6, 24. —

In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:

aliquid melle,

Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—

Of the range of a missile:

quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,

Sil. 4, 102.—

Of the reach of a surgical instrument:

si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,

Cels. 8, 3 init. —

Trop.

To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):

aliquid visu,

Sil. 3, 408;

and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,

Gell. 13, 30, 10.—

To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:

omnes animo virtutes,

id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:

animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:

omnia animis et cogitatione,

id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:

aliquid mente,

id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:

aliquid memoriā,

id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:

qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,

id. ib. 1, 22, 50:

aliquid certis signis,

Col. 6, 24, 3:

aliquid experimentis assiduis,

Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:

esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,

Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:

virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,

id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—

To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:

breviter paucis comprendere multa,

Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:

breviter comprehensa sententia,

Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:

comprehendam brevi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:

perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,

id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:

(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,

id. Att. 12, 21, 1:

ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,

id. Brut. 8, 34:

in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:

emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,

Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:

ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,

Cic. Brut. 5, 19:

aliquid dictis,

Ov. M. 13, 160:

quae si comprendere coner,

id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —

Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:

neque enim numero comprendere refert,

Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:

numerum quorum comprendere non est,

id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—

To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;

mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,

to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

adulescentem humanitate tuā,

id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:

quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,

id. Planc. 19. 47.—

To shut in, include (late Lat.):

spiritum in effigiem,

Lact. 4, 8, 9:

elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,

id. 2, 6, 1.

in-stringo, nxi, ictum, 3, v. a.

To bind, girdle, fasten, chain (rare;

not anteAug.): aliquem vinculis,

Quint. Decl. 5, 16:

adhuc feralibus amiculis instrictus,

App. M. 10, p. 244, 14.— Absol., Isid. 19, 10, 1.—

Of a weapon, to draw, brandish, employ in attack: nam si gladium instrinxit, quid dubium est quin occidendi animo percusserit? Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 1, 6, 3.—

Trop., to stimulate, incite:

divino spiritu instrictus,

Liv. 5, 15, 10 Drak. N. cr.; so, uxor dolore, App. M. 8, p. 211; 9, p. 225, 9 (Hild., instinctus):

haec admonitio Tauri non modo non repressit, sed instrinxit etiam nos ad elegantiam Graecae orationis affectandam,

Gell. 17, 20, 7 Hertz.

λαμβάνω, [tense] fut. λήψομαι ( λήψω only late, v.l. in LXX 1 Ma.4.18); [dialect] Ion.

A

λάψομαι GDI5497.3

, al. (Milet., iv/iii B. C.), 5597.11 (Ephesus, iii B. C.), corrupted to λάμψομαι in Mss. of Hdt.1.199; [dialect] Dor.[tense] fut.[ per.] 2sg.

λαψῇ Epich.34.2

, Theoc.1.4,10, inf.

λαμψεῖσθαι PSI9.1091.19

; Hellenistic

λήμψομαι PPar.14.47

(ii B. C.), CIG4224c (add.) ([place name] Telmessus), 4244 ([place name] Tlos), al.: [tense] aor. 2 ἔλᾰβον, [dialect] Ep.

ἔλλᾰβον Il.24.170

, etc.; [dialect] Ion. Iterat.

λάβεσκον Hes.Fr. 112

, Hdt.4.78, 130; imper.

λαβέ Il.1.407

, etc.; written λάβε in [voice] Med. Ms. of A.Eu. 130, but λαβέ [dialect] Att.acc. to Hdn. Gr.1.431: [tense] pf.

εἴληφα S.OT 643

, Ar.Ra. 591 (lyr.), etc. (dub.in Archil. 143); [dialect] Ion., [dialect] Dor., Arc.

λελάβηκα Hdt.4.79

, IG42(1).121.68 (Epid., iv B. C.), 5(2).6.14 (Tegea, iv B. C.), also Eup.426; inf.

λελαβήκειν IG 42(1).121.59

(Epid.), PSI9.1091.7: [tense] plpf.

εἰλήφειν Th.2.88

, [dialect] Ion.[ per.] 3sg. λελαβήκεε v.l. in Hdt.3.42 ( κατα-); [dialect] Dor. [tense] pf. subj. [ per.] 3sg. ([etym.] παρ-)

λελόνβῃ GDI5087b1

([place name] Crete):—[voice] Med., [tense] aor. 2 ἐλαβόμην, [dialect] Ep. ἐλλ-, Od. 5.325, etc.; [dialect] Ep. redupl.

λελαβέσθαι 4.388

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ληφθήσομαι S.Ph.68

, Th.6.91,

κατα-λελήψομαι Aristid.Or.54p.677D.

: [tense] aor.

ἐλήφθην Ar.Eq. 101

, etc.; [dialect] Ion.

ἐλάφθην SIG58.8

(Milet., v B. C.), ( κατ-) GDI5532.7 ([place name] Zeleia),

ἐλάμφθην Hdt.2.89

, 6.92, 7.239 (- λάφθ- by erasure in cod. B); Hellenistic

ἐλήμφθην IG14.1320

, Ev.Marc. 16.19 (ἀν-); [dialect] Dor.

ἐλάφθην Archim.Aren.1.13

: [tense] pf.

εἴλημμαι D.24.49

, Ar.Pl. 455; but in Trag.usu. λέλημμαι, A.Ag. 876, E. Ion 1113, IA 363 (troch.), Cyc. 433, cf. Ar.Ec. 1090 ( δια-); so later προ-λέληπτε (sic) Supp.Epigr.2.769 ([place name] Dura); [dialect] Ion. λέλαμμαι ( ἀπο-) Hdt.9.51, ( δια-) 3.117; inf.

ἀνα-λελάφθαι Hp.Off.11

(acc. to many codd., Hsch.and Erot., - λελάμφθαι vulg.); [dialect] Ion.[ per.] 3pl.

λελήφαται An.Ox.1.268

; [dialect] Dor. [tense] pf.imper.

λελάφθω Archim. Con.Sph.3

, al.:—in the [tense] fut., [tense] aor. [voice] Pass., and [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. the a is short by nature in [dialect] Ion., prob. long in [dialect] Dor. and in Doricized Hellenistic forms such as

λαμψοῦνται Test.Epict.5.14

,

λάμψεσθαι IG5(1).1390.67

(Andania, i B. C.); it is marked long in [dialect] Aeol.

λᾱμψεται Alc.Supp.5.9

:—of these tenses Hom. uses only [tense] aor. [voice] Act., and [tense] aor.[voice] Med. twice (v. supr.); the Homeric [tense] pres. is λάζομαι. —The word has two main senses, one (more active) take; the other (more passive) receive:

I take,

1 take hold of, grasp, seize,

μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία Od.6.81

: freq. with χειρί or χερσί added,

χειρὶ χεῖρα λαβόντες Il.21.286

;

χερμάδιον λάβε χειρί 5.302

;

χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντόν Od.9.487

;

ἐν χείρεσσι λάβ' ἡνία Il.8.116

;

ἐν χεροῖν λ. S.OT 913

;

διὰ χερῶν λαβών Id.Ant. 916

;

ἐς χέρας E.Hec. 1242

;

ἐν ἀγκάλαις A.Supp. 481

, etc.; of an eagle,

λ. ἄγραν ποσίν Pi.N.3.81

: c.acc. of the thing seized,

λ. γούνατα Il.24.465

; but also c. acc. of whole, gen. of part seized, τὴν πτέρυγος λάβεν caught her by the wing, 2.316;

τὸν δὲ πεσόντα ποδῶν ἔλαβε 4.463

;

γούνων λαβὼν κούρην Od. 6.142

;

λ. τινὰ τῆς ζώνης X.An.1.6.10

, etc.: sts. c. gen. only, ἀγκὰς ἀλλήλων λαβέτην χερσί they took hold of one another with their arms, Il.23.711:—freq. in [voice] Med., v. infr. B.

b take by violence, carry off as prize or booty, Il.5.273, 8.191, Hdt.4.130, S.Ph.68 ([voice] Pass.), 1431, etc.; capture a city, Plb.1.24.11, 3.61.8;

ἐκ πόλιος.. ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα Od.9.41

; of lions,

λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν Il.11.114

;

ἵνα δαῖτα λάβῃσιν 24.43

; of an eagle, 17.678; of a dolphin, 21.24.

c λ. δίκην take, exact punishment, Lys.1.29,34, Isoc.4.181;

ποινάς E.Tr. 360

, etc. (rarely for δοῦναι δίκην, v.infr.11.1 e);

λ. τιμωρίαν D.18.280

.

2 of passions, feelings, etc., seize,

μένος ἔλλαβε θυμόν Il.23.468

;

Ἀτρεΐωνα.. χόλος λάβεν 1.387

;

ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κάματος 4.230

;

τὸν δὲ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα 24.170

, al.;

δὴν δέ μιν ἀμφασίη ἐπέων λάβε Od.4.704

;

τοὺς Ἀθηναίους θάρσος ἔλαβε Th.2.92

;

ἄχος X.Cyr. 5.5.6

;

δέος Pl.Lg. 699c

; ἐπειδὴ καιρὸς ἐλάμβανε when the occasion came to them, i.e. occurred, Th.2.34, D.C.44.19; of fevers and sudden illnesses, attack, Hp.Morb.1.19, Th.2.49, Ar.Ec. 417, etc. (cf. λάζομαι, λῆψις):—[voice] Pass., λαμβάνεσθαι νόσῳ, ὑπὸ [νόσου], S.Tr. 446, Hdt.1.138;

ἔρωτι X.Cyr.6.1.31

, etc. (reversely of the person, λ. θυμόν, etc., v. infr.11.3).

b of a deity, seize, possess, τινα Hdt.4.79:—[voice] Pass.,

τῇ Ῥέᾳ λαμβάνονται Luc.Nigr.37

.

c of darkness, etc., occupy, possess,

εὖτ' ἂν κνέφας τεμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ A.Pers. 365

.

3 catch, overtake, as an enemy, Il.5.159, 11.106, 126, etc.;

λ. τινὰ στείχοντα θύραζε Od.9.418

;

ζῶντες ἐλάμφθησαν Hdt.9.119

; simply, find, come upon, S.OT 1031, E. Ion 1339.

4 catch, find out, detect, Hdt.2.89 ([voice] Pass.); ποίῳ λαβών σε Ζεὺς ἐπ' αἰτιάματι; A.Pr. 196;

τὸν αὐτόχειρα τοῦ φόνου λ. S.OT 266

: freq. c. part., κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον ib. 461;

κλέπτοντα Κλέωνα λάβοιμι Ar.V. 759

;

λ. τινὰ ψευδόμενον Pl.R. 389d

;

τοῦτον ὑβρίζοντα λαβόντες D.21.97

: with Adj.,

ὅπως μὴ λήψομαί σε προπετῆ Men.Epit. 570

:—[voice] Pass.,

δρῶσ' ἐλήφθης S.Tr. 808

;

ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ δεινὰ δρῶντ' εἰλημμένω Ar.Pl. 455

;

ληφθεῖσαν ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ μηχανωμένην τι Antipho 1.3

;

ἐλήφθη μοιχός Lys.13.66

: in good sense,

οὐκ ἂν λάβοις μου μᾶλλον οὐδέν' εὐσεβῆ S.Ph. 1051

.

5 λ. τινὰ πίστι καὶ ὁρκίοισι bind him by.., Hdt.3.74;

ἀραῖον λαβεῖν τινα S.OT 276

codd.

6 c. dupl. acc., take as, λαβὼν πρόβλημα σαυτοῦ παῖδα τόνδ' Id.Ph. 1007; ξυμπαραστάτην λ. τινά ib. 675;

τοὺς Ἕλληνας λ. συναγωνιζομένους Isoc.5.86

.

7 τὴν Ἴδην λαβὼν ἐς ἀριστερὴν χεῖρα taking, keeping Ida to your left (nisi leg. λαβών, ἐς ..) Hdt.7.42;

ἐν δεξιᾷ λ. τὴν Σικελίαν Th.7.1

; λ. τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ νώτου take in rear, i.e. be behind, Hdt.1.75; cf.

ἀπείργω 11.2

, ἔχω (A) A.1.7.

8 λ. Ἑλληνίδα ἐσθῆτα assume it, Id.4.78, cf. 2.37;

λ. ζυγόν Pi.P.2.93

.

b take food or drugs, Diocl.Frr. 121 ([voice] Pass.), 140, Sor.1.125, Gal.15.469.

9 apprehend by the senses,

ὄμμασιν θέαν S. Ph. 537

, cf. 656; πρόσφθεγμά τινος ib. 234;

ὁρᾶται, ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ αἰσθήσει λαμβάνεται Pl.R. 524d

.

b apprehend with the mind, understand,

φρενὶ λ. τὸν λόγον Hdt.9.10

;

νόῳ Id.3.41

;

τῇ διανοίᾳ Pl. Prm. 143a

;

λ. ἐν ταῖς γνώμαις βεβαίως X.Cyr.3.3.51

;

ἐν νῷ Plb.2.35.6

: abs.,

λ. τὴν ἀλήθειαν Antipho 1.6

;

μνήμην παρὰ τῆς φήμης λ. Lys.2.3

, cf. Pl.Phdr. 246d, etc.

c with Adv. added, take, i.e. understand in a certain manner,

ταύτῃ ταῦτα ἐλάμβανον Hdt.7.142

;

λάβετε [τοὺς λόγους] μὴ πολεμίως Th.4.17

; τὸ πρᾶγμα μειζόνως ἐλάμβανον took it more seriously, Id.6.27, cf. 61;

ὀρθῶς λ. τὸν φιλοκερδῆ Pl.Hipparch. 227c

; λ. τι οὕτω, ὧδε, Arist.SE 174b27, Rh.Al. 1423a4;

ὀργῇ καὶ φόβῳ τὸ γεγονὸς λ. Plu.Alc.18

: with παρά c.acc., λαμβάνω σε παρὰ βουκόλον .. PMag.Par.1.2434:—[voice] Pass., τρίτου καθεστῶσαι ἐπὶ πρώτου λαμβάνονται are used for the first person, A.D.Pron.78.22; with ἐς, εἰ ἐς κόρην λαμβάνοιτο be taken for a girl, Philostr.Im.2.32: less freq. c. dupl. acc., ὡς μεθυστικὰς λ. [τὰς ἁρμονίας] Arist.Pol. 1342b25, cf. S.E.P.1.179;

τῆς νίκης ἆθλον τὴν ὑπεροχὴν τῆς πολιτείας λ. Arist.Pol. 1296a31

;

τοῦτο λ. γιγνόμενον Id.Mete. 346a7

; also

λ. περί τινος τί ἐστι Id.EN 1142a32

, cf. 1140a24, al.: also c. inf.,

λ. τι εἶναί τι Id.Mete. 389a29

, al.: with a relat. clause, οὕτω δεῖ λαμβάνειν, ἀλλ' οὐχ ὅτι .. Id.Metaph. 1053a27, cf. Str.2.5.1;

εἰλήφθω ὁ ἄδικος ποσαχῶς λέγεται Arist.EN 1129a31

: in bad sense,

πρὸς δέους λ. τι Plu.Flam.7

;

πρὸς ἀτιμίας Id.Cic.13

;

λ. δι' οἴκτου E. Supp. 194

; but also ἐν χάριτι καὶ δωρεᾷ λ. receive as a favour, Plb.1.31.6.

d in Logic, assume, take for granted,

ἅπαν ζῷον λαμβάνει ἢ θνητὸν ἢ ἀθάνατον Arist.APr. 46b6

; λ. τὰς περὶ ἕκαστον ἀρχάς ib. 53a2, etc.:—[voice] Pass., τὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ληφθέντα ib. 26b30; αἱ εἰλημμέναι προτάσεις ib. 33a15, cf. Phld.Rh.2.46 S., Sign.35, Oec.p.5 J., S.E.P.2.89.

e take, i.e. determine, estimate,

τὴν ξυμμέτρησιν τῶν κλιμάκων Th.3.20

;

ἐντεῦθεν τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων Lycurg.66

;

τὴν τιμωρίαν ποθεινοτέραν λ. Th.2.42

.

10 take in hand, undertake (cf. ληπτέον) , λ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον, opp. συνταχύνειν, Hdt.3.71; μηδένα πόνον λαβόντες without taking any trouble, Id.7.24;

παλαισμάτων λ. φροντίδα Pi.N.10.22

.

11 take in, hold, τὸ στρατόπεδον πεζοὺς λ. περὶ τετρακισχιλίους Plb.3.107.10.

12 part. λαβών freq. seems pleonastic, but adds dramatic effect, λαβὼν κύσε χεῖρα took and kissed, Od.24.398, cf. Il.21.36: so in Trag. and Com., τί μ' οὐ λαβὼν ἔκτεινας; S.OT 1391, cf. 641;

τῆ νῦν τόδε πῖθι λαβών Cratin.141

, etc.

b ingressive of ἔχων ( ἔχω (A) A.1.6),

ἑτάρους τε λ. καὶ νῆα.. ἦλθον Od. 15.269

, cf. S.Tr. 259.

II receive,

1 have given one, get, receive, prop. of things (AB 106),

ἄποινα Il.6.427

;

τὰ πρῶτα 23.275

;

ἀντίποινα S.El. 592

, v. infr.e;

παρὰ βασιλέος δῶρα Hdt.8.10

, cf. Ar. Eq. 439;

πρός τινος S.El.12

, etc.;

ἀπὸ τῶν συκοφαντῶν X.Mem.2.9.4

; gain, win,

κλέος Od.1.298

, S.Ph. 1347, etc.;

ἀρετάν Pi.O.8.6

;

κόσμον Id.N.3.31

codd. (v.l. ἔλαχες Sch.);

ἀλκήν S.OT 218

, etc.; πρὸς τὸ μνηστεύεσθαι λ. ἡλικίαν attain.., Isoc.10.39;

λ. νόστον E.IT 1016

, etc.;

λ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς θαλάττης Isoc.5.61

;

μοναρχίαν S.Ant. 1163

;

τέρψιν Id.Tr. 820

;

χάριν Id.OT 1004

;

κέρδος Ar.Ach. 906

: also in bad sense,

λ. ὀνείδη S.OT 1494

;

συμφοράν E.Med.43

;

θάνατον Id.Hel. 201

(lyr.); γέλωτα μωρίαν τε incur.., Id. Ion 600;

αἰτίαν ἀπό τινος Th.2.18

, etc.:—for λ. θυμόν, etc., v. supr.1.2 et infr. 3.

b receive hospitably, Od.7.255, cf. S.OC 284 ([etym.] ἔλαβες τὸν ἱκέτην ἐχέγγυον) which approaches this sense; καλῶς λ. τινά treat well, BGU843.10 (i/ii A. D.).

c receive in marriage, Hdt.1.199, 9.108, E.Fr.953.27, X. HG4.1.14, Isoc.10.39, PEleph.1.2 (iv B. C.), Men.Pk. 436; τοῖς λαμβάνουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν, i.e. those who married their daughters, SIG1044.14 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.); also of the father taking a daughter-in-law,

τῷ υἱῷ λ. τινά Men.Pk. 447

.

d λ. ὄνομα, ἐπωνυμίαν, receive a name, Pl. Plt. 305d, Smp. 173d.

e λ. δίκην receive, i.e. suffer, punishment, Hdt.1.115; τὴν ἀξίην λ. get one's deserts, Id.7.39;

δίκην γὰρ ἀξίαν ἐλάμβανεν E.Ba. 1312

;

λ. ζημίας D.11.11

.

f λ. ὅρκον receive an oath, Arist. Rh. 1377a8;

λ. πιστά X.An.3.2.5

, al.; λ. λόγον demand an account, τινος for a thing, παρά τινος from a person, Id.Cyr.1.4.3, D.8.47.

g λ. ἐν γαστρί conceive, Hp.Prorrh.2.24; κῦμα λ., of the earth, A.Ch. 128.

h receive as produce, profit, etc.,

οἶνον ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου Ar.Nu. 1123

; [

χρήματα] ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς Pl.R. 347b

; λ. ἑκατὸν τῆς δραχμῆς, ὀβολοῦ, purchase for.., Ar. Pax 1263, Ra. 1235, cf. Nu. 1395; πόθεν ἄν τις τοῦτο τὸ χρῖμα λάβοι; X.Smp.2.4.

i λ. πεῖράν τινος, v. πεῖρα.

2 admit of,

ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει Pi.O.1.81

.

b admit, initiate,

τοὺς ἐς τὰ τῆς τέχνης εἰλημμένους Hp.Decent.17

.

3 of persons conceiving feelings and the like , λ. θυμόν take heart, Od. 10.461: freq. in periphrasis, λ. φόβον, = φοβεῖσθαι, S.OC 729; αἰδῶ λ., = αἰδεῖσθαι, Id.Aj. 345; λ. ὀργήν, = ὀργίζεσθαι, E.Supp. 1050: so generally λ. ἀρχήν, = ἄρχεσθαι, Id.IA 1124; λ. ὕψος, ἐπίδοσιν, αὔξησιν, = ὑψοῦσθαι, ἐπιδιδόναι, αὐξάνεσθαι, Th.1.91, Isoc.4.10, Arist.GA 732b5, etc.;

λ. κακόν τι Ar.Nu. 1310

; λ. νόσον take a disease, Pl.R. 610d; λ. μορφήν, τέλος, etc., Arist.GA 762a13, 744a21, etc.; αἱ οἰκίαι ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσαι receiving battlements, having battlements added, Th.4.69, cf. 115.

4 c. inf., receive permission to.., SIG996.6 (Smyrna, i A. D.).

B [voice] Med., take hold of, lay hold on, c. gen., [ σχεδίης] Od.5.325; τῆς κεφαλῆς, τῶν γουνάτων, Hdt.4.64, 9.76;

χειρός E.Med. 899

, etc.;

τοῦ βωμοῦ And.1.126

, etc.: c. dupl.gen.,

μου λαβόμενος τῆς χειρός Pl. Chrm. 153b

.

2 seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of,

ἀρχῆς S.OC 373

; καιροῦ λαβόμενος seizing the opportunity, Is.2.28;

λ. ἀληθείας Pl.Plt. 309d

: rarely c. acc.,

τόν.. λελαβέσθαι Od.4.388

.

3 lay hands upon, χαλεπῶς λαμβάνεσθαί τινος lay rough hands on him, deal hardly with him, Hdt.2.121. δ.

4 of place, λ. τῶν ὀρῶν take to the mountains, Th.3.24, cf. 106; Δήλου λαβόμεναι (sc. αἱ νῆες) reaching Delos, Id.8.80.

5 find fault with, censure, τινος Pl.Lg. 637c, Philostr.VA4.22.

6 λαβέσθαι ἑαυτοῦ check oneself, Hld.2.24.