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take
v. trans.
P. and V. λαμβά̆νειν, αἱρεῖν ; see catch.
Take
(a town): P. and V. αἱρεῖν.
Be taken:
P. and V. ἁ̆λίσκεσθαι.
Help in taking:
P. and V. σῠνεξαιρεῖν (acc.).
Easy to take,
adj.: P. εὐάλωτος. P. and V. ἁ̆λώσῐμος, ἁ̆λωτός.
Take in the act:
P. and V. αἱρεῖν, λαμβά̆νειν, κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν (Eur. Cycl.); see catch.
Overtake:
P. and V. κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν.
Receive:
P. and V. δέχεσθαι; see receive.
Carry:
P. and V. φέρειν, κομίζειν, ἄ̆γειν ; see bring.
Lead:
P. and V. ἄ̆γειν.
Choose:
P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.); see choose.
Seize:
P. and V. λαμβά̆νειν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν, συλλαμβά̆νειν ; see seize.Take as helper or ally: P. and V. προσλαμβά̆νειν (acc.).
Hire:
Ar. and P. μισθοῦσθαι.
Use up:
P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
This
(cloak) has taken easily a talent’s worth of wool: Ar. αὕτη γέ τοι ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως (Vesp. 1146).
Take the road leading to Thebes:
P. τὴν εἰς Θήβας φέρουσαν ὁδὸν χωρεῖν (Thuc. 3.24).
Take in thought, apprehend:
P. καταλαμβά̆νειν, P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), σῠνῑέναι (acc. or gen.); see grasp.
Interpret in a certain sense:
P. ἐκλαμβά̆νειν (acc.), ὑπολαμβά̆νειν (acc.); see construe.
Take advantage of, turn to account:
P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
Enjoy:
P. and V. ἀ̆πολαύειν (gen.).
Get the advantage of:
P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.).
Take after, resemble:
P. and V. ἐοικέναι (dat.) (rare P.), ὁμοιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἐξομοιοῦσθαι (dat.); see resemble.
Take arms:
see take up arms.
Take away:
P. and V. ἀ̆φαιρεῖν (or mid.), πᾰραιρεῖν (or mid.), ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), V. ἐξᾰφαιρεῖσθαι; see also deprive.
Remove:
P. and V. μεθιστά̆ναι; see remove.
Lead away:
P. and V. ἀ̆πά̆γειν.
Take away secretly:
P. and V. ὑ̆πεκτί̆θεσθαι; see under remove.
Take away besides:
P. προσαφαιρεῖσθαι.
Take care, take care of:
see under care.
Take down,
lit.: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Met., humble: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν, συστέλλειν, Ar. and V. ἰσχναίνειν ; see humble.
Reduce in bulk:
P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plat.).
Take down in writing:
P. and V. γρά̆φειν, Ar. and P. συγγρά̆φειν.
Take effect, gain one’s end:
P. ἐπιτυγχάνειν.
Be in operation:
use P. ἐνεργὸς εἶναι.
Take for, assume to be so and so:
P. ὑπολαμβάνειν (acc.).
Take from:
see take away.
Detract from:
P. ἐλασσοῦν (gen.).
Take heart:
P. and V. θαρσεῖν, θρᾰσύ̄νεσθαι, V. θαρσύ̄νειν, P. ἀναρρωσθῆναι (aor. pass. of ἀναρρωννύναι).
Take heed:
see under heed, care.
Take hold of:
see seize.
Take in, encluse:
Ar. and P. περῐλαμβά̆νειν.
Furl:
Ar. συστέλλειν, V. στέλλειν, κᾰθῑέναι.
Receive in one’s house:
P. and V. δέχεσθαι; see receive.
Cheat:
see cheat.
Take in hand:
Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι (acc.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.).
Take in preference:
V. προλαμβά̆νειν (τι πρό τινος); see prefer.
Take leave of:
P. and V. χαίρειν ἐᾶν (acc.), χαίρειν λέγειν (acc.); see under leave.
Take notice:
see notice.
Take off, strip off:
P. περιαιρεῖν.
Take off
(clothes) from another: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄ειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄ειν.
From oneself:
P. and V. ἐκδύ̄ειν.
From oneself:
P. and V. ἐκδύ̄εσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄εσθαι.
Take off
(shoes) for another: Ar. and P. ὑ̆πολύ̄ειν.
For oneself:
Ar. and P. ὑ̆πολύ̄εσθαι.
Let one quickly take off my shoes:
V. ὑπαί τις ἀρβύλας λύοι τάχος (Aesch. Ag. 944).
Imitate:
P. and V. μῑμεῖσθαι: see imitate.
Parody:
Ar. and P. κωμῳδεῖν (acc.).
Take on oneself:
see undertake, assume.
Are these men to take on themselves the results of your brutality and evil-doing?
P. οὗτοι τὰ τῆς σῆς ἀναισθησίας καὶ πονηρίας ἔργα ἐφʼ αὑτοὺς ἀναδέξωνται; (Dem. 613).
Take out,
v. trans.: P. and V. ἐξά̆γειν.
Pick out:
P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν.
Extract:
P. and V. ἐξέλκειν (Plat. but rare P.).
Take over:
P. and V. πᾰρᾰλαμβά̆νειν, ἐκδέχεσθαι.
Take pains:
P. and V. σπουδὴν ποιεῖσθαι, Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, V. σπουδὴν τί̆θεσθαι.
Take part in:
see under part.
Take place:
see under place.
Take root:
P. ῥιζοῦσθαι (Xen.).
Take the air, walk:
Ar. and P. περῐπᾰτεῖν.
Take the field:
see under field.
Take time:
see under time.
Take to, have recourse to:
P. and V. τρέπεσθαι (πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.).
Take to flight:
see under flight.
When the Greeks took more to the sea:
P. ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἕλληνες μᾶλλον ἐπλώιζον (Thuc. 3.24).
Take a fancy to:
P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (acc.) (Plat.).
Desire:
P. and V. ἐπῐθῡμεῖν (gen.); see desire.
Take to heart:
P. ἐνθύμιόν τι ποιεῖσθαι.
Be vexed at:
P. and V. ἄχθεσθαι (dat.), P. χαλεπῶς φέρειν (acc.), V. πικρῶς φέρειν (acc.); see be vexed, under vex.
Take to wife:
P. λαμβάνειν (acc.); see marry.
Take up:
P. and V. ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι, P. ἀναλαμβάνειν.
Lift:
P. and V. αἴρειν ; see lift.
Resume:
P. ἀναλαμβάνειν, ἐπαναλαμβάνειν.
Succeed to:
P. διαδέχεσθαι (acc.).
Take in hand:
Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (or dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.), ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι (acc.).
Practise:
P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπῐτηδεύειν: see practise.Use up: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
Nor should we be able to useour whole force together since the protection of the walls has taken up a considerable part of our heavy-armed troops:
P. οὐδὲ συμπάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ δυναίμεθʼ ἂν χρήσασθαι ἀπαναλωκυίας τῆς φυλακῆς τῶν τειχῶν μέρος τι τοῦ ὁπλιτικοῦ (Thuc. 7.11).
Take up arms:
P. and V. πόλεμον αἴρεσθαι.
Take up arms against:
V. ὅπλα ἐπαίρεσθαι (dat.).

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