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παραλαμβάνω

παραλαμβάνω, παραλαμβάνω, take, receive from (verb); παραλαμβάνω, undertake, take from (verb) (19d (12i))

παραλαμβάνω (Cret. παλλαμβάνω Riv.Fil. 58.472 (Gortyn, iii B.C.)), fut. -λήψομαι, Ion. -λάμψομαι Hdt. 2.120:—
  • receive from another, esp. of persons succeeding to an office, etc., [τὴν βασιληΐην] Hdt. l.c., cf. Th. 1.9; τὴν βασιλείαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός OGI 90.1 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); τοῖς παραλαμβάνουσι (sc. τὴν βασιλείαν) the successors, Arist. Pol. 1285b8; π. τὴν ἀρχήν Pl. Lg. 698e; τῆς πόλεως τὰ πράγματα Ar. Ec. 107; τὴν ἐπιμέλειάν τινος Aeschin. 1.143; τὴν τριηραρχίαν D. 47.32; π. πόλιν ἀνάστατον And. 1.108, cf. Th. 1.9, etc.; νόμον ὄντα παραλαβόντες, opp. θέντες, Id. 5.105, cf. Isoc. 8.102; of inherited rites or customs, Hdt. 2.51; of persons succeeding by inheritance, E. Ion 814, Lys. 10.5, etc.; οἱ μὴ κτησάμενοι ἀλλὰ -λαβόντες τὴν οὐσίαν Arist. EN 1120b12; παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς πολλὴν οὐσίαν π. D. 21.157; opp. ἐπικτᾶσθαι, Pl. R. 330a; π. ἀράς inherit curses, E. Ph. 1611; of officers, receive things as stated in an inventory from their predecessors, IG 1(2).301.5, al.; τὰ μὲν παρειληφότα τὰ δʼ αὐτὸν εὑρηκότα Isoc. 15.208: Astrol., take over, [χρονοκρατορίαν] Vett.Val. 171.16: generally, receive, ἔρια παραλαβοῦσα ἱμάτιον ἀποδεῖξαι X. Oec. 7.6; of cargo, POxy. 276.13 (i A.D.), etc.
      • 2 take upon oneself, undertake, πρᾶγμά τι Ar. Eq. 345; τὰ παραλαμβανόμενα undertakings, Hdt. 1.38; take to oneself, admit, employ, π. ἐν ταῖς μάχαις τὸν θυμόν Plu. Bruta anim. 2.988e:—Pass., π. πρὸς τὴν σύστασιν τῆς ψυχῆς ib. An.procr. 1027d.
      • 3 take in pledge, Hdt. 3.136; take by force or treachery, seize, οὐδὲν ἐδυνέατο π. τῆς ἐσόδου Id. 7.211; ναῦς παραλαβόντες Th. 1.19, 4.16, And. 3.39; π. τὰ πράγματα get control of affairs, Plu. Alc. 26:—in Med., lay hold of, ἄκρων τῶν χειρῶν Paus. 6.4.1 (s.v.l.).
      • 4 receive by hearing or report, ascertain, παρὰ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων Hdt. 2.19; π. ἀληθείην Id. 1.55; π. ἀκοῇ Id. 2.148; π. τὰ περὶ Ἀλκμέωνα Th. 2.102; τι περί τινος Plb. 12.22.5; receive by way of lesson, σοφίαν παρά τινος Pl. La. 197d:—Pass., to be received, accepted, τὰ παρειλημμένα the received or traditionary doctrines, Arist. Mete. 365a16; οἱ π. μῦθοι Id. Po. 1453b22; [λόγοι] ἔνιοι π. ὡς Ἀριστογείτονος Plu. VOrat. 2.850e.
      • 5 take, receive, or use as a substitute or equivalent, τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ νοῦ π. Placit. 4.2.3:—Pass., ὑμέτερον ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑμεῖς παρείληπται D.H. Amm. 2.14.
        • b Gramm. and Medic., simply, use, employ, D.H. Comp. 25; εἰς λόγον A.D. Synt. 250.3; θλῖψιν, βοηθήματα, Antyll. ap. Orib. 8.6.37, 8.10.1 (Pass.):—freq. in Pass., to be found, used, D.H. Comp. 14, 17, A.D. Synt. 83.2, al.; π. ἐκ κοινοῦ, δεικτικῶς, ib. 123.1, Pron. 10.17.
        • c admit, ἡ ὅλη ὑπόθεσις τὸ ἓν εἶναι παρελάμβανεν Dam. Pr. 417.
      • 6 take up, catch up, τὸ οὔνομα τοῦτο Hdt. 1.122, cf. 126; τὸν λόγον Plb. 33.18.9; π. ἐπὶ βραχύ give a résumé of, Id. 6.58.1.
      • 7 compare, Porph. in Cat. 97.8 (Pass.).
      • 8 Pass., to be derived, ἔκ τινος v.l. in A.D. Pron. 32.16.
    • II c. acc. pers., take to oneself, associate with oneself, as a wife or mistress, Hdt. 4.155; as an adopted son, Id. 1.113; as a partner, auxiliary, or ally, ib. 76, 7.150, Th. 1.111, etc.; παραλαμβάνων ἄλλος ἄλλον ἐπʼ ἄλλου . . χρείᾳ Pl. R. 369b; συμβούλους π. Arist. EN 1112b10; get control of, Pl. Ap. 18b, R. 460b, 541a, Alc. 1.121e; μάρτυρας π. call in witnesses, D. 47.67: c. inf., τὴν αἴσθησιν ὑπουργεῖν Jul. Or. 8.248a.
      • 2 invite, ἐπὶ ξείνια Hdt. 4.154; παραληφθεὶς ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Alciphr. 3.46; ἐφʼ ἑστίασιν παρειλημμένος Plu. Aud. 2.40b; παραληφθεὶς εἰς τὸ συσσίτιον Id. Lyc. 20: abs., Id. Cohib. 2.461d; παραληφθῆναι πρός τινα Parmenisc. ap. Ath. 4.156e.
      • 3 receive, take over in succession, Hdt. 4.203; Λυκοῦργος π. τοὺς Σπαρτιάτας οἴκοι σκηνοῦντας X. Lac. 5.2.
      • 4 take prisoner, Plb. 3.69.2 (Pass.).
      • 5 of the dead, παραλημφθεὶς ὑπὸ θεῶν καταχθονίων IG 14.1702.

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