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ἀντιλαμβάνω

ἀντιλαμβάνω, to receive instead of

ἀντιλαμβάνω,
  • receive instead of, χρυσοῦ δώματα πλήρη τᾶς ἥβας ἀ. E. HF 646 (lyr.); mostly without a gen., οὔτε κακοὺς εὖ δρῶν εὖ πάλιν ἀντιλάβοις receive in turn, Thgn. 108; κἂν . . ᾖ σώφρων . . σώφρονʼ ἀντιλήψεται E. Andr. 741; ἡδονὴν δόντας . . κακίαν . . ἀ. Th. 3.58; ἔρανον Arist. Pol. 1332b40; ἀ. ἄλλην [χώραν] seize in return, get instead, Th. 1.143; ἀ. ἄλλους τινάς X. Cyr. 5.3.12, cf. 8.7.16; χάριτα AP 6.191 (Longus).
    • II mostly in Med., with pf. Pass. -είλημμαι Lys. 28.15, Pl. Prm. 130e: c. gen., lay hold of, σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντελάβου Thgn. 1362; ἄκρου τοῦ στύρακος ἀ. Pl. La. 184a, cf. Prt. 317d, al.; τῇ ἀριστερᾷ ἀ. τοῦ τρίβωνος ib. 335d; φιλίου χωρίου ἀ. gain or reach it, Th. 7.77, cf. Ar. Th. 242: abs., -όμενος Th. 3.22.
        • b metaph. c. gen., lay hold of, τῆς σωτηρίας, τῆς ἐλευθερίας, τοῦ ἀσφαλοῦς, Id. 2.61, 62, 3.22; lay claim to, τοῦ θρόνου Ar. Ra. 777, 787; τοῦ πατρικοῦ μέρους BGU 648.10 (ii A.D.).
      • 2 help, take part with, assist, οὐκ ἀντιλήψεσθʼ; E. Tr. 464; of persons, ἀ. Ἑλλήνων to take their part, D.S. 11.13; ἀ. τῶν ἀσθενούντων Act.Ap. 20.35, etc.: abs., Th. 7.70:— also in Pass., ἀντειλημμένη having received help, BGU 1105.21 (Aug.), al.
      • 3 take part or share in a thing, take in hand, τῶν πραγμάτων X. Cyr. 2.3.6, D. 1.20, etc.; τοῦ πολέμου Isoc. 6.101; τῆς θαλάττης Plb. 1.39.14; τῆς Ἀφροδίτης Alex. 219.15; τῆς παιδείας Pl. R. 534d; ἀ. τοῦ λόγου seize on the conversation (to the interruption of the rest), ib. 336b: abs., ἀρχόμενοι πάντες ὀξύτερον ἀ. Th. 2.8, cf. 8.106.
      • 4 take hold of for the purpose of finding fault, reprehend, attack, ἡμῶν Pl. Sph. 239d, cf. R. 497d, etc.; τοῦδε ἀντιλαβώμεθα let us attack the question, Id. Tht. 169d; ἀ. ὡς ἀδύνατον . . to object that . ., Id. Sph. 251b: abs., Id. Grg. 506a.
      • 5 take fast hold of, i.e. captivate, ὁ λόγος ἀντιλαμβάνεταί μου Id. Phd. 88d, cf. Prm. 130e, Luc. Nigr. 19.
      • 6 of plants, take hold, Thphr. HP 4.1.5; of scions, unite, CP 1.6.4.
      • 7 grasp with the mind, perceive, apprehend, Pl. Ax. 370a; noted as an obsol, word for συνίημι by Luc. Sol. 7:—so of the senses, ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἀκοήν, ὀσφρήσει, S.E. P. 1.50, 64, cf. Phot. p.148 R., Alex.Aphr. in Top. 103.1, al.
    • III in Med. also, hold back, ἵππου τῷ χαλινῷ X. Eq. 10.15, cf. Arist. MM 1188b6; interrupt, Arist. Aud. 802b26.
    • IV Act. in sense of Med., Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.38.

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