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(Cretan dialect παλλαμβάνω [[ “Riv.Fil.” 58.472 (Gortyn, 3rd c.BC)), ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]future -λήψομαι, Ionic dialect -λάμψομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—receive from another, especially of persons succeeding to an office, etc., [τὴν βασιληΐην] Hdt.[same place],[[compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9; τὴν βασιλείαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός “OGI” 90.1 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς παραλαμβάνουσι (i.e. τὴν βασιλείαν) the successors, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285b8; π. τὴν ἀρχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 698e; τῆς πόλεως τὰ πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 107; τὴν ἐπιμέλειάν τινος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.143; τὴν τριηραρχίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.32; π. πόλιν ἀνάστατον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.108, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμον ὄντα παραλαβόντες, opposed to θέντες, [[ [prev. author] 5.105, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of inherited rites or customs, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons succeeding by inheritance, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 814, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.5, etc.; οἱ μὴ κτησάμενοι ἀλλὰ -λαβόντες τὴν οὐσίαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1120b12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς πολλὴν οὐσίαν π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.157 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπικτᾶσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀράς inherit curses, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1611 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of officers, receive things as stated in an inventory from their predecessors, [[ “IG” 12.301.5, +others; τὰ μὲν παρειληφότα τὰ δ᾽ αὐτὸν εὑρηκότα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.208 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Astrology texts, take over, [χρονοκρατορίαν] [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 171.16 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, receive, ἔρια παραλαβοῦσα ἱμάτιον ἀποδεῖξαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cargo, [[ “POxy.” 276.13 (1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
Browse lexicon entries__2 take upon oneself, undertake, πρᾶγμά τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 345 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ παραλαμβανόμενα undertakings, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; take to oneself, admit, employ, π. ἐν ταῖς μάχαις τὸν θυμόν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.988e:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, π. πρὸς τὴν σύστασιν τῆς ψυχῆς[[ [prev. work]1027d. ] Refs]
__3 take in pledge, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.136 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; take by force or treachery, seize, οὐδὲν ἐδυνέατο π. τῆς ἐσόδου [[ [prev. author] 7.211; ναῦς παραλαβόντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.19, 4.16, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὰ πράγματα get control of affairs, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 26 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—in middle, lay hold of, ἄκρων τῶν χειρῶν [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.4.1 (assuming variant). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 receive by hearing or report, ascertain, παρὰ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19; π. ἀληθείην [prev. author] 1.55; π. ἀκοῇ [prev. author] 2.148; π. τὰ περὶ Ἀλκμέωνα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102; τι περί τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.22.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; receive by way of lesson, σοφίαν παρά τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 197d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be received, accepted, τὰ παρειλημμένα the received or traditionary doctrines, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 365a16; οἱ π. μῦθοι [prev. author] “Po.” 1453b22; [λόγοι] ἔνιοι π. ὡς Ἀριστογείτονος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.850e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 take, receive, or use as a substitute or equivalent, τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ νοῦ π. [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 4.2.3] Refs]:—passive, ὑμέτερον ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑμεῖς παρείληπται [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 2.14. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__5.b Grammars and in Medicine texts, simply, use, employ, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 25; εἰς λόγον 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 250.3 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; θλῖψιν, βοηθήματα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.6.37, 8.10.1 (_passive_)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—frequently in passive, to be found, used, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14, 17, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 83.2, +others] Refs 1st c.BC+]; π. ἐκ κοινοῦ, δεικτικῶς,[[ [prev. work] 123.1, “Pron.” 10.17. ] Refs]
__5.c admit, ἡ ὅλη ὑπόθεσις τὸ ἓν εἶναι παρελάμβανεν [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 417. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__6 take up, catch up, τὸ οὔνομα τοῦτο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, compare 126; τὸν λόγον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.18.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ βραχύ give a résumé of, [[ [prev. author] 6.58.1. ] Refs]
__7 compare, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Categorias commentarium - pars” 97.8 (_passive_). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__8 passive, to be derived, ἔκ τινος variant in [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 32.16. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II with accusative person, take to oneself, associate with oneself, as a wife or mistress, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.155 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as an adopted son, [[ [prev. author] 1.113 ] Refs]; as a partner, auxiliary, or ally,[[[prev. work] 76, 7.150, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.111, etc.; παραλαμβάνων ἄλλος ἄλλον ἐπ᾽ ἄλλου.. χρείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμβούλους π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112b10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; get control of, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b, “R.” 460b, 541a, Alcaeus1.121e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάρτυρας π. call in witnesses, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.67 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, τὴν αἴσθησιν ὑπουργεῖν [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 8.248a. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.2 invite, ἐπὶ ξείνια [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154; παραληφθεὶς ἐπὶ δεῖπνον 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.46; ἐφ᾽ ἑστίασιν παρειλημμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.40b; παραληφθεὶς εἰς τὸ συσσίτιον [prev. author] “Lyc.” 20: _absolutely_, [prev. author] 2.461d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραληφθῆναι πρός τινα Parmenisc. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.156e. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 receive, take over in succession, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.203; Λυκοῦργος π. τοὺς Σπαρτιάτας οἴκοι σκηνοῦντας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 take prisoner, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.69.2 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.5 of the dead, παραλημφθεὶς ὑπὸ θεῶν καταχθονίων [[ “IG” 14.1702. ] Refs]