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Gloss to seize/conceive/help
συλλαμβάνω,
future -λήψομαι: perfect -είληφα, passive -είλημμαι: aorist συνέλᾰβον, infinitive συλλᾰβεῖν:—middle, present in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 53.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist συνελαβόμην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.49, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive (see. below; in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.14 συλληφθήσεται has been restored for συλλήψεται)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—collect, gather together, especially rally scattered troops, τῆς στρατιῆς τοὺς περιγενομένους [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.46; τὸ στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.1; τὰς δυνάμεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456a; σ. θοινάτορας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1217. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 take with one, carry off, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1153; ξυλλαβὼν κατέκλινεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀσκληπιοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 122, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5.52 (tmesis, 3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συλλαβὼν θεσπίσματα κεῖται παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ with all his prophecies, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 971; ἔρρε, τάσδε συλλαβὼν ἀράς [prev. author] “OC” 1384 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔκπλει σεαυτὸν συλλαβὼν ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς pack yourself off, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 577. ] Refs]
__3 put together, close, τὸ στόμα καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς (of a corpse) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 118a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. αὐτοῦ τὸ στόμα shut his mouth, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 926, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623b2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; enclose, τῇ ἐπιδέσει συλλαμβάνοντα συνάγειν τοὺς μηρούς [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.86; ξ. καὶ τοὺς τένοντας τοῖσι ἐρίοισι 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __3.b combine in pronunciation, λέγε δὴ μόλωμεν ξυνεχὲς ὡδὶ ξυλλαβών say αὐτὸ μόλωμεν as one word, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 in speaking, comprehend, comprise, ἑνὶ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα εἰπεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82; πᾶν.. συλλαβὼν εἴρηκας [prev. author] 7.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; εἰς ἓν πάντα σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 234b, compare “Tht.” 147d; τὰ ἄλλα εἰς ταὐτό [prev. author] “Plt.” 263d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be comprehended (logically), μετὰ τοῦ γένους αἱ συλλαμβανόμεναι διαφοραί [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1037b31, compare 998b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σὺν τῇ ὕλῃ συνειλημμένος, i.e. concrete, opposed to abstract, [[[prev. work] 1039b21, compare 1035a25, +others ] Refs]
__II lay hands on, seize, ὁλκάδας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.26; κόμην ἀπρὶξ ὄνυξι συλλαβὼν χερί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 310; τέττιγα τοῦ πτεροῦ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 143 (loosely paraphrased, compare “Hermes” 23.279); τὰ ποτήμενα συλλαβῆν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.30 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ξ. τῶν σχοινίων lay hold of them, help to pull, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 437:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, τίς ξυλλάβοιτ᾽ ἂν τοῦ ξύλο; [[ [prev. author] “Lys.” 313, compare “Pax” 465 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__II.b buy up, τὰ τρύβλια [[ [prev. author] “Eq.” 650. ] Refs]
__II.2 seize the person of.., apprehend, arrest, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.39.7, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.έ, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 206, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45, “PCair.Zen.” 15v. 44, 202.2 (3rd c.BC); συνέλαβον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπήχθη εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον [prev. work] 484.21 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ζῶντα, ὅμηρον, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 513, “Or.” 1189; τινὰ ἐπὶ θανάτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συλλαβόντας αὐτὸν ἴσχειν seize and hold him, [[ “IG” 42(1).122.40 (Epid., 4th c.BC):] Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, πρὶν ξυλληφθῆναι before they were arrested, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.101, “PCair.Zen.” 15v. 7 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 of the mind, grasp the meaning of, comprehend, τὸ χρηστήριον, τὸ ῥηθέν, τὸν λόγον, τὴν φωνήν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.63, 91, 2.49, 4.114; παρκείμενον συλλαβὼν τέρας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.73, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 218c, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III receive at the same time, enjoy together, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV of females, conceive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 582a19, “GA” 727b8, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.28, etc.; ἐν γαστρί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 5.46; ξυλλαβοῦσα τὴν γονήν [prev. author] “Steril.” 220 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the womb, σ. τὸ σπέρμα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583b29, +others, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.22: but συνειληφυῖα τοῦ τεκεῖν] Refs 4th c.BC+] near to be delivered, [[ LXX.1Ki.4.19. ] LXX]
__V take with or besides, take as an assistant, τὴν δίκην σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 584; ἄτεγκτον σ. καρδίαν [prev. author] “HF” 833. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI with dative person, take pert with another, assist him, οὐ τοῖς ἀθύμοις ἡ τύχη ξ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 927, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 813, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δυνατὰ τῇ πόλει ξ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 861 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τισί τι take part with or assist them in a thing, [[ [prev. author] “Lys.” 540 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.49, etc.; σ. τινί τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 946, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 734 (Lyric poetry); σ. τινί τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.20: with a _preposition_, συνέλαβε γὰρ ἄλλα.. ἐς τὸ πείθεσθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] contributed towards persuading, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, assist, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 812 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1019 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 229, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεῖ δὲ ξυλλαμβάνοντα τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπικαλέεσθαι while invoking the gods one must help oneself, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Insomn.” 87. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2 middle, c.genitive of things, take part in, συνελάβοντο τοῦ στρατεύματος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.49; ὅστις νόσου κάμνοντι συλλάβοιτο 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 282 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυνελάβοντο τοῦ τοιούτου οὐχ ἥκιστα, ὥστε.. especially contributed to this, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47: with _dative_, καιρῷ χειμῶνος συλλαβέσθαι κυβερνητικήν] Refs 5th c.BC+] intervene in a storm together with circumstance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709c: sometimes in tmesi, ξύμ μοι λάβεσθε τοῦ μύθου [prev. author] “Phdr.” 237a, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.559 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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