λᾰβ-ἡ, ἡ,
(λαβεῖν) handle, haft, λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 33.2, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.20, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι, of a cup, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 473, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1258. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as a pugilistic term, grip, hold, βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος Alexander Magnusap.[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.18ob, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 5; ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴς λ. ζητεῖν [prev. author] “Fab.” 5: _metaphorically_, τὰς λ. τοῦ φαρμάκου 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.426. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III metaphorically, handle, occasion, μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρ᾽, ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 841 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας[[ [prev. work] 847, compare “Lys.” 671, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 2; ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 551; ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 544b; ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν [prev. author] “Lg.” 682e; λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 20; εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας [prev. author] 2.78b; εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον 4th c.BC: Nicochares Comicus 3 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in plural, τὰς ὁμοίας.. λ. λαβεῖν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 498; εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236b; τὰ μαθήματα φαίη τις ἂν λαβὰς εἶναι φιλοσοφίας 1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.452d, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν λαβαῖς εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be at grips, of wrestlers, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 7, 2.979a; εἰς λαβὰς ἥκειν [prev. author] “Luc.” 3 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of an orator, ἀφύκτους [δεῖ εἶναι] τὰς λ. [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 18, compare 20 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; λαβὰς ἀντιλογίας διδόναι opportunities for refutation, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 8.15 ] Refs]; also in friendly sense, φιλικαὶ λ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.660b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]