συλλαμβάνω fut. -λήψομαι perf. συνείληφα pass. -είλημμαι aor1 συνέλαβον inf. συλλαβεῖν Pass., fut. -ληφθήσομαι to collect, gather together, esp. to rally scattered troops, Hdt., Xen., etc. simply, to take with one, take up and carry off, Soph., Ar.: to buy up, Ar. to put together, close the mouth of a corpse, Plat.; σ. αὐτοῦ τὸ στόμα to shut his mouth, Ar. in speaking, to comprehend, comprise, Hdt., Plat. to lay hold of, seize, grasp, c. acc., Hdt., Soph.; c. gen., σ. τῶν σχοινίων to lay hold of them, Ar.; absol. in part., ξυλλαβών quickly, in a hurry, Ar.:—also in Mid., c. gen., ξυλλαβέσθαι τοῦ ξύλου Ar. to apprehend, arrest, Hdt., Attic:— Pass., πρὶν ξυλληφθῆναι before they were arrested, Thuc. of the mind, to comprehend, understand, Hdt., Pind. to receive at the same time, enjoy together, Hdt. of females, to conceive, Luc. c. dat. pers. to take part with, assist, Hdt., Attic:—absol. to assist, Aesch., etc. c. dat. pers. et c. gen. rei, to take part with one in a thing, Eur., Ar.:—so in Mid., συνελάβετο τοῦ στρατεύματος Hdt.; νόσου συλλαβέσθαι Soph.: to contribute towards a thing, Thuc.