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ὑπολαμβάνω
ὑπολαμβάνω fut. -λήψομαι aor2 ὑπ-έλαβον perf. -είληφα to take up by getting under, as the dolphin did Arion, Hdt.: to receive into its bosom, NTest. to bear up, support, Hdt. to take by the hand, Plat. to seize or come suddenly upon, of fear, Hom.; of a fit of madness, a pestilence, Hdt.; δυσχωρία ὑπελάμβανεν αὐτούς, i. e. they came suddenly into difficult ground, Xen.; then, of events, to follow next, come next, Hdt. to take up the discourse and answer, to reply, rejoin, retort, Thuc., Plat., etc.:— absol., in dialogue, ἔφη ὑπολαβών, ὑπ. ἔφη, ὑπ. εἶπεν he said in answer, Hdt., Thuc., etc. to take up, interrupt, Xen. to take up the conqueror, fight with him, Lat. excipere, Thuc. to take up a charge, Thuc. = ὑποδέχομαι, to receive and protect, Xen. to accept or entertain a proposal, Hdt., Dem. to take up a notion, assume, suppose, c. inf., Hdt., Plat.:—the inf. omitted, to conceive of a thing as being so and so, Plat.; καίπερ ὑπειληφὼς ταῦτα though I assume this to be so, Dem.: —Pass., τοιοῦτος ὑπολαμβάνομαι Isocr. to apprehend a thing, Eur., Plat. to suspect, disbelieve, Xen. to take secretly, Thuc. to draw off from duty, seduce, Thuc. ὑπ. ἵππον, as a term of horsemanship, to hold up or to check the horse, Xen.

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take up; understand, interpret; assume; reply, rejoin

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Headword:
ὑπολαμβάνω
Headword (normalized):
ὑπολαμβάνω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
υπολαμβανω
Intro Text:
ὑπολαμβάνω fut. -λήψομαι aor2 ὑπ-έλαβον perf. -είληφα to take up by getting under, as the dolphin did Arion, Hdt.: to receive into its bosom, NTest. to bear up, support, Hdt. to take by the hand, Plat. to seize or come suddenly upon, of fear, Hom.; of a fit of madness, a pestilence, Hdt.; δυσχωρία ὑπελάμβανεν αὐτούς, i. e. they came suddenly into difficult ground, Xen.; then, of events, to follow next, come next, Hdt. to take up the discourse and answer, to reply, rejoin, retort, Thuc., Plat., etc.:— absol., in dialogue, ἔφη ὑπολαβών, ὑπ. ἔφη, ὑπ. εἶπεν he said in answer, Hdt., Thuc., etc. to take up, interrupt, Xen. to take up the conqueror, fight with him, Lat. excipere, Thuc. to take up a charge, Thuc. = ὑποδέχομαι, to receive and protect, Xen. to accept or entertain a proposal, Hdt., Dem. to take up a notion, assume, suppose, c. inf., Hdt., Plat.:—the inf. omitted, to conceive of a thing as being so and so, Plat.; καίπερ ὑπειληφὼς ταῦτα though I assume this to be so, Dem.: —Pass., τοιοῦτος ὑπολαμβάνομαι Isocr. to apprehend a thing, Eur., Plat. to suspect, disbelieve, Xen. to take secretly, Thuc. to draw off from duty, seduce, Thuc. ὑπ. ἵππον, as a term of horsemanship, to hold up or to check the horse, Xen.
IDX:
34051
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n34090
Key:
u(polamba/nw

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