ἐκλαμβάνω (eklambano)

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What it meant

ἐκλαμβάνω · eklambanō — LSJ

receive from, having received, from, to accept, from

receive from others, ἀριστεῖʼ ἐκλαβὼν στρατεύματος having received the meed of valour from them, S. Ph. 1429; ἐ. νόμους to accept laws from another, Plb. 2.39.6.

II seize and carry off, remove, evacuate, dissect out

seize and carry off, βίᾳ τοὺς παῖδας Isoc. l.c.; ἐ. μέρος τι [τῆς μητρός] Arist. GA 753b34 : generally, remove, καρπόν PRev.Laws 29.13 (iii B.C.), etc.: Medic., evacuate, πύον Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.10.7; dissect out, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.14.5.

III receive in full

receive in full, Isoc. Ep. 6.13; ἐ. τι παρά τινος E. Ion 1335, Isoc. 5.100, Pl. Lg. 958d; τὸ τέλεον καὶ ἱκανόν τινων ib. 807d.

IV contract to do

ἔργα ἐ., = ἐργολαβέω, contract to do work, Hdt. 9.95, cf. PMagd. 10.1 (iii B.C.), IG 12(5).647 (Ceos), etc.: c. inf., ἐ. παρὰ τῆς πόλεως πίνακα γράψαι Plu. Pel. 25, cf. Pyth. 2.396e.

2 hire

hire, ὀρχήστριαν PGrenf. 2.67.5 (iii A.D.).

V take in a certain sense, understand

take in a certain sense, understand, ἐ. τοὺς νόμους οὕτω Lys. 11.6; ἐ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον Arist. Rh. 1416b11; διχῶς Id. APr. 32b26.

2 take note of, take

take note of, σηκώματα Nicom. Harm. 6; ἐ. ἀντίγραφον take a copy, PGen. 74.8 (iii A.D.).

VI select

select, τὰς προτάσεις Arist. APr. 43b1; τὰ χαλεπώτατα Longin. 10.3.

VII

Med., ἐκλαμβάνομαι, = ὑπολογίζομαι, Din. Fr. 16.4.

2 take hold of

take hold of, c. gen., Ph. 1.134.

VIII to be picked out, adorned

Pass., to be picked out, adorned, φιάλαις λιθοκολλήτοις Agatharch. 102.

In the wild

ἐκλαμβάνοντα · eklambanonta Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2379)
ἐκλαβεῖν · eklabein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 245)
ἐκλαμβάνειν · eklambanein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 571)
ἐκλαμβάνειν · eklambanein Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Α (DIORISIS sentence 666)
ἐκλαβόντι · eklabonti Aristotle, Economics 1345b (DIORISIS sentence 121)
ἐκλαβόντι · eklabonti Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 8)

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