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λᾰβ-ή

labe · ἡ

handle, haft

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What it meant — LSJ

handle, haft

handle, haft, λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος Alc. 33.2, cf. D. 27.20, etc.; λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι, of a cup, S. OC 473, cf. Ar. Pax 1258.

II grip, hold

as a pugilistic term, grip, hold, βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος Alexander Magnus ap. Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.180b, cf. Plu. Thes. 5; ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴς λ. ζητεῖν Id. Fab. 5: metaph., τὰς λ. τοῦ φαρμάκου Gal. 11.426.

III handle, occasion, grips, opportunities

metaph., handle, occasion, μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρʼ, ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν Ar. Eq. 841; λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας ib. 847, cf. Lys. 671, D. Prooem. 2; ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. Ar. Nu. 551; ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε Pl. R. 544b; ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν Id. Lg. 682e; λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον Plu. Cic. 20; εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας Id. Profect. 2.78b; εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον Nicoch. 3 D.: so in pl., τὰς ὁμοίας . . λ. λαβεῖν A. Ch. 498; εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας Pl. Phdr. 236b; τὰ μ

IV attack

attack of fever, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.116.

V taking, accepting, catching

taking, accepting, ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ A. Supp. 935; catching, of a ball, Gal. Parv.Pil. 3.

VI turn

turn, of a bandage, Id. 10.432.

VII insertions, attachments

Anat., in pl., insertions, attachments of muscles, Id. 18(2).1006.

VIII eye

eye of a needle, Aen.Tact. 18.10.

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