ἀντιλαμβάνω

antilambano

receive instead of

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Parts of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 9 684b6–685b28

685a31

Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

688a9
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

802b26
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21

1164b11
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

554a21
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10

1332b40

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντιλαμβάνω, A. receive instead of, χρυσοῦ δώματα πλήρη τᾶς ἥβας ἀ. E. HF 646 (lyr.); mostly without a gen., οὔτε κακοὺς εὖ δρῶν εὖ πάλιν ἀντιλάβοις receive in turn, Thgn. 108; κἂν . . ᾖ σώφρων . . σώφρονʼ ἀντιλήψεται E. Andr. 741; ἡδονὴν δόντας . . κακίαν . . ἀ. Th. 3.58; ἔρανον Arist. Pol. 133ob40; ἀ. ἄλλην [χώραν] seize in return, get instead, Th. 1.143; ἀ. ἄλλους τινάς X. Cyr. 5.3.12, cf. 8.7.16; χάριτα AP 6.191 (Longus). II. mostly in Med., with pf. Pass. -είλημμαι Lys. 28.15, Pl. Prm. 130e: c. gen., lay hold of, σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντελάβου Thgn. 1362; ἄκρου τοῦ στύρακος ἀ. Pl. La. 184a, cf. Prt. 317d,al.; τῇ ἀριστερᾷ ἀ. τοῦ τρίβωνος ib.335d; φιλίου χωρίου ἀ. gain or reach it, Th. 7.77, cf. Ar. Th. 242: abs., -όμενος Th. 3.22. b. metaph. c.gen., lay hold of, τῆς σωτηρίας, τῆς ἐλευθερίας, τοῦ ἀσφαλοῦς, Id. 2.61,62,3.22; lay claim to, τοῦ θρόνου Ar. Ra. 777,787; τοῦ πατρικοῦ μέρους BGU 648.10 (ii A.D.). 2. help, take part with, assist, οὐκ ἀντιλήψεσθʼ; E. Tr. 464; of persons, ἀ. Ἑλλήρων to take their part, D.S. 11.13; ἀ. τῶν ἀσθενούντων Act.Ap. 20.35, etc.: abs., Th. 7.70:— also in Pass., ἀντειλημμένη having received help, BGU 1105.21 (Aug.), al. 3. take part or share in a thing, take in hand, τῶν πραγμάτων X. Cyr. 2.3.6, D. 1.20, etc.; τοῦ πολέμου Isoc. 6.101; τῆς θαλάττης Plb. 1.39.14; τῆς Ἀφροδίτης Alex. 219.15; τῆς παιδείας Pl. R. 534d; ἀ. τοῦ λόγου seize on the conversation (to the interruption of the rest), ib.336b: abs., ἀρχόμενοι πάντες ὀξύτερον ἀ. Th. 2.8, cf. 8.106. 4. take hold of for the purpose of finding fault, reprehend, attack, ἡμῶν Pl. Sph. 239d, cf. R. 497d, etc.; τοῦδε ἀντιλαβώμεθα let us attack the question, Id. Tht. 169d; ἀ. ὡς ἀδύνατον . . to object that . ., Id. Sph. 251b: abs., Id. Grg. 506a. 5. take fast hold of, i.e. captivate, ὁ λόγος ἀντιλαμβάνεταί μου Id. Phd. 88d, cf. Prm. 130e, Luc. Nigr. 19. 6. of plants, take hold, Thphr. HP 4.1.5; of scions, unite, CP1.6.4. 7. grasp with the mind, perceive, apprehend, Pl. Ax. 370a; noted as an obsol, word for συνίημι by Luc. Sol. 7:—so of the senses, ἀ. κατὰ τὴν ἀκοήν, ὀσφρήσει, S.E. P. 1.50,64, cf. Phot.p.148R., Alex.Aphr. in Top. 103.1, al. III. in Med. also, hold back, ἵππου τῷ χαλινῷ X. Eq. 10.15, cf. Arist. MM 1188b6; interrupt, Aud. 802b26. IV. Act. in sense of Med., Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.38.

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