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ἀπολαμβάνω

apolambano

take

Appears 21 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπολαμβάνω, fut. -λήψομαι, in Hdt. -λάμψομαι 3.146, 9.38: Att. pf. ἀπείληφα, Pass. ἀπείλημμαι, Ion. ἀπολέλαμμαι: in Act. aor. 2 ἀπέλαβον, but in Pass. aor. 1 ἀπελήφθην, Ion. ἀπελάμφθην Hdt.:— Α. take or receive from another, correlat. to ἀποδιδόναι, Pl. R. 332b; οὐδὲν ἀπολαβοῦσα τοῦ βίου χρηστόν (v.l. ἀπολαύουσα) Plu. 2.258b. 2. receive what is oneʼs due, μισθόν Hdt. 8.137; ἀ. τὸν ὀφειλόμενον μισθόν X. An. 7.7.14; τὴν σὴν ξυνάορον E. Or. 654; τὰ χρήματα Ar. Nu. 1274; τὰ παρὰ τοῦ πατρός Antiph. 196; ἀ. χρέα have them paid, And. 3.15; ὑπόσχεσιν παρά τινος ἀ. X. Smp. 3.3; τὰ δίκαια Aeschin. 1.196: opp. λαμβάνω, Epist. Phil. ap. D. 12.14, cf. D. 7.5; ἀ. ὅρκους accept them when tendered, Id. 5.9, 18.27. 3. take of, take a part of a thing, Th. 6.87, Pl. Hp.Mi. 369b; ἀ. μέρος τι Id. R. 392e, cf. Arist. Po. 1459a35: abs. in aor. part., ἀπολαβὼν σκόπει consider it separately, Pl. Grg. 495e, cf. R. 420c. 4. take away, Plb. 21.43.8,17; take off, τὸ βάρος Arist. IA 711a24. 5. hear, learn, Pl. R. 614a. II. regain, recover, τὴν τυραννίδα, τὴν πόλιν, Hdt. 1.61, 2.119, 3.146, al.; τι παρά τινος Th. 5.30; τὴν ἡλεμονίαν Isoc. 4.21; τὴν αὐτὴν εὐερλεσίαν 14.57: metaph., ἀ. ἑαυτόν recover oneself, Porph. Sent. 40, al. 2. have rendered to one, λόγον ἀ. demand an account, Aeschin. 3.27,168. III. take apart or aside, of persons, ἀ. τινὰ μοῦνον Hdt. 1.209; αὐτὸν μόνον Ar. Ra. 78, cf. LXX 2 Ma. 6.21; of things, μὴ μόνος τὸ χρηστὸν ἀπολαβὼν ἔχε E. Or. 451:—Med., ἀπολαβόμενος taking him aside, Ev.Marc. 7.33:—Pass., οἱ ἀπειλημμένοι those set apart, recluses, UPZ 60.10 (ii B.C.). IV. cut off, intercept, λέγων ὡς ἀπολάμψοιτο συχνούς Hdt. 9.38; ἀ. τείχει wall off, Th. 4.102; ἰσθμούς Id. 1.7, cf. 4.113; ἀ. εἴσω shut up inside, Id. 1.134; of contrary winds, ὅταν τύχωσιν οἱ ἄνεμοι ἀπολαβόντες αὐτούς Pl. Phd. 58c; κἂν ἄνεμοι τὴν ναῦν ἀπολάβωσιν Philostr. Her. 14; τὴν ἀναπνοὴν ἀ. τινός stop his breath, choke him, Plu. Rom. 27; τὸν ἀντίπαλον ἐς πνῖγμα Philostr. Im. 1.6; ἀ. τῶν σιτίων spoil the appetite, Hp. Prorrh. 2.22:—freq. in Pass., ὑπʼ ἀνέμων ἀπολαμφθέντες arrested or stopped by contrary winds, Hdt. 2.115, 9.114; ὑπὸ ἀπλοίας Th. 6.22; νόσῳ καὶ χειμῶνι καὶ πολέμοις ἀποληφθείς D. 8.35; ἐν ὀλίγῳ ἀπολαμφθέντες Hdt. 8.11; ἀπολαμφθέντες πάντοθεν Id. 5.101; ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Id. 8.70,76; ἐν τῆ Εὐρώπη ib.97,108; ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις λόγοις ἀ. to be entangled in . ., Pl. Euthd. 305d; ἐν τούτῳ τῷ κακῷ Id. Grg. 522a; ἐς στενόν Philostr. VS 1.19.1; of an afflux of blood, to be checked, Hp. Fract. 4; κοιλίη, κύστις ἀπολελαμμένη, Id. Prorrh. 1.88, 115, etc. V. Math., cut off, ἡμικύκλιον ἀποληφθήσεται Arist. Mete. 375b27, cf. Archim. Quadr. 15, etc.; intercept, Id. Sph.Cyl. 1.10; -ομένη, ἡ, abscissa, Apollon.Perg. Con. 1.11, al.—A prose word, used by E. ll.cc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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