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ἀναλαμβάνω

analambano

take up, take into oneʼs hands

Appears 41 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀναλαμβάνω, fut. -λήψομαι: Ion. pf.inf.Pass. -λελάμφθαι or -λελάφθαι Hp. Off. 11, part. -λελαμμένος Id. Art. 11:—A. take up, take into oneʼs hands, τὸ παιδίον Hdt. 1.111; τὰ τόξα, τὰ ὅπλα, etc., 3.78, 9.46; take on board ship, 1.166, Th. 7.25, etc.; take up into heaven, in Pass., LXX 4 Ki. 2.9, Act.Ap. 1.11: and generally, take with one, esp. of troops, supplies, etc., Hdt. 9.51, Th. 5.64, 8.27, etc.; part. ἀναλαβών often = with, ἄνδρας ἀναλαβὼν ἡγήσομαι X. An. 7.3.36, cf. Th. 5.7. b. suspend in a sling, Hp. Art. 22. c. metaph., take up, for the purpose of examining, Pl. Ap. 22b, Men. 87e, al. 2. receive, φιλοφρόνως ἀ. Id. Ep. 329d, etc.; of women, ἀ. τὴν γονήν conceive, Plu. 2.495e. 3. take upon oneself, assume, τὴν προξενίαν Th. 6.89; τὴν ἀρχήν Inscr.Prien. 123; κόσμον, of a king, OGI 383.135; ἐσθῆτα Plu. Arist. 21; πρόσωπον, σχῆμα, Luc. Nigr. 11, Somn. 13. 4. in Med., undertake, engage in, ἀναλαβέσθαι κίνδυνον Hdt. 3.69:—also Act., ἀντὶ τῆς φιλίας τὸν πόλεμον ἀναλαβεῖν Philipp. ap. D. 18.78. 5. take up, adopt, Arist. Fr. 76:—Pass., Aeschin. 1.52, cf. Epicur. Fr. 172. 6. of money, confiscate, in Pass., OGI 338.24 (Pergam.), PSI 1.104.10 (late ii A.D.); κλῆρος ἀνειλημμένος εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν PTeb. 61b74 (ii B. C.), etc., Plu. 2.484a, D.L. 7.181. 7. learn by rote, Arr. Epict. 2.16.5, Plu. Ages. 20, Alex.Aphr. in Top. 494.31. 8. include, τῷ νόμῳ OGI 629 (Palmyra). 9. Medic., make up ingredients, κηρῷ καὶ νάρδῳ Aret. CA 1.1, cf. 2.3 (Pass.); so in Magic, ἀ. οἴνῳ καὶ μέλιτι, ὄξει, PMag.Par. 1.1316, 2690. 10. raise, erect a wall, IG 2.1054.9. 11. abs., lift up oneʼs voice, LXX Nu. 14.1. II. get back, regain, recover, τὴν ἀρχήν Hdt. 3.73, X. HG 3.5.10; ἀ. ἐπιστήμην Pl. Men. 85d; οὐδʼ ἀφέντι λίθον δυνατὸν ἀναλαβεῖν Arist. EN 1114a18. 2. retrieve, make good, τὴν αἰτίην Hdt. 7.231; ἁμαρτίαν S. Ph. 1249, E. Ion 426; τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἀρετήν X. Mem. 3.5.14; ταῦτα ἀ. καὶ μεταγιγνώσκειν D. 21.109. 3. restore, repair, τὴν προτέρην κακότητα Hdt. 8.109: abs., Id. 5.121; ἀ. τὴν πόλιν ἐκ τῆς πρόσθεν ἀθυμίας X. HG 6.5.21; ἀ. ἑαυτόν recover oneself, regain strength, Th. 6.26, Pl.Com. 10D., Men. Sam. 243; collect oneself, Isoc. 5.22: abs., Pl. R. 467b, D. 18.163, Hp. Mul. 2.118. 4. take up again, resume, in narrative or argument, τὸν λόγον Hdt. 5.62, Pl. R. 544b, al.; πολλάκις ἀ. Id. Phd. 95e; ἀναλαβεῖν διεξιόντα repeat in detail, Id. Euthd. 275c; at Rome, ἀ. θυσίας, = instaurare sacra, Plu. Cor. 25; ἀ. τῇ μνήμῃ recollect, Pl. Plt. 294d; without τῇ μνήμῃ, Plu. Lyc. 21; but ἀ. μνήμην recover a memory, Arist. Mem. 451a22; πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἀ. run over in oneʼs mind, Pl. Ti. 26a. 5. receive back into a family, Luc. Abd. 9, al. III. pull up short, of a horse, X. Eq. 3.5; check, οἷόνπερ ἵππον τὸν λόγον ἀ. Pl. Lg. 701c; τὴν ὁρμὴν τῆς νεώς Plb. 16.3.4; ἀ. τὰς κύνας call them back, X. Cyn. 7.10. IV. win over, Ar. Eq. 682, Din. 1.28, Plu. Brut. 24, al.; ἀ. τὸν ἀκροατήν Arist. Rh. 1354b32. V. ἀγορὰν στοαῖς ἀνειλημμένην διτταῖς, perh. on a terrace supported by two colonnades, Dicaearch. 59.23; cf. ἀνάλημμα II.
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