ἐκλαμβάνω

ἐκλαμβάνω, fut. -λήψομαι Isoc. 12.194 :—Α. 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, 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, 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. 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. 2.396e. 2. hire, ὀρχήστριαν PGrenf. 2.67.5 (iii A.D.). V. 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, σηκώματα Nicom. Harm. 6; ἐ. ἀντίγραφον take a copy, PGen. 74.8 (iii A.D.). VI. select, τὰς προτάσεις Arist. APr. 43b1; τὰ χαλεπώτατα Longin. 10.3. VII. Med., ἐκλαμβάνομαι, = ὑπολογίζομαι, Din. Fr. 16.4. 2. take hold of, c. gen., Ph. 1.134. VIII. Pass., to be picked out, adorned, φιάλαις λιθοκολλήτοις Agatharch. 102.