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ὑπολαμβάνω

hypolambano

take up by getting under

Appears 131 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὑπολαμβάνω, also ὑπολάζυμαι (q. v.), late Dor. 3pl. fut. -λαμψοῦνται Anon. Oxy. 410.99:—A. take up by getting under, as the dolphin did Arion, Hdt. 1.24, Pl. R. 453d; τοὺς νεοττοὺς ὑ. ἡ φήνη Arist. HA 619b34; τὸ κῦμα ὑ. τινά Clearch. 73; νεφέλη ὑ. τινά Act.Ap. 1.9. b. bear up, support, Hdt. 4.72; ὑ. τοὺς ἐνδεεῖς Str. 14.2.5, cf. D.S. 19.67; ὑπέλαβές με πέμψας μοι τὰ κριθάρια BGU 48.3 (ii/iii A. D.). 2. take up, seize or come suddenly upon, ὑπὸ τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα Il. 3.34, Od. 18.88; of a storm of wind, Hdt. 4.179; of a fit of madness, Id. 6.75; of a pestilence, ib.27; of a river taking up earth thrown into it, Id. 2.150; of winds taking up water, ib.25; of soldiers marching, δυσχωρία ὑπελάμβανεν αὐτούς, i. e. they came suddenly into difficult ground, X. HG 3.5.20: abs., ὑπολαβὼν πυρετός Hp. Epid. 5.20; of events, follow next, come next, ὑπέλαβε ναυμαχίη καρτερή Hdt. 8.12, cf. 6.27. 3. in discourse, take up what is said, interpret or understand it in a certain way, ταύτῃ ὑπολαμβάνεις ᾗ ἃν κακουργήσαις μάλιστα τὸν λόγον Pl. R. 338d; ὃν μὴ σὺ φράζεις, πῶς ὑπολάβοιμʼ ἂν λόγον; E. IA 523, cf. Pl. Euthd. 295c; ὑ. τι εἴς τινα understand it of, i. e. apply it to, him, Aeschin. 1.157; ὥσπερ ὁ ἀκούων ὑ. Arist. Rh. 1412a30; rejoin, retort, Pl. Lg. 875d, D. 22.10, etc.; πρός τι Th. 5.85; τιπρός τινας D. 20.146, cf. 23.93; ὑ. τινὶ ὅτι . . Pl. R. 598d; ὑ. ὡς . . X. Ath. 3.12, etc.: c. acc. et inf., reply that . . , Th. 5.49; ὑπολαμβάνεῖν χρὴ εἰ . . retort by asking whether . . , Lys. 13.82: abs., in dialogue, ἔφη ὑπολαβών, ὑ. ἔφη, ὑ. εἶπεν, he said in answer, Pl. R. 331d, Hdt. 101, Th. 3.113, etc. b. take up, interrupt, μεταξὺ ὑ. X. An. 3.1.26; ἔτι λέγοντος αὐτοῦ ὑ. Id. Cyr. 5.5.35. 4. take up the conqueror, fight with him, Th. 8.105. 5. take up a charge, Id. 6.28; ὑ. τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τινός take up and turn it to their own use, Luc. Cal. 17. II. = ὑποδέχομαι, receive and protect, ὁ Κῦρος ὑπολαβὼν τοὺς φεύγοντας (the exiles) X. An. 1.1.7; admit a visitor, Pl. Smp. 212d; of a doctor, take in hand, treat a patient, Hp. Morb. 1.15 (Pass.). 2. accept or entertain a proposal, Hdt. 1.212, 3.146; δυσχερῶς ὑ. D. 57.35; μηδεὶς ὑπολάβῃ δυσκόλως ἐὰν . . take it amiss, ib.59. III. take up a notion, assume, suppose, freq. of an ill-grounded opinion, ὑ. θεῖον εἶναι τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον Hdt. 2.55; οὐκ ἂν ὑπέλαβον τοῦτον ἀντειπεῖν Antipho 3.3.2, cf. Pl. Phd. 86b, Prt. 343d; ἐὰν ὑπολάβῃ . . Ἀθήνῃσιν εἶναι, ὢν ἐν Λιβύῃ Arist. Metaph. 1010b10: an Adv. is freq. added to give the word a good sense, ὀρθῶς ὑ. Pl. Grg. 458e, Arist. EN 1145b21, καλῶς Id. Rh. 1404a1, etc.; βέλτιον ὑπελάβομεν εἶναι πάλιν γράψαι PCair.Zen. 36.15 (iii B. C.): with εἶναι omitted, assume or understand a thing to be so and so, τὰ φύματα τεχνικώτατον ὑπειληφέναι (sc. εἶναι) δεῖ δύνασθαι διαλύειν Hp. Medic. 10; τὸ χαλεπὸν κακὸν (sc. εἶναι) ὑ. Pl. Prt. 341b; ὑ. τὸν Ἔρωτα ἕν τι τῶν ὄντων Id. Phdr. 263d; ὑ. τι ὡς ὂν . . Id. Prm. 134c; τὸν αἰθέρα τῇδέ πῃ ὑ. conceive of the word αἰθήρ somewhat in this way, Id. Cra. 410b; οὕτως ὑ. περί τινος Isoc. 3.26, cf. D. 18.269: simply c. acc., καίπερ ὑπειληφὼς ταῦτα though I assume this to be so, Id. 19.3, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1005b26; τίς σε ἀναγκάσαι δύναται ὑπολαβεῖν τι ὧν οὐ θέλεις; Arr. Epict. 2.6.21; ὃ βούλει, ὑπολάμβανε ib.1.10.4; ὑ. πλῆθος ὡρισμένον Arist. Metaph. 1073b13; ὑ. ὅτι . . Id. Pol. 1301a25:—Pass., τοιοῦτος ὑπολαμβάνομαι Isoc. 12.5, cf. Arist. Rh. 1366a26; ὑ. μειζόνως ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν Isoc. 11.24, cf. D. 23.6; ἡ ὑπειλημμένη ἀρετή Id. 14.1; ὅπως ποθʼ ὑπείλημμαι περὶ τούτων ἀρκεῖ μοι I am content with whatever opinion of me has been formed in these matters, Id. 18.269: c. inf., τῇ φιλανθρωπίᾳ ἢν ἔχειν ὑπείληψαι παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις Isoc. Ep. 4.9, cf. Arist. Rh. 1383b8; ὑπολαμβάνεται δεδωκέναι is understood to have granted, Id. SE 178a20: τὸ ὑποληφθὲν πᾶν, = πᾶσα ὑπόληψις (ΙΙ), Men. 249.7. 2. suspect, disbelieve, X. Ages. 5.6, unless ὅ τι ὑπολαμβάνουσί τινες ταῦτα οὐκ ἀγνοῶ means ‘I know how some people regard it’. IV. draw away, seduce, ὑ. μισθῷ μείζονι τοὺς ναυβάτας Th. 1.121, cf. 143; Κέρκυραν ib.68. 2. take away, remove, seize, τοῖς ἐπικούροις φράσας τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖν ordering his bodyguard to remove the arms (of the citizens), Id. 6.58. 3. receive, ἀποτίσει . . ὃ ὑπείληφεν . . ἀργυρικὸν κεφάλαιον Mitteis Chr. 220.21 (i A. D.), cf. BGU 709.19 (ii A. D.). V. ὑ. ἵππον, as a term of horsemanship, hold up the horse, check him in his course, X. Eq. 7.15,9.5.
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