λαβή

λαβή, ἡ, (λαβεῖν) A. handle, haft, λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος Alc. 33.2, cf. D. 27.20, etc.; λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι, of a cup, S. OC 473, cf.Ar. Pax 1258. II. as a pugilistic term, grip, hold, βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος Alexander Magnus ap.Plu. 2.18ob, cf. Plu. Thes. 5; ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴς λ. ζητεῖν Id. Fab. 5: metaph., τὰς λ. τοῦ φαρμάκου Gal. 11.426. III. metaph., handle, occasion, μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρʼ, ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν Ar. Eq. 841; λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας ib.847, cf. Lys. 671, D. Prooem. 2; ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. Ar. Nu. 551; ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε Pl. R. 544b; ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν Id. Lg. 682e; λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον Plu. Cic. 20; εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας Id. 2.78b; εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον Nicoch. 3 D.: so in pl., τὰς ὁμοίας . . λ. λαβεῖν A. Ch. 498; εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας Pl. Phdr. 236b; τὰ μαθήματα φαίη τις ἂν λαβὰς εἶναι φιλοσοφίας Xenocr. ap. Plu. 2.452d, cf. D.L. 4.10; ἐν λαβαῖς εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be at grips, of wrestlers, Plu. Eum. 7, 2.979a; εἰς λαβὰς ἥκειν Id. Luc. 3; of an orator, ἀφύκτους [δεῖ εἶναι] τὰς λ. D.H. Dem. 18, cf. 20; λαβὰς ἀντιλογίας διδόναι opportunities for refutation, Id. Rh. 8.15; also in friendly sense, φιλικαὶ λ. Plu. 2.660b. IV. attack of fever, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.116. V. taking, accepting, ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ A. Supp. 935; catching, of a ball, Gal. Parv.Pil. 3. VI. turn, of a bandage, Id. 10.432. VII. Anat., in pl., insertions, attachments of muscles, Id. 18(2).1006. VIII. eye of a needle, Aen.Tact. 18.10.