• ξυλλαμβάνω(xullambánō) —Old Attic

Fromσῠν-(sŭn-,“with”) +‎λᾰμβᾰ́νω(lămbắnō,“to take”).

σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω• (sŭllămbắnō)

1. tocollect,gather; torally
   • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories5.46:

     συλλαβὼν δὲ οὗτος τῆς στρατιῆς

     sullabṑn dè hoûtos tês stratiês

     rallying the rest of his army

   1. totake with me, carry off
      • 497BCE – 405BCE,Sophocles,Women of Trachis1153:

        παίδων δὲ τοὺς μὲνξυλλαβοῦσ’ αὐτὴ τρέφει

        paídōn dè toùs mènxullaboûs’ autḕ tréphei

        Some of your children shehas taken with her

   2. to put together,close,enclose
      • 428BCE – 347BCE,Plato,Phaedrus118a:

        ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Κρίτωνσυνέλαβε τὸ στόμα καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.

        idṑn dè ho Krítōnsunélabe tò stóma kaì toùs ophthalmoús.

        And Crito, when he saw it,closed his mouth and eyes.

      1. to combine in pronunciation
         • 424BCE,Aristophanes,The Knights21:

           λέγε δὴ μόλωμεν ξυνεχὲς ὡδὶξυλλαβών.

           lége dḕ mólōmen xunekhès hōdìxullabṓn.

           Well, then!Say "Let us bolt," like this,as one word.

   3. tocomprise
      • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories3.82:

        ἑνὶ δὲ ἔπεϊ πάντασυλλαβόντα εἰπεῖν

        henì dè épeï pántasullabónta eipeîn

        But,to conclude the whole matter in one word,

2. totake hold of,seize
   • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories6.26:

     συλλαμβάνοντι τὰς Ἰώνων ὁλκάδας ἐκπλεούσας ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου

     sullambánonti tàs Iṓnōn holkádas ekpleoúsas ek toû Póntou

     seizing the Ionian merchant ships as they sailed out of the Euxine

   1. toapprehend,arrest
      • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories2.121e:

        ὃς δ’ ἂν ἀπηγήσηται τὰ περὶ τὸν φῶρα γεγενημένα, τοῦτονσυλλαμβάνειν καὶ μὴ ἀπιέναι ἔξω.

        hòs d’ àn apēgḗsētai tà perì tòn phôra gegenēména, toûtonsullambánein kaì mḕ apiénai éxō.

        whoever told her the story of the thief, she wasto seize and not let get out

      • 460BCE – 395BCE,Thucydides,History of the Peloponnesian War1.20:

        βουλόμενοι δὲ πρὶνξυλληφθῆναι δράσαντές τι

        boulómenoi dè prìnxullēphthênai drásantés ti

        but, wishing to do something beforethey were seized

   2. tocomprehend
      • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories1.91:

        οὐσυλλαβὼν δὲ τὸ ῥηθὲν

        ousullabṑn dè tò rhēthèn

        But, notcomprehending what was said

3. toreceive at the same time
   • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories1.32:

     τὰ πάντα μέν νυν ταῦτασυλλαβεῖν ἄνθρωπον ἐόντα ἀδύνατον ἐστί

     tà pánta mén nun taûtasullabeîn ánthrōpon eónta adúnaton estí

     It is impossible for one who is only humanto obtain all these thingsat the same time

4. toconceive a child
   • 460BCE – 370BCE,Hippocrates of Kos,Aphorisms5.46:

     ὁκόσαι παρὰ φύσιν παχεῖαι ἐοῦσαι μὴξυλλαμβάνουσιν ἐν γαστρὶ

     hokósai parà phúsin pakheîai eoûsai mḕxullambánousin en gastrì

     Such women are unnaturally fat, and cannotconceive

5. to take with (e.g. as an assistant)
   • 416BCE,Euripides,Herakles833:

     ἀλλ’ εἶ’, ἄτεγκτονσυλλαβοῦσα καρδίαν

     all’ eî’, átenktonsullaboûsa kardían

     But come,taking with you a hardened heart

6. (with dative of person) toassist
   • 391BCE,Aristophanes,Assemblywomen861:

     τὰ δυνατὰ γὰρ δεῖ τῇ πόλειξυλλαμβάνειν τοὺς εὖ φρονοῦντας.

     tà dunatà gàr deî tēî póleixullambánein toùs eû phronoûntas.

     Every sensible man mustassist the state.

   • 425BCE,Aristophanes,Lysistrata540:

     ἐν τῷ μέρει χἠμεῖς τι ταῖς φίλαισισυλλάβωμεν.

     en tōî mérei khēmeîs ti taîs phílaisisullábōmen.

     In our comradely venturewe eachtake our part.

   1. (middle voice, with genitive of object) totake part in
      • 460BCE – 420BCE,Herodotus,Histories3.49:

        οἳ δὲ οὐκ ἂνσυνελάβοντο τοῦ στρατεύματος τοῦ ἐπὶ Σάμον ταύτης εἵνεκεν τῆς αἰτίης

        hoì dè ouk ànsunelábonto toû strateúmatos toû epì Sámon taútēs heíneken tês aitíēs

        theywould nothave taken part in the expedition against Samos for this reason.

• ἐπῐσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω(epĭsŭllămbắnō)
• προσσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω(prossŭllămbắnō)

• “συλλαμβάνω”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συλλαμβάνω inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4815 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekσυλλαμβάνω(sullambánō).

συλλαμβάνω• (syllamváno) (pastσυνέλαβα,passiveσυλλαμβάνομαι,p‑pastσυνελήφθη)

1. (law) toarrest (take into custody)
2. toconceive
   1. todevelop anidea
   2. tounderstand
   3. (intransitive) to becomepregnant
3. toreceive, accept into themind,understand
4. (telecommunications) todetect signals

This verb needs aninflection-table template.

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