Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.handle, haft, “λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος” Alc.33.2, cf. D.27.20, etc.; λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι, of a cup, S.OC473, cf.Ar.Pax1258.

II. as a pugilistic term, grip, hold, βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος Alexander Magnusap.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 ἄνδρ᾽, 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.