A.“-λαμψοῦνται” Anon.Oxy.410.99:—take up by getting under, as the dolphin did Arion, Hdt.1.24, Pl.R.453d; “τοὺς νεοττοὺς ὑ. ἡ φήνη” Arist.HA619b34; “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” BGU48.3 (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.HG3.5.20: 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 ὑπολάβοιμ᾽ ἂν λόγον;” E. IA523, 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.
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.EN1145b21, “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 ποθ᾽ 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.SE178a20: τὸ ὑποληφθὲν πᾶν, = πᾶσα ὑπόληψις (11), 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'.
2. take away, remove, seize, τοῖς ἐπικούροις φράσας τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖν ordering his bodyguard to remove the arms (of the citizens), Id.6.58.
