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

A.“-λάμψομαι” Hdt.2.120 :—receive from another, esp. of persons succeeding to an office, etc., [τὴν βασιληΐην] Hdt.l.c., cf. Th.1.9 ; “τὴν βασιλείαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός” OGI90.1 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); τοῖς παραλαμβάνουσι (sc. τὴν βασιλείαν) the successors, Arist.Pol.1285b8 ; “π. τὴν ἀρχήν” Pl.Lg.698e; “τῆς πόλεως τὰ πράγματα” Ar.Ec.107 ; “τὴν ἐπιμέλειάν τινος” Aeschin.1.143 ; “τὴν τριηραρχίαν” D.47.32 ; “π. πόλιν ἀνάστατον” And.1.108, cf. Th.1.9, etc.; νόμον ὄντα παραλαβόντες, opp. θέντες, Id.5.105, cf. Isoc.8.102 ; of inherited rites or customs, Hdt.2.51 ; of persons succeeding by inheritance, E.Ion814, Lys. 10.5, etc. ; “οἱ μὴ κτησάμενοι ἀλλὰ -λαβόντες τὴν οὐσίαν” Arist.EN1120b12 ; παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς πολλὴν οὐσίαν π. D.21.157 ; opp. ἐπικτᾶσθαι, Pl.R.330a ; π. ἀράς inherit curses, E.Ph.1611 ; of officers, receive things as stated in an inventory from their predecessors, IG12.301.5, al.; “τὰ μὲν παρειληφότα τὰ δ᾽ αὐτὸν εὑρηκότα” Isoc.15.208 : Astrol., take over, [χρονοκρατορίαν] Vett.Val.171.16 : generally, receive, “ἔρια παραλαβοῦσα ἱμάτιον ἀποδεῖξαι” X.Oec.7.6 ; of cargo, POxy.276.13 (i A.D.), etc.

2. take upon oneself, undertake, “πρᾶγμά τι” Ar.Eq.345 ; τὰ παραλαμβανόμενα undertakings, Hdt.1.38 ; take to oneself, admit, employ, “π. ἐν ταῖς μάχαις τὸν θυμόν” Plu.2.988e :—Pass., π. πρὸς τὴν σύστασιν τῆς ψυχῆς ib.1027d.

3. take in pledge, Hdt.3.136 ; take by force or treachery, seize, “οὐδὲν ἐδυνέατο π. τῆς ἐσόδου” Id.7.211 ; “ναῦς παραλαβόντες” Th.1.19, 4.16, And.3.39 ; π. τὰ πράγματα get control of affairs, Plu.Alc.26 :—in Med., lay hold of, “ἄκρων τῶν χειρῶν” Paus.6.4.1 (s.v.l.).

4. receive by hearing or report, ascertain, “παρὰ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων” Hdt.2.19 ; “π. ἀληθείην” Id.1.55 ; “π. ἀκοῇ” Id.2.148 ; “π. τὰ περὶ Ἀλκμέωνα” Th.2.102 ; “τι περί τινος” Plb.12.22.5 ; receive by way of lesson, “σοφίαν παρά τινος” Pl.La.197d :—Pass., to be received, accepted, τὰ παρειλημμένα the received or traditionary doctrines, Arist.Mete.365a16 ; “οἱ π. μῦθοι” Id.Po.1453b22 ; “[λόγοι] ἔνιοι π. ὡς Ἀριστογείτονος” Plu.2.850e.

5. take, receive, or use as a substitute or equivalent, τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ νοῦ π. Placit.4.2.3 :—Pass., “"ὑμέτερον" ἀντὶ τοῦ "ὑμεῖς" παρείληπται” D.H.Amm.2.14.

b. Gramm. and Medic., simply, use, employ, D.H.Comp.25 ; “εἰς λόγον” A.D.Synt.250.3 ; θλῖψιν, βοηθήματα, Antyll. ap. Orib.8.6.37,8.10.1 (Pass.) :—freq. in Pass., to be found, used, D.H.Comp.14, 17, A.D.Synt.83.2,al.; π. ἐκ κοινοῦ, δεικτικῶς, ib.123.1, Pron.10.17.

c. admit, “ἡ ὅλη ὑπόθεσις τὸ ἓν εἶναι παρελάμβανεν” Dam.Pr.417.

6. take up, catch up, “τὸ οὔνομα τοῦτο” Hdt. 1.122, cf. 126 ; “τὸν λόγον” Plb.33.18.9 ; π. ἐπὶ βραχύ give a résumé of, Id.6.58.1.

7. compare, Porph.in Cat.97.8（Pass.).

8. Pass., to be derived, ἔκ τινος v.l. in A.D.Pron.32.16.

II. c. acc. pers., take to oneself, associate with oneself, as a wife or mistress, Hdt.4.155 ; as an adopted son, Id.1.113 ; as a partner, auxiliary, or ally, ib.76, 7.150, Th.1.111, etc.; “παραλαμβάνων ἄλλος ἄλλον ἐπ᾽ ἄλλου . . χρείᾳ” Pl.R. 369b ; συμβούλους π. Arist.EN1112b10 ; get control of, Pl.Ap.18b, R. 460b,541a, Alc.1.121e ; μάρτυρας π. call in witnesses, D.47.67 : c.inf., “τὴν αἴσθησιν ὑπουργεῖν” Jul.Or.8.248a.

2. invite, “ἐπὶ ξείνια” Hdt.4.154 ; “παραληφθεὶς ἐπὶ δεῖπνον” Alciphr.3.46 ; “ἐφ᾽ ἑστίασιν παρειλημμένος” Plu.2.40b ; “παραληφθεὶς εἰς τὸ συσσίτιον” Id.Lyc.20 : abs., Id.2.461d ; παραληφθῆναι πρός τινα Parmenisc. ap. Ath.4.156e.

3. receive, take over in succession, Hdt.4.203 ; “Λυκοῦργος π. τοὺς Σπαρτιάτας οἴκοι σκηνοῦντας” X.Lac.5.2.

4. take prisoner, Plb.3.69.2 (Pass.).

5. of the dead, “παραλημφθεὶς ὑπὸ θεῶν καταχθονίων” IG14.1702.