λαμβάνω

Etymology
From, probably from a , with cognates including 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬) and possibly 🇨🇬. This etymology is supported by the form (lhabōn, aorist participle) found in an inscription in Corfu indicating initial voiceless, which would have developed from a Proto-Indo-European  cluster. Also see and.

The present stem has zero-grade of the PIE root with  and suffix, like  and. The second aorist has  and no further modifications, like  and. The forms with eta, such as future, have , like and. The e-grade perfect derives from  of the original stem in  ( >  regularly followed by unexpected loss of aspiration). The change from to  is regular.

Verb

 * 1) to take
 * 2) to take hold of, grasp, seize
 * 3) to take by force, plunder
 * 4) to exact (punishment)
 * 5)  to seize
 * 6)  to possess
 * 7)  to cover
 * 8) to catch, overtake
 * 9) to catch, discover, detect
 * 10) to bind (under oath)
 * 11) to keep
 * 12) to take (food or drugs)
 * 13) to perceive, understand
 * 14)  to assume, take as granted
 * 15) to undertake
 * 16) to receive, get
 * 17) *# I receive hospitably
 * 18) *# I receive in marriage
 * 19) *# I conceive
 * 20) to admit
 * 21)  to take hold of
 * 22) to lay hands upon
 * 23) to find fault with, censure
 * 24) to check oneself
 * 1) to perceive, understand
 * 2)  to assume, take as granted
 * 3) to undertake
 * 4) to receive, get
 * 5) *# I receive hospitably
 * 6) *# I receive in marriage
 * 7) *# I conceive
 * 8) to admit
 * 9)  to take hold of
 * 10) to lay hands upon
 * 11) to find fault with, censure
 * 12) to check oneself
 * 1) *# I receive in marriage
 * 2) *# I conceive
 * 3) to admit
 * 4)  to take hold of
 * 5) to lay hands upon
 * 6) to find fault with, censure
 * 7) to check oneself
 * 1)  to take hold of
 * 2) to lay hands upon
 * 3) to find fault with, censure
 * 4) to check oneself
 * 1) to lay hands upon
 * 2) to find fault with, censure
 * 3) to check oneself
 * 1) to check oneself
 * 1) to check oneself
 * 1) to check oneself

Inflection
Along with a few others, the aorist imperative has an irregular accent: and not **λάβε. This is not the case in compounds, however.

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to get, receive
 * 2) to take
 * 3)  to understand, get
 * 1)  to understand, get