A.“-λήψομαι” Isoc.12.194 :—receive from others, ἀριστεῖ᾽ ἐκλαβὼν στρατεύματος having received the meed of valour from them, S.Ph.1429; ἐ. νόμους to accept laws from another, Plb.2.39.6.
II. seize and carry off, βίᾳ τοὺς παῖδας Isoc.l.c.; ἐ. μέρος τι [τῆς μητρός] Arist.GA753b34 : generally, remove, “καρπόν” PRev.Laws 29.13 (iii B.C.), etc.: Medic., evacuate, “πύον” Heliod. ap. Orib.44.10.7; dissect out, Antyll. ap. Orib.7.14.5.
III. receive in full, Isoc.Ep. 6.13 ; “ἐ. τι παρά τινος” E.Ion1335, Isoc.5.100, Pl.Lg.958d ; τὸ τέλεον καὶ ἱκανόν τινων ib.807d.
IV. ἔργα ἐ.,=ἐργολαβέω, contract to do work, Hdt.9.95, cf. PMagd.10.1 (iii B.C.), IG12(5).647 (Ceos), etc.: c. inf., “ἐ. παρὰ τῆς πόλεως πίνακα γράψαι” Plu.Pel.25, cf. 2.396e.
2. hire, “ὀρχήστριαν” PGrenf.2.67.5 (iii A.D.).
V. take in a certain sense, understand, “ἐ. τοὺς νόμους οὕτω” Lys.11.6 ; “ἐ. τι ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον” Arist.Rh.1416b11; “διχῶς” Id.APr.32b26.
2. take hold of, c. gen., Ph.1.134.
VIII. Pass., to be picked out, adorned, “φιάλαις λιθοκολλήτοις” Agatharch.102.