# συλλαμβάνω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ξυλλαμβάνω (xullambánō) — Old Attic

### Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with”) +‎ λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lămbắnō, “to take”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /syl.lam.bá.nɔː/ → /syl.lamˈba.no/ → /si.lamˈba.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /syl.lam.bá.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /syl.lamˈba.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /syl.lamˈba.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /syl.lamˈba.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /si.lamˈba.no/

### Verb

σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω • (sŭllămbắnō)
* to collect, gather; to rally
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.46:συλλαβὼν δὲ οὗτος τῆς στρατιῆςsullabṑn dè hoûtos tês stratiêsrallying the rest of his army
** to take with me, carry off
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1153:παίδων δὲ τοὺς μὲν ξυλλαβοῦσ’ αὐτὴ τρέφειpaídōn dè toùs mèn xullaboûs’ autḕ trépheiSome of your children she has taken with her
** to put together, close, enclose
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 118a:ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Κρίτων συνέλαβε τὸ στόμα καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.idṑn dè ho Krítōn sunélabe tò stóma kaì toùs ophthalmoús.And Crito, when he saw it, closed his mouth and eyes.
*** to combine in pronunciation
**** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 21:λέγε δὴ μόλωμεν ξυνεχὲς ὡδὶ ξυλλαβών.lége dḕ mólōmen xunekhès hōdì xullabṓn.Well, then! Say "Let us bolt," like this, as one word.
** to comprise
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.82:ἑνὶ δὲ ἔπεϊ πάντα συλλαβόντα εἰπεῖνhenì dè épeï pánta sullabónta eipeînBut, to conclude the whole matter in one word,
* to take hold of, seize
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.26:συλλαμβάνοντι τὰς Ἰώνων ὁλκάδας ἐκπλεούσας ἐκ τοῦ Πόντουsullambánonti tàs Iṓnōn holkádas ekpleoúsas ek toû Póntouseizing the Ionian merchant ships as they sailed out of the Euxine
** to apprehend, arrest
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.121e:ὃς δ’ ἂν ἀπηγήσηται τὰ περὶ τὸν φῶρα γεγενημένα, τοῦτον συλλαμβάνειν καὶ μὴ ἀπιέναι ἔξω.hòs d’ àn apēgḗsētai tà perì tòn phôra gegenēména, toûton sullambánein kaì mḕ apiénai éxō.whoever told her the story of the thief, she was to seize and not let get out
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.20:βουλόμενοι δὲ πρὶν ξυλληφθῆναι δράσαντές τιboulómenoi dè prìn xullēphthênai drásantés tibut, wishing to do something before they were seized
** to comprehend
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.91:οὐ συλλαβὼν δὲ τὸ ῥηθὲνou sullabṑn dè tò rhēthènBut, not comprehending what was said
* to receive at the same time
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.32:τὰ πάντα μέν νυν ταῦτα συλλαβεῖν ἄνθρωπον ἐόντα ἀδύνατον ἐστίtà pánta mén nun taûta sullabeîn ánthrōpon eónta adúnaton estíIt is impossible for one who is only human to obtain all these things at the same time
* to conceive a child
** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Aphorisms 5.46:ὁκόσαι παρὰ φύσιν παχεῖαι ἐοῦσαι μὴ ξυλλαμβάνουσιν ἐν γαστρὶhokósai parà phúsin pakheîai eoûsai mḕ xullambánousin en gastrìSuch women are immoderately fat, and cannot conceive
* to take with (e.g. as an assistant)
** 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 833:ἀλλ’ εἶ’, ἄτεγκτον συλλαβοῦσα καρδίανall’ eî’, átenkton sullaboûsa kardíanBut come, taking with you a hardened heart
* (with dative of person) to assist
** 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 861:τὰ δυνατὰ γὰρ δεῖ τῇ πόλει ξυλλαμβάνειν τοὺς εὖ φρονοῦντας.tà dunatà gàr deî têi pólei xullambánein toùs eû phronoûntas.Every sensible man must assist the state.
** 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 540:ἐν τῷ μέρει χἠμεῖς τι ταῖς φίλαισι συλλάβωμεν.en tôi mérei khēmeîs ti taîs phílaisi sullábōmen.In our comradely venture we each take our part.
** (middle voice, with genitive of object) to take part in
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.49:οἳ δὲ οὐκ ἂν συνελάβοντο τοῦ στρατεύματος τοῦ ἐπὶ Σάμον ταύτης εἵνεκεν τῆς αἰτίηςhoì dè ouk àn sunelábonto toû strateúmatos toû epì Sámon taútēs heíneken tês aitíēsthey would not have taken part in the expedition against Samos for this reason.

#### Derived terms

* ἐπῐσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (epĭsŭllămbắnō)
* προσσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (prossŭllămbắnō)

#### Related terms

* σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ)
* σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō)
* σῠλλᾰβῐκός (sŭllăbĭkós)
* σῠλλήβδην (sŭllḗbdēn)
* σῠ́λλημμᾰ (sŭ́llēmmă)
* σῠλληπτέον (sŭllēptéon)
* σῠλληπτῐκός (sŭllēptĭkós)
* σῠλλήπτρῐᾰ (sŭllḗptrĭă)
* σῠλλήπτωρ (sŭllḗptōr)
* σῠ́λληψῐς (sŭ́llēpsĭs)

#### References

* “συλλαμβάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* συλλαμβάνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* G4815 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō).

### Verb

συλλαμβάνω • (syllamváno) (past συνέλαβα, passive συλλαμβάνομαι, p‑past συνελήφθη)
* (law) to arrest (take into custody)
* to conceive
** to develop an idea
** to understand
** (intransitive) to become pregnant
* to receive, accept into the mind, understand
* (telecommunications) to detect signals

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* συλλαβή (syllaví)
* σύλληψη (sýllipsi)