# ὑπολαμβάνω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under”) +‎ λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lămbắnō, “to take”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hy.po.lam.bá.nɔː/ → /y.po.lamˈba.no/ → /i.po.lamˈba.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /hy.po.lam.bá.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /(h)y.po.lamˈba.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /y.po.lamˈba.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /y.po.lamˈba.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /i.po.lamˈba.no/

### Verb

ῠ̔πολᾰμβᾰ́νω • (hŭpolămbắnō)
* to take up
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.24.6:τὸν δὲ δελφῖνα λέγουσι ὑπολαβόντα ἐξενεῖκαι ἐπὶ Ταίναρονtòn dè delphîna légousi hupolabónta exeneîkai epì TaínaronBut it is said that a dolphin took up Arion and bore him to Taenarus.
** to bear up, support
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.72.4:αἱ δὲ ὄπισθε παρὰ τοὺς μηροὺς τὰς γαστέρας ὑπολαμβάνουσιhai dè ópisthe parà toùs mēroùs tàs gastéras hupolambánousiThe wheel in the back supports the weight of the belly by the hindquarters.
** to take up, seize
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.179.2:καί μιν, ὡς πλέοντα γενέσθαι κατὰ Μαλέην, ὑπολαβεῖν ἄνεμον βορέην καὶ ἀποφέρειν πρὸς τὴν Λιβύηνkaí min, hōs pléonta genésthai katà Maléēn, hupolabeîn ánemon boréēn kaì apophérein pròs tḕn LibúēnBut when he was off Malea, a north wind took him up and carried him away to Libya.
** to interpret, take (to mean)
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 338d:βδελυρὸς γὰρ εἶ, ἔφη, ὦ Σώκρατες, καὶ ταύτῃ ὑπολαμβάνεις ᾗ ἂν κακουργήσαις μάλιστα τὸν λόγονbdeluròs gàr eî, éphē, ô Sṓkrates, kaì taútēi hupolambáneis hêi àn kakourgḗsais málista tòn lógonYou're a cad, Socrates, and take my statement in the most detrimental sense.
** Ι take up, address, accept
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.7:ὁ δὲ Κῦρος ὑπολαβὼν τοὺς φεύγοντας συλλέξας στράτευμα ἐπολιόρκει Μίλητονho dè Kûros hupolabṑn toùs pheúgontas sulléxas stráteuma epoliórkei MílētonCyrus thereupon took the exiles [under his protection], collected an army, and laid siege to Miletus.
** to assume, suppose
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.55.2:καὶ αὐτοὺς ὑπολαβεῖν θεῖον εἶναι τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον αὐτοῖσι, καί σφεας ἐκ τούτου ποιῆσαιkaì autoùs hupolabeîn theîon eînai tò epangellómenon autoîsi, kaí spheas ek toútou poiêsaiThe people of Dodona assumed that the message was divine, and therefore established the oracular shrine.
** to draw away
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.121.3:δάνεισμα γὰρ ποιησάμενοι ὑπολαβεῖν οἷοί τ’ ἐσμὲν μισθῷ μείζονι τοὺς ξένους αὐτῶν ναυβάταςdáneisma gàr poiēsámenoi hupolabeîn hoîoí t’ esmèn misthôi meízoni toùs xénous autôn naubátasA loan from these enables us to draw away their foreign sailors by the offer of higher pay.
** to take away, seize, remove
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.58.2:καὶ οἱ μὲν ἀνεχώρησαν οἰόμενοί τι ἐρεῖν αὐτόν, ὁ δὲ τοῖς ἐπικούροις φράσας τὰ ὅπλα ὑπολαβεῖνkaì hoi mèn anekhṓrēsan oiómenoí ti ereîn autón, ho dè toîs epikoúrois phrásas tà hópla hupolabeînThey withdrew accordingly, fancying he had something to say; upon which he told the mercenaries to remove their arms.

#### Conjugation

Other attested forms: Boeotian οὑπολάδδουνθη (third-person plural present active indicative) , late Doric ὑπολαμψοῦνται (third-person plural future active indicative)

#### Synonyms

* ῠ̔ποδέχομαι (hŭpodékhomai)

#### Derived terms

* εὐῠπόληπτος (euŭpólēptos)
* πᾰρῠπολᾰμβᾰ́νω (părŭpolămbắnō)
* προσῠπολᾰμβᾰ́νω (prosŭpolămbắnō)
* προῠ̈πολᾰμβᾰ́νω (proŭ̈polămbắnō)
* σῠνῠπολᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭnŭpolămbắnō)
* σῠνῠπόληπτος (sŭnŭpólēptos)
* ῠ̔πόλημμᾰ (hŭpólēmmă)
* ῠ̔ποληπτέον (hŭpolēptéon)
* ῠ̔ποληπτῐκός (hŭpolēptĭkós)
* ῠ̔ποληπτός (hŭpolēptós)
* ῠ̔ποληψείδῐον (hŭpolēpseídĭon)
* ῠ̔πόληψῐς (hŭpólēpsĭs)

### References

* “ὑπολαμβάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ὑπολαμβάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ὑπολαμβάνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* G5274 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible