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ἀναλαμβάνω

ἀναλαμβάνω

Ancient Greek

Verb

ᾰ̓νᾰλᾰμβᾰ́νω (analambánō)

  1. (transitive) take up
    1. (physically, transitive) take in one's hands
    2. (figuratively, transitive) take up subjects in turn
      • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 87.e
        σκεψώμεθα δὴ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἀναλαμβάνοντες ποῖά ἐστιν ἃ ἡμᾶς ὠφελεῖ.
        Now let us consider, taking each in turn, what are the sort of things that benefit us.
  2. (transitive) take back
    1. (transitive) regain, recover
    2. (transitive) restore, repair
    3. (transitive) resume

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀνάλημμα (análēmma)
  • ἀναληπτέον (analēptéon)
  • ἀνάληψις (análēpsis)
  • δυσανάληπτος (dusanálēptos)
  • ἐπανάληψις (epanálēpsis)
  • εὐανάληπτος (euanálēptos)

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