παραλαμβάνω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • παλλαμβάνω (pallambánō) Cretan

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰ́ (pará) + λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lambánō, to take, receive)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πᾰρᾰ́λᾰμβᾰ́νω (parálambánō)

  1. to receive from another
    1. to take upon oneself, undertake
    2. to take in pledge
    3. to receive by hearing or report, to ascertain
    4. to take up, catch up
  2. (with personal accusative) to take to oneself, associate with oneself
    1. to invite
    2. to wait for, intercept
    3. to take prisoner

Inflection

References


Greek

Alternative forms

Verb

παραλαμβάνω (paralamváno) (simple past παρέλαβα, passive παραλαμβάνομαι)

  1. receive, take delivery of
  2. collect

Conjugation

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