λαβή

λᾰβ-ἡ, ἡ, ([etym.] λαβεῖν)

A handle, haft,

λάβαν τὼ ξίφεος Alc.33.2

, cf. D.27.20, etc.; λαβαὶ ἀμφίστομοι, of a cup, S.OC473, cf.Ar.Pax1258.

II as a pugilistic term, grip, hold, βελτίων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάχαις λ. πώγωνος Alexander Magnusap.Plu.2.18ob, cf. Plu.Thes.5;

ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴς λ. ζητεῖν Id.Fab.5

: metaph.,

τὰς λ. τοῦ φαρμάκου Gal.11.426

.

III metaph., handle, occasion,

μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρ', ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν Ar.Eq.841

; λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας ib.847, cf. Lys.671, D. Prooem.2;

ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. Ar.Nu.551

;

ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε Pl.R.544b

;

ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν Id.Lg. 682e

;

λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον Plu.Cic.20

;

εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας Id.2.78b

;

εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον Nicoch. 3

D.: so in pl.,

τὰς ὁμοίας . . λ. λαβεῖν A.Ch.498

;

εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας Pl.Phdr.236b

;

τὰ μαθήματα φαίη τις ἂν λαβὰς εἶναι φιλοσοφίας Xenocr.

ap. Plu.2.452d, cf. D.L.4.10; ἐν λαβαῖς εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be at grips, of wrestlers, Plu.Eum.7, 2.979a;

εἰς λαβὰς ἥκειν Id.Luc.3

; of an orator,

ἀφύκτους [δεῖ εἶναι] τὰς λ. D.H.Dem.18

, cf. 20; λαβὰς ἀντιλογίας διδόναι opportunities for refutation, Id.Rh.8.15; also in friendly sense,

φιλικαὶ λ. Plu.2.660b

.

IV attack of fever, Hp. ap. Gal.19.116.

V taking, accepting,

ἐν ἀργύρου λαβῇ A.Supp.935

; catching, of a ball, Gal.Parv.Pil.3.

VI turn, of a bandage, Id.10.432.

VII Anat., in pl., insertions, attachments of muscles, Id.18(2).1006.

VIII eye of a needle, Aen.Tact.18.10.