ἐπιλαμβάνω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐπῐλάζῠμαι (epilázumai)

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lambánō, “to take, receive”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lam.bá.nɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lamˈba.no/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lamˈba.no/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lamˈba.no/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lamˈba.no/

Verb

ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νω • (epilambánō)

to take or get besides
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1259a.28:
  ἀλλ’ ὅμως ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἐπέλαβεν ἑκατόν
  all’ hómōs epì toîs pentḗkonta talántois epélaben hekatón
  but all the same he took a hundred talents besides his capital of fifty
1. to take, receive
to lay hold of, seize, attack
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.115.3:
  ἐπιλαβὼν δὲ λοιμός τε τὸν στρατὸν καὶ δυσεντερίη κατ’ ὁδὸν ἔφθειρε.
  epilabṑn dè loimós te tòn stratòn kaì dusenteríē kat’ hodòn éphtheire.
  Moreover, pestilence and dysentry laid hold of them among their way, from which they died.
1. (of events) to overtake, surprise; to befall
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.27.1:
    καὶ ἐδεδοίκεσαν μὴ σφῶν χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι
    kaì ededoíkesan mḕ sphôn kheimṑn tḕn phulakḕn epiláboi
    and feared lest winter should overtake them in their siege
2. to reach
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 6.5.6:
    ἔθαπτον τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ὁπόσους ἐπελάμβανεν ἡ στρατιά
    éthapton tòn autòn trópon hopósous epelámbanen hē stratiá
    and then in the same way they buried all that the army reached
3. to seize, stop
  - 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 703:
    τὴν ῥῖν’ ἐπιλαβοῦσ’
    tḕn rhîn’ epilaboûs’
    stopping her nose
4. to occupy
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 779c:
    καὶ ὅπως ἰδιώτης μηδεὶς μηδὲν τῶν τῆς πόλεως […] ἐπιλήψεται
    kaì hópōs idiṓtēs mēdeìs mēdèn tôn tês póleōs […] epilḗpsetai
    and prevent any private person from encroaching on State property […]
5. (with genitive) to undertake
  - 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 5.18
  - 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 13.19
6. (intransitive) to succeed, follow
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 860a.7
(middle voice, with genitive) to hold on by, lay hold of, catch at
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.113.2:
  καὶ ἐπελαμβάνοντο τῶν νεῶν
  kaì epelambánonto tôn neôn
  and [they] laid hold of the [Persian] ships
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.114:
  ἐπιλαμβανόμενος τῶν ἀφλάστων νεός, τὴν χεῖρα ἀποκοπεὶς πελέκεϊ πίπτει
  epilambanómenos tôn aphlástōn neós, tḕn kheîra apokopeìs pelékeï píptei
  his hand cut off with an ax as he held on by the ship's figurehead
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.91.2:
  ἐπιλαμβανόμενος δὲ τῶν ἐπισπαστήρων εἴχετο
  epilambanómenos dè tôn epispastḗrōn eíkheto
  he laid hold of the door handles and clung to them
1. to attack
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.2.22:
    ἐπελάβοντο δὲ καὶ Κορινθίων ἀναχωρούντων.
    epelábonto dè kaì Korinthíōn anakhōroúntōn.
    The Lacedaemonians also attacked the Corinthians as they were returning.
2. to arrest, seize
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Apatourius 9:
    ὁ Παρμένων ἐξαγομένων τῶν παίδων ἐπιλαμβάνεται
    ho Parménōn exagoménōn tôn paídōn epilambánetai
    Parmeno […] seized the slaves as they were being taken away
  - New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 17:19:
    ἐπιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄρειον πάγον ἤγαγον...
    epilabómenoí te autoû epì tòn Áreion págon ḗgagon...
    "So they took him [Paul] and brought him to the Areopagus..." (NRSV)
3. to get hold of, obtain
  - 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 1 127.1:
    μέν νυν προστάτεω ἐπιλαβόμενοι ἄσμενοὶ ἐλευθεροῦντο
    mén nun prostáteō epilabómenoi ásmenoì eleutheroûnto
    and now having got a champion they were glad to win their freedom
4. to reach (a place)
  - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 41:
    ἐκέλευε φεύγειν ἐν δεξιᾷ τῶν ὀρῶν ἐπιλαβόμενον
    ekéleue pheúgein en dexiâi tôn orôn epilabómenon
    and urged him in his flight to keep close to the hills upon his right
5. to touch on
  - 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 449d:
    ἐπειδὴ ἄλλης ἐπιλαμβάνῃ πολιτείας
    epeidḕ állēs epilambánēi politeías
    since you are beginning on another constitution
6. to interrupt
  - 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 214e.μεταξὺ ἐπιλαβοῦ, ἂν βούλῃ:
    have the goodness to interrupt me
  1. to object to
    - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.1.32:
      ὅτι μόνος ἐπελάβετο ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ […] ψηφίσματος
      hóti mónos epelábeto en têi ekklēsíāi […] psēphísmatos
      because he was the one man who in the Athenian assembly had opposed the decree […]

Inflection

Present: ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νω, ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νω	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεις	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νει	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νετον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νετον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νομεν	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νετε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νω	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νῃς	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νῃ	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νητον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νητον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νωμεν	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νητε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιμῐ	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοις	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοι	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιτον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνοίτην	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιμεν	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιτε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιεν
	imperative		ἐπῐλᾰ́μβᾰνε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνέτω	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νετον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνέτων		ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νετε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νομαι	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νῃ, ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νει	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεται	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεσθον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεσθον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεσθε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νονται
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νωμαι	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νῃ	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νηται	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νησθον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νησθον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνώμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νησθε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νωνται
	optative	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνοίμην	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιο	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιτο	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοισθον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνοίσθην	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοισθε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νοιντο
	imperative		ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νου	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνέσθω	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεσθον	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνέσθων		ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεσθε	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νειν				ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νεσθαι
participle	m	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νων				ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνόμενος
	f	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νουσᾰ				ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνομένη
	n	ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰ́νον				ἐπῐλᾰμβᾰνόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐπελᾰ́μβᾰνον, ἐπελᾰμβᾰνόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπελᾰ́μβᾰνον	ἐπελᾰ́μβᾰνες	ἐπελᾰ́μβᾰνε(ν)	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νετον	ἐπελᾰμβᾰνέτην	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νομεν	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νετε	ἐπελᾰ́μβᾰνον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπελᾰμβᾰνόμην	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νου	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νετο	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νεσθον	ἐπελᾰμβᾰνέσθην	ἐπελᾰμβᾰνόμεθᾰ	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νεσθε	ἐπελᾰμβᾰ́νοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ἐπῐλήψω, ἐπῐλήψομαι, ἐπῐληφθήσομαι (active voice only in later Greek)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῐλήψω	ἐπῐλήψεις	ἐπῐλήψει	ἐπῐλήψετον	ἐπῐλήψετον	ἐπῐλήψομεν	ἐπῐλήψετε	ἐπῐλήψουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ἐπῐλήψοιμῐ	ἐπῐλήψοις	ἐπῐλήψοι	ἐπῐλήψοιτον	ἐπῐληψοίτην	ἐπῐλήψοιμεν	ἐπῐλήψοιτε	ἐπῐλήψοιεν
middle	indicative	ἐπῐλήψομαι	ἐπῐλήψῃ, ἐπῐλήψει	ἐπῐλήψεται	ἐπῐλήψεσθον	ἐπῐλήψεσθον	ἐπῐληψόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλήψεσθε	ἐπῐλήψονται
middle	optative	ἐπῐληψοίμην	ἐπῐλήψοιο	ἐπῐλήψοιτο	ἐπῐλήψοισθον	ἐπῐληψοίσθην	ἐπῐληψοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλήψοισθε	ἐπῐλήψοιντο
passive	indicative	ἐπῐληφθήσομαι	ἐπῐληφθήσῃ	ἐπῐληφθήσεται	ἐπῐληφθήσεσθον	ἐπῐληφθήσεσθον	ἐπῐληφθησόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐληφθήσεσθε	ἐπῐληφθήσονται
passive	optative	ἐπῐληφθησοίμην	ἐπῐληφθήσοιο	ἐπῐληφθήσοιτο	ἐπῐληφθήσοισθον	ἐπῐληφθησοίσθην	ἐπῐληφθησοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐληφθήσοισθε	ἐπῐληφθήσοιντο
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ἐπῐλήψειν			ἐπῐλήψεσθαι		ἐπῐληφθήσεσθαι
participle	m	ἐπῐλήψων			ἐπῐληψόμενος		ἐπῐληφθησόμενος
	f	ἐπῐλήψουσᾰ			ἐπῐληψομένη		ἐπῐληφθησομένη
	n	ἐπῐλῆψον			ἐπῐληψόμενον		ἐπῐληφθησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ἐπῐλάψομαι (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐπῐλάψομαι	ἐπῐλάψεαι	ἐπῐλάψεται	ἐπῐλάψεσθον	ἐπῐλάψεσθον	ἐπῐλαψόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλάψεσθε	ἐπῐλάψονται
middle	optative	ἐπῐλαψοίμην	ἐπῐλάψοιο	ἐπῐλάψοιτο	ἐπῐλάψοισθον	ἐπῐλαψοίσθην	ἐπῐλαψοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλάψοισθε	ἐπῐλαψοίᾰτο
					middle
infinitive					ἐπῐλάψεσθαι
participle	m				ἐπῐλαψόμενος
	f				ἐπῐλαψομένη
	n				ἐπῐλαψόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ἐπῐλάμψομαι (late)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐπῐλάμψομαι	ἐπῐλάμψεαι	ἐπῐλάμψεται	ἐπῐλάμψεσθον	ἐπῐλάμψεσθον	ἐπῐλαμψόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλάμψεσθε	ἐπῐλάμψονται
middle	optative	ἐπῐλαμψοίμην	ἐπῐλάμψοιο	ἐπῐλάμψοιτο	ἐπῐλάμψοισθον	ἐπῐλαμψοίσθην	ἐπῐλαμψοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλάμψοισθε	ἐπῐλάμψοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ἐπῐλάμψεσθαι
participle	m				ἐπῐλαμψόμενος
	f				ἐπῐλαμψομένη
	n				ἐπῐλαμψόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ἐπῐλήμψομαι (Hellenistic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐπῐλήμψομαι	ἐπῐλήμψῃ, ἐπῐλήμψει	ἐπῐλήμψεται	ἐπῐλήμψεσθον	ἐπῐλήμψεσθον	ἐπῐλημψόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλήμψεσθε	ἐπῐλήμψονται
middle	optative	ἐπῐλημψοίμην	ἐπῐλήμψοιο	ἐπῐλήμψοιτο	ἐπῐλήμψοισθον	ἐπῐλημψοίσθην	ἐπῐλημψοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλήμψοισθε	ἐπῐλήμψοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ἐπῐλήμψεσθαι
participle	m				ἐπῐλημψόμενος
	f				ἐπῐλημψομένη
	n				ἐπῐλημψόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐπέλᾰβᾰ, ἐπελᾰβᾰ́μην, ἐπελήφθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπέλᾰβᾰ	ἐπέλᾰβᾰς	ἐπέλᾰβε(ν)	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰτον	ἐπελᾰβᾰ́την	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰμεν	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰτε	ἐπέλᾰβᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλᾰ́βω	ἐπῐλᾰ́βῃς	ἐπῐλᾰ́βῃ	ἐπῐλᾰ́βητον	ἐπῐλᾰ́βητον	ἐπῐλᾰ́βωμεν	ἐπῐλᾰ́βητε	ἐπῐλᾰ́βωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιμῐ	ἐπῐλᾰ́βειᾰς, ἐπῐλᾰ́βαις	ἐπῐλᾰ́βειε(ν), ἐπῐλᾰ́βαι	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιτον	ἐπῐλᾰβαίτην	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιμεν	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιτε	ἐπῐλᾰ́βειᾰν, ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιεν
	imperative		λᾰβέ	ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́τω	ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾰτον	ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́των		ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾰτε	ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐπελᾰβᾰ́μην	ἐπελᾰ́βω	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰτο	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰσθον	ἐπελᾰβᾰ́σθην	ἐπελᾰβᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰσθε	ἐπελᾰ́βᾰντο
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλᾰ́βωμαι	ἐπῐλᾰ́βῃ	ἐπῐλᾰ́βηται	ἐπῐλᾰ́βησθον	ἐπῐλᾰ́βησθον	ἐπῐλᾰβώμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰ́βησθε	ἐπῐλᾰ́βωνται
	optative	ἐπῐλᾰβαίμην	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιο	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιτο	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαισθον	ἐπῐλᾰβαίσθην	ἐπῐλᾰβαίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαισθε	ἐπῐλᾰ́βαιντο
	imperative		ἐπῐ́λᾰβαι	ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́σθω	ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾰσθον	ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́σθων		ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾰσθε	ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐπελήφθην	ἐπελήφθης	ἐπελήφθη	ἐπελήφθητον	ἐπεληφθήτην	ἐπελήφθημεν	ἐπελήφθητε	ἐπελήφθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐπῐληφθῶ	ἐπῐληφθῇς	ἐπῐληφθῇ	ἐπῐληφθῆτον	ἐπῐληφθῆτον	ἐπῐληφθῶμεν	ἐπῐληφθῆτε	ἐπῐληφθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐληφθείην	ἐπῐληφθείης	ἐπῐληφθείη	ἐπῐληφθεῖτον, ἐπῐληφθείητον	ἐπῐληφθείτην, ἐπῐληφθειήτην	ἐπῐληφθεῖμεν, ἐπῐληφθείημεν	ἐπῐληφθεῖτε, ἐπῐληφθείητε	ἐπῐληφθεῖεν, ἐπῐληφθείησᾰν
	imperative		ἐπῐλήφθητῐ	ἐπῐληφθήτω	ἐπῐλήφθητον	ἐπῐληφθήτων		ἐπῐλήφθητε	ἐπῐληφθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		ἐπῐλᾰ́βαι			ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾰσθαι		ἐπῐληφθῆναι
participle	m	ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾱς			ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́μενος		ἐπῐληφθείς
	f	ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾱσᾰ			ἐπῐλᾰβᾰμένη		ἐπῐληφθεῖσᾰ
	n	ἐπῐλᾰ́βᾰν			ἐπῐλᾰβᾰ́μενον		ἐπῐληφθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐπῐλᾰ́βεσκον, ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόμην (Ionic iterative)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῐλᾰ́βεσκον	ἐπῐλᾰ́βεσκες	ἐπῐλᾰ́βεσκε(ν)	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκετον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέτην	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκομεν	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκετε	ἐπῐλᾰ́βεσκον
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκω	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκῃς	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκῃ	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκητον	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκητον	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκωμεν	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκητε	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοιμῐ	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοις	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοι	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῖτον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκείτην	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῖμεν	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῖτε	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῖεν
	imperative		ἐπῐλᾰ́βεσκε	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέτω	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκετον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέτων		ἐπῐλᾰβέσκετε	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόντων
middle	indicative	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόμην	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῦ	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκετο	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκεσθον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέσθην	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκεσθε	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοντο
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκωμαι	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκηαι	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκηται	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκησθον	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκησθον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκώμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκησθε	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκωνται
	optative	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκοίμην	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοιο	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοιτο	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοισθον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκοίσθην	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκοισθε	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκοίᾰτο
	imperative		ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῦ	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέσθω	ἐπῐλᾰβέσκεσθον	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέσθων		ἐπῐλᾰβέσκεσθε	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέσθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ἐπῐλᾰβεσκεῖν			ἐπῐλᾰβεσκέσθαι
participle	m	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκών			ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόμενος
	f	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκοῦσᾰ			ἐπῐλᾰβεσκομένη
	n	ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόν			ἐπῐλᾰβεσκόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐπελάμφθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἐπελάμφθην	ἐπελάμφθης	ἐπελάμφθη	ἐπελάμφθητον	ἐπελαμφθήτην	ἐπελάμφθημεν	ἐπελάμφθητε	ἐπελάμφθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλαμφθῶ	ἐπῐλαμφθῇς	ἐπῐλαμφθῇ	ἐπῐλαμφθῆτον	ἐπῐλαμφθῆτον	ἐπῐλαμφθῶμεν	ἐπῐλαμφθῆτε	ἐπῐλαμφθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλαμφθείην	ἐπῐλαμφθείης	ἐπῐλαμφθείη	ἐπῐλαμφθεῖτον, ἐπῐλαμφθείητον	ἐπῐλαμφθείτην, ἐπῐλαμφθειήτην	ἐπῐλαμφθεῖμεν, ἐπῐλαμφθείημεν	ἐπῐλαμφθεῖτε, ἐπῐλαμφθείητε	ἐπῐλαμφθεῖεν, ἐπῐλαμφθείησᾰν
	imperative		ἐπῐλάμφθητῐ	ἐπῐλαμφθήτω	ἐπῐλάμφθητον	ἐπῐλαμφθήτων		ἐπῐλάμφθητε	ἐπῐλαμφθέντων
							passive
infinitive							ἐπῐλαμφθῆναι
participle	m						ἐπῐλαμφθείς
	f						ἐπῐλαμφθεῖσᾰ
	n						ἐπῐλαμφθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἐπελήμφθην (Hellenistic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἐπελήμφθην	ἐπελήμφθης	ἐπελήμφθη	ἐπελήμφθητον	ἐπελημφθήτην	ἐπελήμφθημεν	ἐπελήμφθητε	ἐπελήμφθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλημφθῶ	ἐπῐλημφθῇς	ἐπῐλημφθῇ	ἐπῐλημφθῆτον	ἐπῐλημφθῆτον	ἐπῐλημφθῶμεν	ἐπῐλημφθῆτε	ἐπῐλημφθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλημφθείην	ἐπῐλημφθείης	ἐπῐλημφθείη	ἐπῐλημφθεῖτον, ἐπῐλημφθείητον	ἐπῐλημφθείτην, ἐπῐλημφθειήτην	ἐπῐλημφθεῖμεν, ἐπῐλημφθείημεν	ἐπῐλημφθεῖτε, ἐπῐλημφθείητε	ἐπῐλημφθεῖεν, ἐπῐλημφθείησᾰν
	imperative		ἐπῐλήμφθητῐ	ἐπῐλημφθήτω	ἐπῐλήμφθητον	ἐπῐλημφθήτων		ἐπῐλήμφθητε	ἐπῐλημφθέντων
							passive
infinitive							ἐπῐλημφθῆναι
participle	m						ἐπῐλημφθείς
	f						ἐπῐλημφθεῖσᾰ
	n						ἐπῐλημφθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: ἐπείληφᾰ, ἐπείλημμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπείληφᾰ	ἐπείληφᾰς	ἐπείληφε(ν)	ἐπειλήφᾰτον	ἐπειλήφᾰτον	ἐπειλήφᾰμεν	ἐπειλήφᾰτε	ἐπειλήφᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπειλήφω	ἐπειλήφῃς	ἐπειλήφῃ	ἐπειλήφητον	ἐπειλήφητον	ἐπειλήφωμεν	ἐπειλήφητε	ἐπειλήφωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπειλήφοιμῐ, ἐπειληφοίην	ἐπειλήφοις, ἐπειληφοίης	ἐπειλήφοι, ἐπειληφοίη	ἐπειλήφοιτον	ἐπειληφοίτην	ἐπειλήφοιμεν	ἐπειλήφοιτε	ἐπειλήφοιεν
	imperative		ἐπείληφε	ἐπειληφέτω	ἐπειλήφετον	ἐπειληφέτων		ἐπειλήφετε	ἐπειληφόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπείλημμαι	ἐπείληψαι	ἐπείληπται	ἐπείληφθον	ἐπείληφθον	ἐπειλήμμεθᾰ	ἐπείληφθε	ἐπειλήφᾰται
	subjunctive	ἐπειλημμένος ὦ	ἐπειλημμένος ᾖς	ἐπειλημμένος ᾖ	ἐπειλημμένω ἦτον	ἐπειλημμένω ἦτον	ἐπειλημμένοι ὦμεν	ἐπειλημμένοι ἦτε	ἐπειλημμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπειλημμένος εἴην	ἐπειλημμένος εἴης	ἐπειλημμένος εἴη	ἐπειλημμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐπειλημμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐπειλημμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐπειλημμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐπειλημμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἐπείληψο	ἐπειλήφθω	ἐπείληφθον	ἐπειλήφθων		ἐπείληφθε	ἐπειλήφθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπειληφέναι				ἐπειλῆφθαι
participle	m	ἐπειληφώς				ἐπειλημμένος
	f	ἐπειληφυῖᾰ				ἐπειλημμένη
	n	ἐπειληφός				ἐπειλημμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: ἐπῐλέλημμαι (Tragic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἐπῐλέλημμαι	ἐπῐλέληψαι	ἐπῐλέληπται	ἐπῐλέληφθον	ἐπῐλέληφθον	ἐπῐλελήμμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλέληφθε	ἐπῐλελήφᾰται
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλελημμένος ὦ	ἐπῐλελημμένος ᾖς	ἐπῐλελημμένος ᾖ	ἐπῐλελημμένω ἦτον	ἐπῐλελημμένω ἦτον	ἐπῐλελημμένοι ὦμεν	ἐπῐλελημμένοι ἦτε	ἐπῐλελημμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλελημμένος εἴην	ἐπῐλελημμένος εἴης	ἐπῐλελημμένος εἴη	ἐπῐλελημμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐπῐλελημμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐπῐλελημμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐπῐλελημμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐπῐλελημμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἐπῐλέληψο	ἐπῐλελήφθω	ἐπῐλέληφθον	ἐπῐλελήφθων		ἐπῐλέληφθε	ἐπῐλελήφθων

infinitive						ἐπῐλελῆφθαι
participle	m					ἐπῐλελημμένος
	f					ἐπῐλελημμένη
	n					ἐπῐλελημμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: ἐπῐλέλᾰμμαι (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
passive	indicative	ἐπῐλέλᾰμμαι	ἐπῐλέλᾰψαι	ἐπῐλέλᾰπται	ἐπῐλέλᾰφθον	ἐπῐλέλᾰφθον	ἐπῐλελᾰ́μμεθᾰ	ἐπῐλέλᾰφθε	ἐπῐλελᾰ́φᾰται
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος ὦ	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος ᾖς	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος ᾖ	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένω ἦτον	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένω ἦτον	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένοι ὦμεν	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένοι ἦτε	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος εἴην	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος εἴης	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος εἴη	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐπῐλελᾰμμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐπῐλελᾰ́μμενοι εἰησᾰ́ν/εἰεν
	imperative		ἐπῐλέλᾰψο	ἐπῐλελᾰ́φθω	ἐπῐλέλᾰφθον	ἐπῐλελᾰ́φθων		ἐπῐλέλᾰφθε	ἐπῐλελᾰ́φθων

infinitive						ἐπῐλελᾰ́φθαι
participle	m					ἐπῐλελᾰμμένος
	f					ἐπῐλελᾰμμένη
	n					ἐπῐλελᾰμμένον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Perfect: ἐπῐλελᾰ́βηκᾰ (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῐλελᾰ́βηκᾰ	ἐπῐλελᾰ́βηκᾰς	ἐπῐλελᾰ́βηκε(ν)	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκᾰτον	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκᾰτον	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκᾰμεν	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκᾰτε	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκω	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκῃς	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκῃ	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκητον	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκητον	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκωμεν	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκητε	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοιμῐ, ἐπῐλελᾰβηκοίην	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοις, ἐπῐλελᾰβηκοίης	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοι, ἐπῐλελᾰβηκοίη	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοιτον	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκοίτην	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοιμεν	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοιτε	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκοιεν
	imperative		ἐπῐλελᾰ́βηκε	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκέτω	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκετον	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκέτων		ἐπῐλελᾰβήκετε	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκόντων
		active
infinitive		ἐπῐλελᾰβηκέναι
participle	m	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκώς
	f	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκυῖᾰ
	n	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκός
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Pluperfect: ἐπειλήφειν, ἐπειλήμμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπειλήφειν, ἐπειλήφη	ἐπειλήφεις, ἐπειλήφης	ἐπειλήφει(ν)	ἐπειλήφετον	ἐπειληφέτην	ἐπειλήφεμεν	ἐπειλήφετε	ἐπειλήφεσᾰν
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπειλήμμην	ἐπείληψο	ἐπείληπτο	ἐπείληφθον	ἐπειλήφθην	ἐπειλήμμεθᾰ	ἐπείληφθε	ἐπειλήφᾰτο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Pluperfect: ἐπῐλελᾰβήκειν (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκειν, ἐπῐλελᾰβήκη	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκεις, ἐπῐλελᾰβήκης	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκει(ν)	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκετον	ἐπῐλελᾰβηκέτην	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκεμεν	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκετε	ἐπῐλελᾰβήκεσᾰν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

Related terms

ἐπῐλᾰβή (epilabḗ)
ἐπῐληπτέον (epilēptéon)
ἐπῐληπτεύομαι (epilēpteúomai)
ἐπῐληπτίζω (epilēptízō)
ἐπῐληπτῐκός (epilēptikós)
ἐπῐ́ληπτος (epílēptos)
ἐπῐλήπτωρ (epilḗptōr)
ἐπῐληψῐ́ᾱ (epilēpsíā)
ἐπῐλήψῐμος (epilḗpsimos)
ἐπῐ́ληψῐς (epílēpsis)

References

“ἐπιλαμβάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐπιλαμβάνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπιλαμβάνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G1949 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible