λαβή
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- handle, haft
- (as a pugilistic term) grip, hold
- (figuratively) handle, occasion
- attack of fever
- taking, accepting
- turn of a bandage
- (anatomy) insertions, attachments of muscles
- eye of a needle
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek λαμβάνω (take, grasp, I take, seize).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λαμβάνω
Gloss
take, grasp, I take, seize
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Cognates and derived terms
- καταλαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- λαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ληπτός Ancient Greek
- λιθολάβος Ancient Greek
- λῆψις Ancient Greek
- μεσόλαβος Ancient Greek
- χρυσολαβής Ancient Greek
- ἀναλαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολαμβάνω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολάβος Ancient Greek
- *hlagʷ- Proto-Hellenic