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συλλαμβάνω

Pronunciation: /syl.lam.bá.nɔː/

“συλλαμβάνω” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 13 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to collect, gather; to rally
  2. to take with me, carry off
  3. to put together, close, enclose
  4. to combine in pronunciation
  5. to comprise
  6. to take hold of, seize
  7. to apprehend, arrest
  8. to comprehend
  9. to receive at the same time
  10. to conceive a child
  11. to take with (e.g. as an assistant)
  12. to assist
  13. to take part in

Etymology

From σῠν- (sŭn-, “with”) + λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lămbắnō, “to take”).

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