Derivation from λάζομαι, old present replaced in Ionic-Attic by λαμβάνω. Philoxenus, as often, starts from the future form – a guess since the future is not attested for this verb (and modern linguistics says in fact the future is attested, it is λήψομαι, future of λαμβάνω), which provides the velar stop [k]. The analogical parallel provided is flawed, as from κράζω, κράξω the derived noun has a voiced [g], not an aspirate [kh], which requires a formal manipulation. The last change required, from *λαχμος with [a] to *λόχμος with [o], is not commented upon. The semantic justification is bewildering: thick things are easier to grasp than thin ones, but λόχμη does not mean "thick", it means "thicket", and one does not grasp a thicket. The thicket is thick (δασύς), hence the association and the etymology which in fact explains semantically the quality of "thick" rather than the nature of "bush"