προσδέχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. προσδέκομαι: used by Hom. only in Ep. pres. part. <b class="b3">ποτιδέγμενος</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">111</span>): aor. 1 <b class="b3">προσεδέχθην</b> in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>956b25</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.33.9</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.15.70</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">receive favourably, accept</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.48</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>557.11 (Magn. Mae., iii B.C.), etc.; π. συμμαχίαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.16.8</span>, <span class="bibl">1.17.1</span>; also π. ἑκάστους ἐπὶ… ὁμολογίαις <span class="bibl">Id.3.18.7</span>; <b class="b2">receive hospitably</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1428</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1706</span>; ζῶνθ' Ἡρακλῆ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 233</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[admit]], ἐς τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Th.2.12</span>; <b class="b2">admit into one's presence</b>, of a king, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.37</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>1.5.9</span>; of a demos [[receiving]] foreign emissaries, <span class="title">SIG</span>561.7 (Chalcis, found at Magn. Mae., iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">admit to citizenship</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>708a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.57.59</span>; so <b class="b3">ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξεται</b>; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>656</span>; τοὺς οἰκέτας π. εἰς τὸ πολίτευμα <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.32 (Epist. Philippi, Larissa, iii B.C.); π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7333.40</span> (Alexandria, ii A.D.); ὁ προσδεχθησόμενος εἰς τὴν στιβάδα <span class="title">IG</span>22.1368.52; ὅταν τις… προσδεχθῇ εἴς τι τῶν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἀθλημάτων Arist. l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the female, ἡ ἵππος π. τὸν ὄνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>577b15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">575b17</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.έ. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[admit]] an argument, <b class="b3">π. τὸ ψεῦδος, λόγον ἀληθῆ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>485c</span>, <span class="bibl">561b</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>685.130 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); <b class="b3">π. πρόφασιν</b> [[accept]] an excuse, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>27.82</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">admit, be capable of</b>, μήτε γένεσιν μήτε ὄλεθρον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>15b</span>; φθοράν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>52a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[undertake]], προσδέχεσθαι μάλα χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰήματα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>69</span>; [[take]] a liability <b class="b2">upon oneself, guarantee</b>, τὸ ἀνάλωμα <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).501, 555b, al. (Sparta); [[credit]] a sum to a person or an account, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span>1.58</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.372.9</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>306.11</span>, <span class="bibl">355.69</span>, al. (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>1089</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.Bodl.</span> i 256</span> (ii B.C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[await]], [[expect]], the only sense in Hom., in Ep. part. <b class="b3">ποτιδέγμενος</b> <b class="b2">waiting for</b> or [[expecting]], δῶρον <span class="bibl">Od.2.186</span>; <b class="b3">σὴν ὁρμήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">403</span>; σὸν μῦθον <span class="bibl">7.161</span>; ἡμέας <span class="bibl">9.545</span>; λαῶν ὀτρυντύν <span class="bibl">Il.19.234</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγγελίην</b> ib.<span class="bibl">336</span>; so later, προσδεκομένους τοιοῦτον οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.146</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>15</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 131</span> (lyr.), etc.; παρὰ ἃ προσεδέχετο <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδεχομένῳ ἦν τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων</b> was according to his [[expectation]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.46</span>; <b class="b3">π. τινός τι</b> [[expect]] anything from anybody, <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.10</span>: c. acc. et inf. fut., οὐδὲν πάντως προσεδέκοντο… τὸν στόλον ὁρμήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.100</span>, <span class="bibl">7.156</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.4.9</span>; πολεμίους παρέσεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.22</span>: c. part. fut., τοῦτον π. ἐπαναστησόμενον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.89</span>; <b class="b3">πανταχόθεν π. τοὺς πολεμίους</b> [[await]] them, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.69.6</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[wait]], ἥατ' ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι <span class="bibl">Il.2.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.628</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.205</span>, etc.; π. ὁππότ' ἄρ' ἔλθοι <span class="bibl">Il.7.415</span>; <b class="b3">π. εἰ</b> c. opt., <span class="bibl">Od.23.91</span>.</span>