ἀναδέχομαι
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English (LSJ)
fut. -δέξομαι: aor. ἀνεδεξάμην, Ep. aor. ἀνεδέγμην (v. infr.): pf. Pass. ἀναδέδεγμαι:—
A take up, catch, receive, σάκος δ' ἀνεδέξατο πολλά (sc. δόρατα) Il.5.619; ἀ. πληγὰς εἰς τὸ σῶμα Plu. Tim.4; βέλη τῷ σώματι Marc.10. 2 receive, entertain as a guest, Act.Ap.28.7. II take upon oneself, submit to, ἀνεδέγμεθ' ὀϊζύν Od.17.563, cf. Archil.60; ἁμαρτήματα D.19.36; πόλεμον Plb.1.88.12; ἀπέχθειαν Plu.Eum.6; ἀ. τι ἐφ' ἑαυτόν D.22.64, cf. Din.1.3: abs., acknowledge one's evidence, of an absent witness, D.46.7. 2 accept, receive, ἀγγελίαν Pi.P.2.41 (al. -δείξατ') ; λουτρὰ . . μητρὸς ἀνεδέξω πάρα E IT818; χορηγίας, ἡγεμονίαν, Plu.Arist.1,23; τὸν κλῆρον Cic.43; τῶν σωμάτων τὰ μανὰ ἀ. θερμότητα Cat.Mi.61 (dub.); accept a statement, Them.in Ph.77.8. 3 admit of, κλίσιν, ἀριθμόν A.D. Pron.29.9, al.; σχέσιν πρός τι Procl.Inst.122. 4 undertake to say or do, c. fut. inf., Hdt.5.91, X.Cyr.6.1.17, etc.: c. aor. inf., Plu. Arist.14. b undertake, c. acc., S.Ichn.157; ὅσα ὑπισχνεῖτο καὶ ἀνεδέχετο D.35.7; take upon oneself, αἰτίαν Pl.Hp.Mi.365d; πρεσβείας, κινδύνους, OGI339.20 (Sestos, ii B. C.), 441.9 (Stratonicea, i B. C.). 5 give security to one, τινί Th.8.81; τινί τι Plb. 11.25.9; go bail for, τινά Thphr.Char.12.4; τινὰ τῶν χρημάτων Plb.5.16.8; ἀ. τοὺς δανειστάς undertake to satisfy them, Plu.Caes.11; ἀ. τὴν πίστιν ὑπέρ τινος Id.Phoc.14: abs., Leg.Gort.9.24,41. 6 take back, D.59.58. 7 experience, suffer, πάθος, ταραχάς, Phld.Ir.p.82 W., D.1.13; σῆψιν Aët.13.3. III wait for, Plb.1.52.8.
