προσδέχομαι

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Ion. προσδέκομαι: used by Hom. only in Ep. pres. part. ποτιδέγμενος (v. infr. 111): aor. 1 προσεδέχθην in pass. sense, Arist.Pr.956b25, Plb.4.33.9, D.S.15.70:—

   A receive favourably, accept, τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον] Hdt.1.48, cf. SIG557.11 (Magn. Mae., iii B.C.), etc.; π. συμμαχίαν X.HG7.4.2; τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις, Plb.1.16.8, 1.17.1; also π. ἑκάστους ἐπὶ . . ὁμολογίαις Id.3.18.7; receive hospitably, S.OT1428, E.Ph.1706; ζῶνθ' Ἡρακλῆ S.Tr. 233.    II admit, ἐς τὴν πόλιν Th.2.12; admit into one's presence, of a king, X.Cyr.7.5.37, HG1.5.9; of a demos receiving foreign emissaries, SIG561.7 (Chalcis, found at Magn. Mae., iii B.C.).    2 admit to citizenship, Pl.Lg.708a, D.57.59; so ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξεται; A.Eu.656; τοὺς οἰκέτας π. εἰς τὸ πολίτευμα IG9(2).517.32 (Epist. Philippi, Larissa, iii B.C.); π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους Sammelb.7333.40 (Alexandria, ii A.D.); ὁ προσδεχθησόμενος εἰς τὴν στιβάδα IG22.1368.52; ὅταν τις . . προσδεχθῇ εἴς τι τῶν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἀθλημάτων Arist. l.c.    3 of the female, ἡ ἵππος π. τὸν ὄνον Id.HA577b15, cf. 575b17, Hdt.2.121.έ.    4 admit an argument, π. τὸ ψεῦδος, λόγον ἀληθῆ, Pl.R.485c, 561b, cf. SIG685.130 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); π. πρόφασιν accept an excuse, PTeb.27.82 (ii B.C.).    5 admit, be capable of, μήτε γένεσιν μήτε ὄλεθρον Pl.Phlb.15b; φθοράν Id.Ti.52a.    6 undertake, προσδέχεσθαι μάλα χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰήματα Hp.Art.69; take a liability upon oneself, guarantee, τὸ ἀνάλωμα IG5(1).501, 555b, al. (Sparta); credit a sum to a person or an account, PHib.1.58 (iii B.C.), PSI4.372.9 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.306.11, 355.69, al. (iii B.C.), Ostr.1089 (ii B.C.), Ostr.Bodl. i 256 (ii B.C.), etc.    III await, expect, the only sense in Hom., in Ep. part. ποτιδέγμενος waiting for or expecting, δῶρον Od.2.186; σὴν ὁρμήν ib.403; σὸν μῦθον 7.161; ἡμέας 9.545; λαῶν ὀτρυντύν Il.19.234; ἀγγελίην ib.336; so later, προσδεκομένους τοιοῦτον οὐδέν Hdt.3.146, cf. S.Tr.15, E.Alc. 131 (lyr.), etc.; παρὰ ἃ προσεδέχετο Th.4.19; τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδεχομένῳ ἦν τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων was according to his expectation, Id.6.46; π. τινός τι expect anything from anybody, Antipho Soph.10: c. acc. et inf. fut., οὐδὲν πάντως προσεδέκοντο . . τὸν στόλον ὁρμήσεσθαι Hdt.5.34, cf. 6.100, 7.156, al., Th.4.9; πολεμίους παρέσεσθαι X.Cyr.4.5.22: c. part. fut., τοῦτον π. ἐπαναστησόμενον Hdt.1.89; πανταχόθεν π. τοὺς πολεμίους await them, Plb.2.69.6, etc.    2 wait, ἥατ' ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι Il.2.137, cf. 9.628, Od.2.205, etc.; π. ὁππότ' ἄρ' ἔλθοι Il.7.415; π. εἰ c. opt., Od.23.91.