ἐκδέχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ἐκδέκ-, Ep.3pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐκδέχαται <span class="bibl">Tryph.197</span> : fut. ἐκδερμᾰτ-δέξομαι: —Pass.(v. infr.<span class="bibl">1.6</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> mostly of persons, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[take]] or [[receive from]] another, οἵ οἱ σάκος ἐξεδέχοντο <span class="bibl">Il.13.710</span> ; Ὀρέστην ἐξεδεξάμην πατρί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>762</span> ; of a beacon-fire, τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶπος..ἐξεδέξατο <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>285</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν αἰτίαν</b> [[take]] it [[on oneself]], <span class="bibl">D.19.37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of a successor, ἐ. τὴν βασιληΐην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.26</span>, etc. : freq. with acc. omitted, <b class="b3">ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν βασιληΐην</b>) S. [[succeeded]], ib.16, cf. 103,al. ; <b class="b3">παῖς παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκδεκόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, [τὴν τέχνην]</b>, Id.1.7,2.166 ; so [[ἐκδεξάμενοι]] (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν μάχην</b>) Id.7.211. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[take up the argument]], ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐ. τὸν λόγον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>277b</span> ; [[ἐκδεξάμενος]] (sc. <b class="b3">τὸν λόγον</b>) εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>189a</span> ; ὁ μὲν πρῶτος εἰπὼν..ὁ δ' ἐκδεξάμενος <span class="bibl">D.18.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[wait for]], [[expect]], κεῖνον ἐνθάδ' ἐ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>123</span> ; ἐλέφαντας <span class="bibl">Plb.3.45.6</span> ; ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>11.33</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. μεθ' ἡσυχίας ἕως</b>.. <span class="bibl">D.H.6.67</span> ; [[πότε]].. Tryph.l.c. : abs., [[wait]], [[ἕως]].. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1673.8</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[take]] or [[understand in a certain sense]], οὕτω δὴ τὴν ἀσωτίαν ἐκδεχόμεθα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1120a3</span> ; τοὺς λόγους <span class="bibl">Plb.10.18.12</span> ; πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον <span class="bibl">D.S.14.56</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[entertain]], μεγαλοπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθῆναι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>33.7</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> to [[be surety for]], τινά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.349</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>43.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of events, [[await]], <b class="b3">τοὺς Σκύθας</b>.. ἐξεδέξατο οὐκ ἐλάσσων πόνος <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.1</span> ; [[ἐ]]. [[[αὐτοὺς]]] περίοδος τῆς λίμνης μακρή <span class="bibl">Id.1.185</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of contiguous countries, [[come next]], <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ταύτης</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῆς Περσικῆς</b>) ἐ. Ἀσσυρίη <span class="bibl">Id.4.39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">99</span>, <b class="b2">Peripl.M. Rubr</b>.<span class="bibl">27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in Archit., [[support]], καμάραν <span class="bibl">D.S.18.26</span>.</span>