ἐνδέχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐνδέκομαι]], fut. [[ἐνδέξομαι]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[take upon oneself]], ταλαιπωρίας <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[accept]], [[admit]], [[approve]], τὸν λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.1.60</span>; τοὺς λόγους <span class="bibl">Id.5.92</span>.a/, <span class="bibl">96</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>632</span>; τὰ λεγόμενα <span class="bibl">Th.3.82</span>; τὴν συμβουλίην <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.51</span>; διαβολάς <span class="bibl">Id.3.80</span>; [[ἀπόστασιν]], = [[τὸν περὶ ἀποστάσιος λόγον]], ib.<span class="bibl">128</span>; so [[ἐ]]. [[[τὴν τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου κάθοδον]]] <span class="bibl">Th.8.50</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Hdt. freq. [[give ear to]], [[believe]], mostly with a neg., ἀρχὴν . . οὐδὲ ἐ. τὸν λόγον <span class="bibl">5.106</span>; τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἐ. ὰρχήν <span class="bibl">4.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.73</span>, <span class="bibl">7.237</span>: c. inf., [[believe]] that... οὐ γὰρ ἔγωγε ἐ. Ἠριδανόν τινα καλέεσθαι ποταμόν <span class="bibl">3.115</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[give ear]], [[attend]], σὺ δ' ἐνδέχου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>428b</span>; [[περί τινος οὐδ' ὁπωσοῦν ἐ]]. refuse [[to hear a word]] about it, <span class="bibl">Th.7.49</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of things, [[admit]], [[allow of]], τὸ προμηθὲς λογισμὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.4.92</span>; [[μεταβολήν]], [[ἀλλοίωσιν ἐ]]., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>78d</span>; [[καθ' ὅσον φύσις ἐνδέχεται]], [[quantum recipit humana condicio]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>69a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>254c</span>: c. inf., τὸ ναυτικὸν . . οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι [[does]] not [[admit of]] being practised, <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>9c</span>c, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>834d</span>; ὅσων αἱ ἀρχαὶ μὴ ἐνδέχονται ἄλλως ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1139a7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., to [[be possible]], ἃ πολλὰ ἐνδέχεται <span class="bibl">Th.4.18</span>; [[ἐὰν ἐνδεχόμενον ᾖ]] = [[if it be possible]], PGrenf.2.14.4 (iii B. C.); freq. in <span class="bibl">Arist., <span class="title">APr.</span>25a38</span>, al.; ἐνδέχεσθαι ἢ εἶναι οὐδὲν διαφέρει ἐν τοῖς ἀιδίοις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>203b30</span>; ἐ. μέν, οὐ μὴν ἀναγκαῖον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1275b6</span>: especially in part. [[ἐνδεχόμενος]], η, ον</b>, [[possible]], [[ἐκ τῶν ἐνδεχομένων]] by [[all possible means]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.9.4</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.54</span>; αἱ ἐ. τιμωρίαι <span class="bibl">Lycurg. 119</span>; τὴν ἐνδεχομένην  ἀϊδιότητα <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.157b</span>; [[εἰς τὸ ἐνδεχόμενον]] = [[so far as possible]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Epit.</span>41</span>; and freq. in Arist., τὸ ἐ. ἀληθές <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1009b34</span>; τῆς ἐ. αὐτοῖς εὐδαιμονίας μετέχειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1325a10</span>; ζωῆς τῆς ἐ. ἀρίστης ib.<span class="bibl">1328a36</span>, al.: freq. c. inf., τὰ δ' [[ἐνδεχόμενα]] καὶ εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι [[contingent]] [[event]]s, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>731b25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1050b11</span>; τὰ ἐνδεχόμενα ἄλλως ἔχειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1134b31</span>, al.; τὰ μὴ ἐ. αὐτῷ πρᾶξαι ib.<span class="bibl">1140a32</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἐνδέχεται]] impers., [[it admits of]] being, [[it is possible that]]... c. acc. et inf., <span class="bibl">Th.1.124</span>,<span class="bibl">140</span>, etc.; [[εἴπερ ἐνεδεχετο]] (sc. [[γράφειν]]) <span class="bibl">D.18.239</span>; καθ' ὅσον ἐνδέχεται <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>271c</span>; [[εἰς ὅσον ἐ]]. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>501c</span>; [[ὅσα ἐ]]. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1354a32</span>; [[μέχρι οὗ ἐ]]. ib.<span class="bibl">1355b13</span>; ὡς ἐ. μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Plb.3.49.1</span>: acc. abs., [[ὥσπερ ἐνδεχόμενον εἶναι]], = [[ὥσπερ εἰ ἐνδέχοιτο]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>765b23</span>: gen. abs., [[ἐνδεχομένου]] = [[where possible]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>683a20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. dat. pers., [[it is allowed]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>4.9</span>, <span class="bibl">D.29.50</span>.</span>