προσδέχομαι: Difference between revisions

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