δέχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion., Aeol., Cret. [[δέκομαι]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.91, Sapph.1.22, Pi.''O.''2.69, impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐδεκόμην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.135: fut. δέξομαι, Ep. also [[δεδέξομαι]] Il.5.238, also in ''AP''5.8 (Rufin.), Aristid.''Or.''28(49).24; δεξοῦμαι ''SIG'' 360.29 (Chersonesus); [[δεχθήσομαι]] (in pass. sense) [[LXX]] ''Le.''22.25: aor. ἐδεξάμην Il.18.238, etc., δεξάμην Pi.''P.''4.70; also [[ἐδέχθην]] (ὑπ-) E.''Heracl.''757(lyr., [[δεχθείς]] in pass.sense), J.''AJ''18.6.4, (εἰσ-) D.40.14 (Pass.): pf. δέδεγμαι Il.4.107, Pi.''P.''1.100, etc.; imper. δεδεξο Il.5.228, pl. δέδεχθε ''h.Ap.''538; Ion. 3pl. ἀπο-δεδέχαται [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.43, al.:—Hom. also has Ep. impf. ἐδέγμην Od.9.513, 3sg. δέκτο Il.15.88, al., later ἔδεκτο Pi.''O.''2.54, Simon.184; imper. δέξο Il.19.10, pl. δέχθε A.R.4.1554; inf. δέχθαι E.''Rh.''525; part. δέγμενος Il.18.524 (also [[δέχμενος]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]); also a 3pl. pres. δέχαται Il.12.147; cf. [[προτίδεγμαι]], and v. [[δεδοκημένος]]:—<br><span class="bld">I</span> of things as the object, [[take]], [[accept]], [[receive]], etc., ἄποινα 1.20, etc.; μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 416e; φόρον Th.1.90; δ. τι χείρεσσι Od.19.355; τὸ διδόμενον παρά τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 499c; τι ἐν παρακαταθήκῃ παρά τινος Plb.33.6.2, etc.; [[δέχομαι τί τινι]] = [[receive something at the hand of another]], δέξατό οἱ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον Il.2.186, cf. ''IG''12(3).1075(Melos, vi B. C.), etc.; [[accept]] as [[legal]] [[tender]], ὀδελός ''GDI''5011 (Gortyn); τι παρά τινος Il.24.429; τι ἔκ τινος S. ''OT''1107(lyr.); τί τινος Il.1.596, 24.305, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1163; also [[δ. τί τινος]] [[receive in exchange for]].., χρυσὸν φίλου ἀνδρὸς ἐδέξατο Od.11.327; [[choose]], τι δ. πρό τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''729d; μᾶλλον δ. τι ἀντί τινος Id.''Grg.'' 475d: c. inf., [[prefer]], δεξαίμην ἂν πάσας τὰς ἀσπίδας ἐρριφέναι ἢ… Lys. 10.21, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 63b; δ. μᾶλλον… X.''HG''5.1.14, ''Smp.''4.12; οὐδεὶς ἂν δέξαιτο φεύγειν Th.1.143; Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτ' ἂν ὑμῶν; Pl.''Ap.''41a; οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην τι ἔχειν And.1.5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[catch]], as in a [[vessel]], ὀπὸν… κάδοις δ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''534.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of mental reception, [[take]], [[accept]] without complaint, χαλεπόν περ ἐόντα δεχώμεθα μῦθον Od.20.271; κῆρα δ' ἐγὼ τότε δέξομαι Il.18.115.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[accept]] graciously, τοῦτο δ' ἐγὼ πρόφρων δέχομαι 23.647; of the gods, ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά 2.420; [[προσφιλῶς γέρα δ]]., of one dead, S.''El.''443; τὰ σφάγια δ. Ar.''Lys.''204, cf. Pi.''P.''5.86; [[τὸ χρησθέν]], [[τὸν οἰωνὸν δέχομαι]] = [[accept the oracle]], [[hail the oracle]], [[hail the omen]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.63, 9.91; δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τὸν ὄρνιν Ar.''Pl.''63; δ. τὰ ἀγαθά ''IG''22.410,al.; ἐδεξάμην τὸ ῥηθέν S.''El.''668: abs., δεχομένοις λέγεις θανεῖν σε [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1653, cf. X.''An.''1.8.17; [[accept]], [[approve]], [[τὸν λόγον]], [[ξυμμαχίαν]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.5, Th.1.37; [[τοὺς λόγους]] ib.95; [[διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι τὰ δίκαια]] ib.37, cf. ''h.Merc.''312; [[δέχεσθαι ὅρκον]], v. [[ὅρκος]]; [[accept]] a confession, and so [[forgive]], ἀδικίαν [[LXX]] ''Ge.''50.17.<br><span class="bld">c</span> simply, [[give ear to]], [[hear]], ὠσὶν ἠχήν E.''Ba.''1086; δ. ὀμφάν Id.''Med.''175 (lyr.); τὰ παραγγελλόμενα ὀξέως δ. Th.2.11,89.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[take]] or [[regard]] as so and so, μηδὲ συμφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''68; [[understand]] in a certain sense, ὅπῃ βούλει δέξασθαι ταύτῃ δέχου Pl.''Ep.''315c: c. inf., κῶλά με δέξαι νυνὶ λέγειν [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''22, cf. Str.1.3.13, etc.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[cap]] verses, σκόλια δ. Ar.''V.''1222.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[take upon oneself]], τὴν δαπάνην Plb.31.28.5: c. inf., [[undertake]], ''SIG''245.34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons as the object, [[welcome]], κόλπῳ Il.6.483; ἀγαθῷ νόῳ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60; [[ἐν μεγάροισι]], [[ἐν δόμοισιν]], Il.18.331, Od.17.110; δόμοις δέχομαι τινά [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''818; [[στέγαις]], πυρὶ δ. τινά, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''47; δέχομαι χώρᾳ Id.''Med.''713; [[τῇ πόλει δέχομαι]] = to [[admit into the city]], Th.4.103; [[ἀγορᾷ]], ἄστει δ., Id.6.44; [[ἔσω]] ibid.; εἰς τὸ τεῖχος X.''An.''5.5.6; [[δέχομαι τινὰ ξύμμαχον]] = [[accept as an ally]] or [[admit as an ally]], Th.1.43, etc.; [[accept as security]], PGrenf.1.33.4, etc.: metaph. of places, τόποι τοὺς κατοικιζομένους ἵλεῳ δεχόμενοι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''747e; [[entertain]], δείπνοις Anaxandr.41.2(anap.); δωρήμασιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[receive as an enemy]], [[await the attack of]], ἐπιόντα δ. δουρί Il.5.238, cf. 15.745; of a hunter [[waiting for]] game, 4.107; of a wild boar [[waiting for]] the hunters, 12.147; of troops, εἰς χεῖρας δ. X.''An.''4.3.31; τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους δ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.54, cf. 8.28, Th.4.43; ἐπιόντας δ. Id.7.77; δ. τὴν πρώτην ἔφοδον Id.4.126; ἐδέξατο πόλις πόνον E.''Supp.''393.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[expect]], [[wait]], c. acc. et fut. inf., ἀλλ' αἰεί τινα φῶτα… ἐδέγμην ἐνθάδ' ἐλεύσεσθαι Od.9.513, cf. 12.230; also [[δέγμενος]] Αἰακίδην, ὁπότε λήξειεν Il.9.191; δεδεγμένος εἰσόκεν ἔλθῃς 10.62.—In these two last senses, Hom. always uses fut. δεδέξομαι, pf. [[δέδεγμαι]], and [[δεδεγμένος]], cf. [[δεδεγμένος]] ὁππόθ' ἵκοιτο Theoc.25.228; [[δέγμενος]] is used in sense 3 only, exc. in ''h.Cer.''29, ''Merc.''477: inf. [[δειδέχθαι]] as imper., [[expect]], c. gen., βορέω Arat.795, cf. 907, 928.<br><span class="bld">III</span> rarely with a thing as the subject, [[occupy]], [[engage]] one, τίς ἀρχὰ δέξατο ναυτιλίας [αὐτούς]; Pi.''P.''4.70.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[receive]], [[hold]], τὴν τροφήν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''531a23,al.; οἰκίαι ἱκαναὶ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς ''SIG''344.10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[admit of]], ψεῦδος οὐδὲν δ. ἁ τῶ ἀριθμῶ φύσις Philol.11; τὸ μᾶλλον Arist.''Top.''146a3, cf.D.H.''Isoc.''2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Geom., [[contain]], [[circumscribe]], γωνίας ἴσας Euc.3 ''Def.''11; πεντάγωνον Papp.422.34.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> intr., [[succeed]], [[come next]], ὥς μοι δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ αἰεί Il.19.290; ἄλλος γ' ἐξ ἄλλου δέχεται χαλεπώτερος ἆθλος Hes.''Th.''800; ἄλλος ἐξ ἄλλου δ. Emp.115.12; of places, ἐκ τοῦ στεινοῦ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον δέκεται [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.176. ([[δέκομαι]] is prob. the original form, cf. Slav. desiti, dositi '[[find]]'.)