entertain
From LSJ
ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τέλος πολέμου, ἐπέων δ' ἐνὶ βουλῇ → War finds its end in arms, words find their end in debate (Iliad 16.630)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
receive hospitably: P. and V. δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, ξενίζειν (Dem.), ξενοδοκεῖν (Plato) (absol.), Ar. and P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, V. ξενοῦσθαι (mid.).
feast: P. and V. ἑστιᾶν, εὐωχεῖν (Euripides, Cyclops 346), V. δαινύναι, θοινᾶν.
amuse: P. and V. τέρπω, τέρπειν.
entertain (a feeling): P. and V. ἔχειν, τρέφειν (Plato), φυλάσσειν.
entertain a proposal: P. and V. δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, προσδέχεσθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι.
