εἰσδέχομαι

English (LSJ)

Ion. ἐσδέκ-,

   A take into, admit, ἐς τὸ ἱρόν Hdt.1.144, cf. 206 : c. acc. pers., S.OT238; εἰ. φρουράν IG22.43.22 : c. acc. loc., οὐκ εἰσεδέξατ' οἶκον E.Supp.876: c. dat., ἄντροις εἰ. τινά receive him in the cave, Id.Cyc.35 : rarely c. gen., τόνδ' εἰσεδέξω τειχέων,=τειχέων εἴσω ἐδέξω (cf. Sch. ad loc.), E.Ph.451: c. acc. dupl., ἐσδέξασθαί τινα συνοικιστῆρα admit him as a fellow-colonist, Pi.Fr.186; εἰ. τινά ὑπόστεγον S.Tr.376: aor. I εἰσδεχθῆναι in pass. sense, Luc.Tox.30, Merc.Cond.10.    2 c. acc. rei, σκῆψιν ἁγὼν οὗτος οὐκ ἐσδέξεται Ar. Ach.392; εἰ. εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς Pl.R.425a.    3 of certain animals, take in their young after birth, Arist.HA566b17, GA754a29.