ἐγχωρέω

English (LSJ)

   A give room to do a thing, allow, ὁ χρὁνος οὐκ ἐγχωρεῖ, c. inf., Lys.26.6, X.Eq.12.13: abs., ὅσον ἐνεχώρεε ἡ δεκάτη so far as the money allowed her to go, Hdt.2.135; ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ (i.e. the water-clock), D.44.45.    b c. acc., admit of, κλίσιν Arr.Tact. 11.4.    2 ἐγχωρεῖ, impers., there is time, it is possible or allowable, c. dat. pers. et inf., ἐ. αὐτῷ εἰδέναι Antipho 1.7, cf. 5.90, Pl. Prt.321d, X.HG2.3.16, etc.; οἷς ἐ. ὑβρισταῖς εἶναι Lys.24.15: also abs., ἔτι ἐ. there is yet time, Pl.Phd.116e; οὐκέτ' ἐγχωρεῖ D.4.41; = ἐνδέχεται, Arist.APr.25b10, al.; ἐφ' ὁπόσον ἂν ἐγχωρῇ D.H.Comp.6; ἐγχωροῦν ἐστί Paus.3.24.11; κατὰ τὸ ἐγχωροῦν as far as possible, Paul. Aeg.6.99.    II pass, εἰς ἑτέραν ὑποθήκην BGU907.15 (iii A. D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 714] Raum geben, gestatten; ὅσον ἐνεχώρεε ἡ δεκάτη οἱ Her. 2, 135; ἐὰν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ, die Wasseruhr, die Zeit, Dem. 44, 45; Xen. Equ. 12, 13 ὁ χρόνος ἐγχωρεῖ ἀποστρέψαι. Gew. imperf. ἐγχωρεῖ, es geht an, ist möglich, B. A. 95, = ἐνδέχεται; τινί, Antiph. 1, 7; τινὶ ὑβριστῇ εἶναι Lys. 24, 15; im Ggstz von οὐ προσήκει, Plat. Legg. XI, 916 e u. öfter; τινί – εἰδέναι Rep. III, 403 e; mit acc. c. inf., Soph. 264 d Rep. III, 408 e; ἔτι ἐγχωρεῖ, noch ist es Zeit, Phaed. 116 e; vgl. Xen. Hell. 2, 2, 21.