παραδέχομαι

English (LSJ)

Ion. παραδέκομαι, fut.

   A -ξομαι Pl.Tht.155c:—receive from another, σῆμα Il.6.178; [Γαῖα] σταγόνας παραδεξαμένη τίκτει θνητούς E.Fr.839.4 (anap.); τὰ φερόμενα γράμματα X.Cyr.8.6.17, etc.; of children, receive by inheritance, σοφώτατα νοήματα Pi.O.7.72; τὴν ἀρχήν Hdt.1.102; π. τὸν πόλεμον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός ib.18; but μάχην π. take up and continue the battle, Id.9.40; receive by way of rumour or tradition, π. φήμην Pl.Lg.713c; ἀκοήν τινος Id.Ti.23d; of magistrates or others, receive articles entered in an inventory, etc., IG12.91.21, al., PHib.1.32.4 (iii B. C.), etc.; of pupils, receive lessons from a master, τοὺς μετὰ πόνου . . παραδεχομένους Plu.Cat.Mi.1.    b take over an office or function, BGU1199.3, al. (i B. C.).    2 c. inf., π. τινὶ πράττειν τι take upon oneself or engage to another to do a thing, D.58.38.    3 admit, εἰς τὴν πόλιν Pl.R.394d, 399d, 605b; εἰς [τὴν οἰκίαν] D.40.2; εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας Aeschin.1.178; admit to citizenship, τῶν περιοίκων τινάς Arist.Pol.1303a7; admit as a pupil, Pl.Euthd.304b; π. τὸ ἔθνος admit to friendly relations, Plb.38.9.8.    4 admit, allow, τὴν ἀπαγωγήν Lys.13.86, cf. Pl.Tht.155c, Lg.935d; π. σκῆψιν Hyp. Eux.7; π. τὸν λόγον accept the definition, Pl.Chrm.162e, cf. Arist. Cat.4a28; recognize as correct, agree to, συντίμησιν BGU1119.54 (i B. C.); τὸ δαπανηθέν PFay.125.10 (ii A. D.).    5 signify, κτῆσιν A.D. Synt.171.6.    II in later writers the aor. παρεδέχθην takes also a pass. sense, Luc.VH2.21, Gloss.; ἀξιῶ παραδεχθῆναί τινα εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους to be admitted, POxy.477.24 (ii A. D.); also, to be credited as a set-off, BGU831.15 (iii A. D.): so fut. -δεχθήσομαι PAmh.2.86.13 (i A. D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 476] (s. δέχομαι), annehmen, hinnehmen, bekommen; σῆμα κακὸν παρεδέξατο, Il. 6, 178; σοφώτατα νοήματα, Pind. Ol. 7, 72; u. in Prosa, Xen. Cyr. 7, 3, 1. 8, 6, 17 u. Sp.; von einer erblichen Regierung, Her. 1, 102. – Uebertr., φήμην παραδεδέγμεθα, Plat. Legg. VI, 713 c; ἀκοήν, Tim. 23 d; – übernehmen, μάχην, den von Andern angefangenen Kampf aufnehmen und fortsetzen, Her. 9, 40; auch c. inf., Etwas zu thun, Dem. 58, 38; – aufnehmen, εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας ἔθος, Aesch. 1, 178; αὐλοποιοὺς παραδέξει εἰς τὴν πόλιν, Plat. Rep. III, 399 d; εἰς οἰκίαν, Dem. 40, 2; Sp.