ἐκδεκτέον
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English (LSJ)
one must admit, one must include, Ath.5.189d, Dam.Pr.437.
Spanish (DGE)
hay que entender, hay que aceptar πῶς οὖν ἐ. ἢ νομιστέον ὅτι εἰσὶν θεοί; LXX Ep.Ie.56, τὸ παρὰ Ἐρατοσθένει ... θηλυκῶς εἰρῆσθαι «βαθὺς διαφύεται αὐλών» ἀντὶ τοῦ βαθεῖα Ath.189d, ἀναλογώτερον ἐ. τὸ τέκμαρ Hdn.Gr.1.391, cf. 2.106, οὐδ' ... ἀμαθῶς ἐ. Clem.Al.Paed.1.5.16, cf. Apollon.Lex.p.164, οὐδένα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λόγον ... ὡς ἔτυχεν ἐ. Origenes Io.20.36.323, τροπικῶς Eus.Is.63.2-3, στερέωμα ... τὴν πίστιν ἐ. por firmamento debe entenderse la fe Didym.Gen.40.19, τὰ οἰκεῖα ἄλλα ... ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ διορισμῷ Dam.in Prm.437, τὸ γὰρ ἄκουρον οὐκ ἐ. ἄπαιδα Porph.ad Od.7.64, καὶ οὕτω μᾶλλον ἐ. τὸ εἰρημένον Simp.in Cael.568.19, cf. in Ph.549.12.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκδεκτέον: ῥηματ. ἐπί. παραδεκτέον, Ἀθήν. 189D.
