παραδέχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[παραδέκομαι]], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. -ξομαι Pl.''Tht.''155c:—[[receive from]] another, σῆμα Il.6.178; [Γαῖα] σταγόνας παραδεξαμένη τίκτει θνητούς E.''Fr.''839.4 (anap.); τὰ φερόμενα γράμματα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.6.17, etc.; of children, [[receive by inheritance]], σοφώτατα νοήματα Pi.''O.''7.72; τὴν ἀρχήν Hdt.1.102; <b class="b3">π. τὸν πόλεμον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός</b> ib.18; but <b class="b3">μάχην π.</b> [[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., ''IG''12.91.21, al., ''PHib.''1.32.4 (iii B. C.), etc.; of pupils, [[receive lessons from]] a master, τοὺς μετὰ πόνου… παραδεχομένους Plu.''Cat.Mi.''1.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[take over]] an office or function, ''BGU''1199.3, al. (i B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">π. τινὶ πράττειν τι</b> [[take upon oneself]] or [[engage]] to another to do a thing, D.58.38.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[admit]], εἰς τὴν πόλιν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 394d, 399d, 605b; <b class="b3">εἰς [τὴν οἰκίαν]</b> 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; <b class="b3">π. τὸ ἔθνος</b> [[admit to friendly relations]], Plb.38.9.8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[admit]], [[allow]], τὴν ἀπαγωγήν Lys.13.86, cf. Pl.''Tht.''155c, ''Lg.''935d; π. σκῆψιν Hyp. ''Eux.''7; <b class="b3">π. τὸν λόγον</b> [[accept]] the definition, Pl.''Chrm.''162e, cf. Arist. ''Cat.''4a28; [[recognize as correct]], [[agree to]], συντίμησιν ''BGU''1119.54 (i B. C.); τὸ δαπανηθέν ''PFay.''125.10 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[signify]], κτῆσιν A.D. ''Synt.''171.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in later writers the aor. παρεδέχθην takes also a pass. sense, Luc.''VH''2.21, ''Glossaria''; ἀξιῶ παραδεχθῆναί τινα εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους to [[be admitted]], POxy.477.24 (ii A. D.); also, to [[be credited]] as a set-off, ''BGU''831.15 (iii A. D.): so fut. -δεχθήσομαι ''PAmh.''2.86.13 (i A. D.).