εἰσδέχομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐσδέκομαι]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[take into]], [[admit]], ἐς τὸ ἱρόν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.144, cf. 206: c. acc. pers., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''238; εἰ. φρουράν ''IG''22.43.22: c. acc. loc., οὐκ εἰσεδέξατ' οἶκον E.''Supp.''876: c. dat., <b class="b3">ἄντροις εἰ. τινά</b> [[receive]] him in the cave, Id.''Cyc.''35: rarely c. gen., <b class="b3">τόνδ' εἰσεδέξω τειχέων</b>, =<b class="b3">τειχέων εἴσω ἐδέξω</b> (cf. Sch. ad loc.), E.''Ph.''451: c. acc. dupl., <b class="b3">ἐσδέξασθαί τινα συνοικιστῆρα</b> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, σκῆψιν ἁγὼν οὗτος οὐκ ἐσδέξεται Ar. ''Ach.''392; εἰ. εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 425a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of certain animals, [[take in]] their young after birth, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''566b17, ''GA''754a29.