entertain

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

receive hospitably: P. and V. δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, ξενίζειν (Dem.), ξενοδοκεῖν (Plato) (absol.), Ar. and P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, V. ξενοῦσθαι (mid.).

feast: P. and V. ἑστιᾶν, εὐωχεῖν (Euripides, Cyclops 346), V. δαινύναι, θοινᾶν.

amuse: P. and V. τέρπω, τέρπειν.

entertain (a feeling): P. and V. ἔχειν, τρέφειν (Plato), φυλάσσειν.

entertain a proposal: P. and V. δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, προσδέχεσθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι.