παραδέχομαι

παραδέχομαι, [dialect] Ion. [suff] παραδεκ-δέκομαι, [tense] 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 [tense] 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 [tense] fut.

-δεχθήσομαι PAmh.2.86.13

(i A. D.).