δέχομαι

δέχομαι, [dialect] Ion., [dialect] Aeol., Cret. [full] δέκομαι, Hdt.9.91, Sapph.1.22, Pi.O.2.69, [tense] impf.

A

ἐδεκόμην Hdt.3.135

: [tense] fut. δέξομαι, [dialect] Ep. also

δεδέξομαι Il.5.238

, also in AP5.8 (Rufin.), Aristid.Or.28(49).24;

δεξοῦμαι SIG 360.29

([place name] Chersonesus); δεχθήσομαι (in pass. sense) LXXLe.22.25: [tense] aor.

ἐδεξάμην Il.18.238

, etc.,

δεξάμην Pi.P.4.70

; also ἐδέχθην ([etym.] ὑπ-) E.Heracl.757(lyr., δεχθείς in pass.sense), J.AJ18.6.4, ([etym.] εἰς-) D.40.14 ([voice] Pass.): [tense] pf.

δέδεγμαι Il.4.107

, Pi.P.1.100, etc.; imper. δεδεξο Il.5.228, pl.

δέδεχθε h.Ap.538

; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl.

ἀπο-δεδέχαται Hdt.2.43

, al.:— Hom. also has [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

ἐδέγμην Od.9.513

, [ per.] 3sg.

δέκτο Il.15.88

, al., later

ἔδεκτο Pi.O.2.54

, Simon.184; imper.

δέξο Il.19.10

, pl.

δέχθε A.R.4.1554

; inf.

δέχθαι E.Rh.525

; part.

δέγμενος Il.18.524

(also

δέχμενος Hsch.

); also a [ per.] 3pl. [tense] pres.

δέχαται Il.12.147

; cf. προτίδεγμαι, and v. δεδοκημένος:—

I of things as the object, take, accept, receive, etc.,

ἄποινα 1.20

, etc.;

μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς Pl.R.416e

;

φόρον Th.1.90

;

δ. τι χείρεσσι Od.19.355

;

τὸ διδόμενον παρά τινος Pl.Grg.499c

;

τι ἐν παρακαταθήκῃ παρά τινος Plb.33.6.2

, etc.; δ. τί τινι receive something at the hand of another,

δέξατό οἱ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον Il.2.186

, cf. IG12(3).1075(Melos, vi B. C.), etc.; accept as legal tender,

ὀδελός GDI5011

([place name] Gortyn);

τι παρά τινος Il.24.429

;

τι ἔκ τινος S. OT1107

(lyr.);

τί τινος Il.1.596

, 24.305, S.OT1163; also δ. τί τινος receive in exchange for . .,

χρυσὸν φίλου ἀνδρὸς ἐδέξατο Od.11.327

; choose,

τι δ. πρό τινος Pl.Lg.729d

;

μᾶλλον δ. τι ἀντί τινος Id.Grg. 475d

: c. inf., prefer,

δεξαίμην ἂν πάσας τὰς ἀσπίδας ἐρριφέναι ἢ . . Lys. 10.21

, cf. Pl.Phlb.63b;

δ. μᾶλλον . . X.HG5.1.14

, Smp.4.12;

οὐδεὶς ἂν δέξαιτο φεύγειν Th.1.143

;

Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτ' ἂν ὑμῶν; Pl.Ap.41a

;

οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην τι ἔχειν And.1.5

.

b catch, as in a vessel,

ὀπὸν . . κάδοις δ. S.Fr.534.3

.

2 of mental reception, take, accept without complaint,

χαλεπόν περ ἐόντα δεχώμεθα μῦθον Od.20.271

;

κῆρα δ' ἐγὼ τότε δέξομαι Il.18.115

.

b accept graciously,

τοῦτο δ' ἐγὼ πρόφρων δ. 23.647

; of the gods,

ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά 2.420

; προσφιλῶς γέρα δ., of one dead, S.El.443;

τὰ σφάγια δ. Ar.Lys.204

, cf. Pi.P.5.86; τὸ χρησθέν, τὸν οἰωνὸν δ., accept, hail the oracle, the omen, Hdt.1.63, 9.91;

δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τὸν ὄρνιν Ar.Pl.63

;

δ. τὰ ἀγαθά IG22.410

,al.;

ἐδεξάμην τὸ ῥηθέν S.El.668

: abs.,

δεχομένοις λέγεις θανεῖν σε A.Ag.1653

, cf. X.An.1.8.17; accept, approve, τὸν λόγον, ξυμμαχίαν, Hdt.9.5, Th.1.37; τοὺς λόγους ib.95; διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι τὰ δίκαια ib.37, cf. h.Merc.312; δέχεσθαι ὅρκον, v. ὅρκος; accept a confession, and so forgive,

ἀδικίαν LXX Ge.50.17

.

c simply, give ear to, hear,

ὠσὶν ἠχήν E.Ba.1086

;

δ. ὀμφάν Id.Med.175

(lyr.);

τὰ παραγγελλόμενα ὀξέως δ. Th.2.11

,89.

d take or regard as so and so,

μηδὲ συμφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα S.Aj.68

; understand in a certain sense,

ὅπῃ βούλει δέξασθαι ταύτῃ δέχου Pl.Ep.315c

: c. inf.,

κῶλά με δέξαι νυνὶ λέγειν D.H.Comp.22

, cf. Str.1.3.13, etc.

e cap verses,

σκόλια δ. Ar.V.1222

.

3 take upon oneself,

τὴν δαπάνην Plb.31.28.5

: c. inf., undertake, SIG245.34.

II of persons as the object, welcome,

κόλπῳ Il.6.483

;

ἀγαθῷ νόῳ Hdt.1.60

; ἐν μεγάροισι, ἐν δόμοισιν, Il.18.331, Od.17.110;

δόμοις δ. τινά S.OT818

; στέγαις, πυρὶ δ. τινά, E.Or.47;

δ. χώρᾳ Id.Med.713

; τῇ τόλει δ. to admit into the city, Th.4.103; ἀγορᾷ, ἄστει δ., Id.6.44; ἔσω ibid.;

εἰς τὸ τεῖχος X.An.5.5.6

; δ. τινὰ ξύμμαχον accept or admit as an ally, Th.1.43, etc.; accept as security, PGrenf.1.33.4, etc.: metaph. of places,

τόποι τοὺς κατοικιζομένους ἵλεῳ δεχόμενοι Pl.Lg.747e

; entertain,

δείπνοις Anaxandr.41.2

(anap.);

δωρήμασιν S.OC4

.

2 receive as an enemy, await the attack of,

ἐπιόντα δ. δουρί Il.5.238

, cf. 15.745; of a hunter waiting for game, 4.107; of a wild boar waiting for the hunters, 12.147; of troops,

εἰς χεῖρας δ. X.An.4.3.31

;

τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους δ. Hdt.3.54

, cf. 8.28, Th.4.43;

ἐπιόντας δ. Id.7.77

;

δ. τὴν πρώτην ἔφοδον Id.4.126

;

ἐδέξατο πόλις πόνον E.Supp.393

.

3 expect, wait, c. acc. et [tense] fut. inf.,

ἀλλ' αἰεί τινα φῶτα . . ἐδέγμην ἐνθάδ' ἐλεύσεσθαι Od.9.513

, cf. 12.230; also

δέγμενος Αἰακίδην, ὁπότε λήξειεν Il.9.191

;

δεδεγμένος εἰσόκεν ἔλθῃς 10.62

.—In these two last senses, Hom. always uses [tense] fut. δεδέξομαι, [tense] pf. δέδεγμαι, and δεδεγμένος, cf.

δεδεγμένος ὁππόθ' ἵκοιτο Theoc.25.228

; δέγμενος is used in sense 3 only, exc. in h.Cer.29, Merc.477: inf. δειδέχθαι as imper., expect, c. gen.,

βορέω Arat.795

, cf. 907, 928.

III rarely with a thing as the subject, occupy, engage one, τίς ἀρχὰ δέξατο ναυτιλίας [αὐτούς]; Pi.P.4.70.

2 receive, hold,

τὴν τροφήν Arist.HA531a23

,al.;

οἰκίαι ἱκαναὶ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς SIG344.10

.

3 admit of,

ψεῦδος οὐδὲν δ. ἁ τῶ ἀριθμῶ φύσις Philol.11

;

τὸ μᾶλλον Arist.Top.146a3

, cf.D.H.Isoc.2.

4 Geom., contain, circum-scribe,

γωνίας ἴσας Euc.3

Def.11;

πεντάγωνον Papp.422.34

.

IV intr., succeed, come next,

ὥς μοι δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ αἰεί Il.19.290

;

ἄλλος γ' ἐξ ἄλλου δέχεται χαλεπώτερος ἆθλος Hes.Th.800

;

ἄλλος ἐξ ἄλλου δ. Emp.115.12

; of places,

ἐκ τοῦ στεινοῦ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον δέκεται Hdt.7.176

. (δέκομαι is prob. the original form, cf. Slav. desiti, dositi 'find'.)