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ἀποδέχομαι , Ion. ἀποδεσμ-δέκομαι , fut. -δέξομαι: aor. -εδεξάμην: pf. -δέδεγμαι (for possible pass. usages of this tense
2. accept as a teacher, follow, X.Mem.4.1.1,etc.; “. τινὰ σύμβουλονPl.Prt.323c.
4. mostly of admitting into the mind,
a. receive favourably, approve,ἀπολογίανAntipho 3.2.2; κατηγορίας, διαβολάς, Th.3.3, 6.29; τοῖσι μὴ ἀποδεκομένοισι, c. acc. inf., those who do not accept the story that . ., Hdt.6.43; freq. in Pl., “δοῦναί τε καὶ . λόγονR.531e; “τὴν ἀπόκρισινPrt.329b; “λόγον παρά τινοςSmp. 194d, etc.; “τι παρά τινοςTi.29e; “τί τινοςTh.1.44, 7.48, Pl.Phlb.54a, etc.: c. gen. pers. mostly with part. added, . τινὸς λέγοντος receive or accept a statement from him, i.e. believe or agree with his statements, Id.Phd.92a, 92e; “μὴ ἀποδέχεσθε τούτου φενακίζοντος ὑμᾶςD.56.31; “. μαθηματικοῦ πιθανολογοῦντοςArist.EN1094b26, cf. Rh.1395b8: without part., οὐκ ἀποδέχομαι ἐμαυτοῦ ὡς τὸ ἓν δύο γέγονεν I cannot satisfy myself in thinking that . ., Pl.Phd.96e, cf. Euthphr.9e, R.329e: abs., to accept a statement, to be satisfied, D.18.277, Arist.Pol.1263b16; . ἐάν . . Pl.R.336d,525d: c. gen. rei, to be content with,τῆς προαιρέσεωςLib. Or.24.2; τῶν εἰρημένων ib.59.9.
b. generally, approve, acknowledge,τὴν τῶν ἐφήβων ἀρετήνIG2.481.60,al.
II. receive back, recover, Hdt.4.33; opp. ἀποδιδόναι, Th.5.26.
III. sustain, hold out against, Plb.3.43.3, 5.51.1.
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    • Antiphon, Second Tetralogy, 2.2
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 712
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 277
    • Demosthenes, Against Dionysodorus, 31
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.33
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.97
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.43
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.95
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    • Plato, Euthyphro, 6a
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    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 6.1.24
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    • Polybius, Histories, 3.43.3
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.66.8
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.51.1
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