previous next
ἐκδέχομαι , Ion. ἐκδέκ- , Ep.3pl.
A.“ἐκδέχαται” Tryph.197 : fut. ἐκδερμα^τ-δέξομαι : —Pass.(v. infr.1.6).
I. mostly of persons,
1. take or receive from another, “οἵ οἱ σάκος ἐξεδέχοντο” Il.13.710 ; “Ὀρέστην ἐξεδεξάμην πατρί” A.Ch.762 ; of a beacon-fire, “τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶπος..ἐξεδέξατο” Id.Ag.285 ; ἐ. τὴν αἰτίαν take it on oneself, D.19.37.
2. of a successor, “ἐ. τὴν βασιληΐην” Hdt.1.26, etc. : freq. with acc. omitted, ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης (sc. τὴν βασιληΐην) S. succeeded, ib.16, cf. 103,al. ; παῖς παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκδεκόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, [τὴν τέχνην], Id.1.7,2.166 ; so ἐκδεξάμενοι (sc. τὴν μάχην) Id.7.211.
3. take up the argument, “ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐ. τὸν λόγον” Pl.Euthd.277b ; ἐκδεξάμενος (sc. τὸν λόγον）“ εἰπεῖν” Id.Smp.189a ; “ὁ μὲν πρῶτος εἰπὼν..ὁ δ᾽ ἐκδεξάμενος” D.18.21.
4. wait for, expect, “κεῖνον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐ.” S.Ph.123 ; “ἐλέφαντας” Plb.3.45.6 ; “ἀλλήλους” 1 Ep.Cor.11.33 ; ἐ. μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας ἕως.. D.H.6.67 ; πότε.. Tryph.l.c. : abs., wait, ἕως.. POxy.1673.8 (ii A.D.).
5. take or understand in a certain sense, “οὕτω δὴ τὴν ἀσωτίαν ἐκδεχόμεθα” Arist.EN1120a3 ; “τοὺς λόγους” Plb.10.18.12 ; “πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον” D.S.14.56.
6. entertain, “μεγαλοπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθῆναι” PTeb.33.7 (ii B.C.).
7. to be surety for, “τινά” PSI4.349 (iii B.C.), LXXGe.43.9.
II. of events, await, τοὺς Σκύθας.. “ἐξεδέξατο οὐκ ἐλάσσων πόνος” Hdt.4.1 ; ἐ. [αὐτοὺς] “περίοδος τῆς λίμνης μακρή” Id.1.185.
2. of contiguous countries, come next, ἀπὸ ταύτης (sc. τῆς Περσικῆς) “ἐ. Ἀσσυρίη” Id.4.39, cf. 99, Peripl.M. Rubr.27.
3. in Archit., support, “καμάραν” D.S.18.26.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (19 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 285
    • Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 762
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 37
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 21
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 14.56
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.1
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.39
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.185
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.26
    • Homer, Iliad, 13.710
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 11.33
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 43.9
    • Plato, Symposium, 189a
    • Plato, Euthydemus, 277b
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 123
    • Polybius, Histories, 10.18.12
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.45.6
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 18.26
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 6.67
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: