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ἐνδίδωμι ,
A.give in: hence,
I. give into one's hands, give up to, “ἀσκὸν ἔνδος μοι” E.Cyc.510 (lyr.), etc.; “ἑαυτόν τινι” Pl.R.561b, cf. Ar.Pl.781 (v. l.); “τινὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις” Pl.R.567a; ἐ. πόλιν surrender a city, esp. by treachery, Th.4.66, cf. X.HG7.4.14, etc.; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις τὰ πράγματα ἐ. Th.7.48, cf. 2.65:—Pass., “τῷ Ἱπποκράτει τὰ ἐν τοῖς Βοιωτοῖς ἐνεδίδοτο” Id.4.89: impers., οὐδὲν ἐνεδίδοτο ἀπὸ τῶν ἔνδον no sign of surrender was made, Arr.An.1.20.6.
2. put in, apply to, “ἅρμασι κέντρον” E.HF881 (lyr.).
3. hand in a report, ἐ. ἀναφοράν Mitteis Chr.68.2 (i A. D.).
4. Pass., to be interposed, “ἐνδοθεισῶν ὀλίγων ἡμερῶν” Aët.13.121.
II. lend, afford, ἐνδιδόναι τινὶ Χερὸς στηρίγματα lend him a supporting hand, E.IA617; ἐ. ἀφορμάς give an occasion, Id.Hec.1239; “λαβήν” Ar.Eq.847; “πρόφασίν τινι κακῷ γενέσθαι” Th.2.87, cf. D.18.158; “καιρόν” Id.4.18; ἐ. ὑποψίαν ὡς . . give ground for suspicion that . ., Pl.Lg.887e; “ἐλπίδας τινί τινος” Plu.Alc.14:—cause, excite, “λὺγξ σπασμὸν ἐνδιδοῦσα” Th.2.49; ποθήν, δίψαν, Aret.SA2.1, CA 1.10; “τάδε τῆς ψυχῆς τοῦ στομάχου -όντος εἶναι δεῖ τὴν πάθην” Id.SD 2.6.
III. show, exhibit, “δικαιοσύνην καὶ πιστότητα ἐνέδωκαν, ἄχαρι δὲ οὐδέν” Hdt.7.52; μαλακὸν ἐνδιδόναι οὐδέν show no sign of flagging, Id.3.51,105, Ar.Pl.488; “ἢν δ᾽ ἐνδιδῷ τι μαλθακόν” E.Hel.508; “ἵνα σοὶ μηδὲν ἐνδοίην πικρόν” Id.Andr.225.
IV. grant, concede, εἰ δ᾽ ἐνδιδοίης, ὥσπερ ἐνδίδως, λόγον ib.965; ἐ. οὐδέν make no concession, Th. 2.12; ἐ. τι make a concession, ib.18; “ἐ. ὁποσονοῦν” Id.4.37; “κἂν παίζων τίς σοι ἐνδῷ ὁτιοῦν” Pl.Grg.499b.
V. intr., allow, permit, “ὅσον ἐνέδωκαν αἱ μοῖραι” Hdt.1.91; give in, give way, οὐ πρότερον ἐνέδοσαν ἢ . . Th.2.65; ὡς εἶδον αὐτοὺς ἐνδόντας ib.81; flag, fail, “ἐνδόντες τύχῃ παρεῖσαν αὑτούς” E.Tr.692; τὸ ἐνδιδόν the weak spot, Luc.Anach.26; ἐ. τινί yield to . ., “οἴκτῳ” Th.3.37; “ἀλλήλοις” Id.4.44; “τῇ τῶν πλειόνων γνώμῃ” D.Prooem.34; “τῇ διακρίσει” Dam.Pr.303; “πρὸς ὕπνον” Plu.Sull. 28; ἐ. πρὸς τὰς διαλύσεις show an inclination towards . ., Id.Flam. 9.
2. of ailments, abate, Aret.SA1.10; but ἢν τὸ οὖρον μὴ ἐνδῷ does not pass, Hp.Prog.19:—in S.OC1076, Elmsl. restored ἐνδώσειν from Sch.
3. of elastic substances, give way, yield, οἰσοφάγος ἐ. Arist.PA664a34; of the air, Id.Pr.937b34; of trees, be flexible, Thphr. HP5.6.1; of the flanks and eyes, fall in, Arist.Pr.876a37, cf. GA747a16; of a corpse, decompose, Parth.31.2; of a funeral-pile, Thphr. HP9.3.3; ἐρείσματα ἐ. the props give way, Plb.5.100.5.
4. εἴσω ἐνδιδοῖ τὸ ἄλγος penetrates inwardly, Aret.CA1.10.
5. of a river, disembogue, empty itself, Hdt.3.117 codd., but prob. ἐσδ-; cf. ἐκδίδωμι.
VI. give the key-note of a tune, strike up, “τοῖς ἵπποις τὸ ὀρχηστικὸν μέλος” Arist.Fr.583: abs., “ἡγεῖτο . . εῖς ἀνήρ, ὃς ἐνεδίδου τοῖς ἄλλοις τὰ τῆς ὀρχήσεως σχήματα” D.H.7.72, cf. Luc.Rh.Pr.13; τὰ ἐνδιδόμενα orders, words of command, Arr.Tact.31.6: metaph., give the key-note, of a speech, Arist.Rh.1414b26; cf. ἐνδόσιμος (but ἐ. φωνήν cry aloud, LXXNu.14.1): “τοῖς μεθ᾽ ἑαυτὸ τὴν γόνιμον ἐ. πρόοδον” Procl.Inst.152.
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.

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