Dep.
I.to receive beneath the surface, Il.
2.to receive into one's house, receive hospitably, Hom., etc.; ὁ ὑποδεξάμενος one's host, Isocr.
4.to take in charge as a nurse, Hhymn., Plat.
5.metaph., πῆμα ὑπέδεκτό με sorrow was my host, Od.; στυγερὸς ὑπεδέξατο κοῖτος a hateful nest awaited them, of ensnared birds, id=Od.
II.to take upon oneself, undertake a task, promise, Hom.; with inf. fut., Hdt., etc.; less often with inf. aor., id=Hdt.; ὑπ. μεγάλα τινί to make him great promises, id=Hdt.
III.to submit to, bear patiently, Od.
IV.like Lat. excipere,
1.to wait for, abide the attack of, Hes., Xen.:—of hunters, to lie in wait for game, Xen.
2.to come next to, border upon, Hdt.
V.of a woman, to conceive, Xen.
