δέχομαι , 3 pl. δέχαται, fut. δέξομαι, aor. (ἐ）δεξάμην, perf. δέδεγμαι, imp. δέδεξο, fut.
perf. δεδέξομαι, aor. 2 ἐδέγμην, ἔδεκτο, δέκτο, imp. δέξο, inf. δέχθαι, part. δέγμενος:
receive, accept, await; of taking anything from a
person's hands (τινός τι or τινί τι), δέξατό οἱ
σκῆπτρον, Il. 2.186; so of
accepting sacrifices, receiving guests hospitably,
‘entertain,’ ξείνους
αἰδοίους ἀποπεμπέμεν ἠδὲ δέχεσθαι, Od. 13.316; in hostile sense, of
receiving a charge of the enemy (here esp. δέχαται, δέδεγμαι, ἐδέγμην, δέγμενος, δεδέξομαι),
τόνδε δεδέξομαι δουρί, Il. 5.238; in the sense of
‘awaiting’ (here esp. aor. 2) freq. foll. by
εἰσόκε, ὁπότε, etc.; δέγμενος Αἰακίδην, ὁπότε λήξειεν
ἀείδων, ‘waiting till Achilles should leave off
singing,’ Il.
9.191.—Intrans., ὥς μοι
δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ αἰεί,
‘succeeds,’ Il.
19.290.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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