A.take into, admit, “ἐς τὸ ἱρόν” Hdt.1.144, cf. 206 : c. acc. pers., S.OT238; “εἰ. φρουράν” IG22.43.22 : c. acc. loc., “οὐκ εἰσεδέξατ᾽ οἶκον” E.Supp.876: c. dat., ἄντροις εἰ. τινά receive him in the cave, Id.Cyc.35 : rarely c. gen., τόνδ᾽ εἰσεδέξω τειχέων,=τειχέων εἴσω ἐδέξω (cf. Sch. ad loc.), E.Ph.451: c. acc. dupl., ἐσδέξασθαί τινα συνοικιστῆρα admit him as a fellow-colonist, Pi.Fr.186; “εἰ. τινά ὑπόστεγον” S.Tr.376: aor. I εἰσδεχθῆναι in pass. sense, Luc.Tox.30, Merc.Cond.10.
2. c. acc. rei, “σκῆψιν ἁγὼν οὗτος οὐκ ἐσδέξεται” Ar. Ach.392; “εἰ. εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς” Pl.R.425a.
3. of certain animals, take in their young after birth, Arist.HA566b17, GA754a29.