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ἐκδέχομαι

ekdechomai

take

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκδέχομαι, Ion. ἐκδέκ-, Ep.3pl. ἐκδέχαται Tryph. 197 : fut. ἐκ-δέξομαι: —Pass.(v. infr. I.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 δʼ ἐκδεξάμενος D. 18.21. 4. wait for, expect, κεῖνον ἐνθάδʼ ἐ. S. Ph. 123 ; ἐλέφαντας Plb. 3.45.6 ; ἀλλήλους 1 Ep.Cor. 11.33 ; ἐ. μεθʼ 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. EN 1120a3 ; 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 PSI 4.349 (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.

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