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ἀποδέχομαι

apodechomai

accept

Appears 96 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀποδέχομαι, Ion. ἀποδέκομαι, fut. -δέξομαι: aor. -εδεξάμην: pf. -δέδεγμαι (for possible pass. usages of this tense v. ἀποδείκνυμι A. II.3): —A. accept, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατʼ ἄποινα Il. 1.95, cf. Ar. Ec. 712, X. An. 6.1.24, etc.; ἀ. γνώμην παρά τινος accept advice from him, Hdt. 4.97; ἀπόδεξαί μου ὂ λέγω Pl. Cra. 430d. 2. accept as a teacher, follow, X. Mem. 4.1.1,etc.; ἀ. τινὰ σύμβουλον Pl. Prt. 323c. 3. admit to oneʼs presence, τοὺς πρεσβευτάς Plb. 21.35.5; ἀ. αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ ῥηθέντα φιλοφρόνως 21.22.1, cf. 3.66.8. 4. mostly of admitting into the mind, a. receive favourably, approve, ἀπολογίαν Antipho 3.2.2; κατηγορίας, διαβολάς, Th. 3.3, 6.29; τοῖσι μὴ ἀποδεκομένοισι, c. acc. inf., those who do not accept the story that . ., Hdt. 6.43; freq. in Pl., δοῦναί τε καὶ ἀ. λόγον R. 531e; τὴν ἀπόκρισιν Prt. 329b; λόγον παρά τινος Smp. 194d, etc.; τι παρά τινος Ti. 29e; τί τινος Th. 1.44, 7.48, Pl. Phlb. 54a, etc.: c. gen. pers. mostly with part. added, ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος receive or accept a statement from him, i.e. believe or agree with his statements, Id. Phd. 92a, 92e; μὴ ἀποδέχεσθε τούτου φενακίζοντος ὑμᾶς D. 56.31; ἀ. μαθηματικοῦ πιθανολογοῦντος Arist. EN 1094b26, cf. Rh. 1395b8: without part., οὐκ ἀποδέχομαι ἐμαυτοῦ ὡς τὸ ἓν δύο γέγονεν I cannot satisfy myself in thinking that . ., Pl. Phd. 96e, cf. Euthphr. 9e, R. 329e: abs., to accept a statement, to be satisfied, D. 18.277, Arist. Pol. 1263b16; ἀ. ἐάν . . Pl. R. 336d,525d: c. gen. rei, to be content with, τῆς προαιρέσεως Lib. Or. 24.2; τῶν εἰρημένων ib.59.9. b. generally, approve, acknowledge, τὴν τῶν ἐφήβων ἀρετήν IG 2.481.60,al. c. take or understand a thing, ὀρθῶς ἀ. τι X. Mem. 3.10.15, cf. Cyr. 8.7.10; ἱκανώτατα Pl. R. 511d; τὰ τοιαῦτα δυσχερῶς πως ἀποδέχομαι Id. Euthphr. 6a; ὑπόπτως Th. 6.53: c. gen. pers. (the acc. rei being understood), οὕτως αὐτοῦ ἀποδεχώμεθα let us understand him thus (referring to what goes before), Pl. R. 340c; μὴ χαλεπῶς ἀλλὰ πράως ἀποδεχώμεθα ἀλλήλων Id. Lg. 634c. II. receive back, recover, Hdt. 4.33; opp. ἀποδιδόναι, Th. 5.26. III. sustain, hold out against, Plb. 3.43.3, 5.51.1.
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