LogeionPerseus analysis of δέχεσθαι:
δέχομαι (take, accept, receive): pres inf mp
LSJ entry
δέχομαι
δέχομαι,
Ion.,
Aeol.,
Cret. δέκομαι,
Hdt. 9.91,
Sapph. 1.22,
Pi. O. 2.69,
impf. ἐδεκόμην Hdt. 3.135:
fut. δέξομαι, Ep. also δεδέξομαι Il. 5.238,
also in AP 5.8 (
Rufin.),
Aristid. Or. 28(49).24;
δεξοῦμαι SIG 360.29 (
Chersonesus);
δεχθήσομαι (in pass. sense) LXXLe. 22.25:
aor. ἐδεξάμην Il. 18.238,
etc., δεξάμην Pi. P. 4.70;
also ἐδέχθην (
ὑπ-)
E. Heracl. 757(lyr., δεχθείς in pass.sense), J. AJ 18.6.4, (
εἰσ-)
D. 40.14 (
Pass.):
pf. δέδεγμαι Il. 4.107,
Pi. P. 1.100,
etc.; imper. δεδεξο Il. 5.228,
pl. δέδεχθε h.Ap. 538;
Ion. 3
pl. ἀπο-δεδέχαται Hdt. 2.43,
al.:— Hom. also has Ep. impf. ἐδέγμην Od. 9.513, 3
sg. δέκτο Il. 15.88,
al., later ἔδεκτο Pi. O. 2.54,
Simon. 184;
imper. δέξο Il. 19.10,
pl. δέχθε A.R. 4.1554;
inf. δέχθαι E. Rh. 525;
part. δέγμενος Il. 18.524 (also δέχμενος Hsch.);
also a 3
pl. pres. δέχαται Il. 12.147;
cf. προτίδεγμαι, and v. δεδοκημένος:— I. of things as the object, take, accept, receive, etc., ἄποινα 1.20,
etc.; μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς Pl. R. 416e;
φόρον Th. 1.90;
δ. τι χείρεσσι Od. 19.355;
τὸ διδόμενον παρά τινος Pl. Grg. 499c;
τι ἐν παρακαταθήκῃ παρά τινος Plb. 33.6.2,
etc.; δ. τί τινι receive something at the hand of another, δέξατό οἱ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον Il. 2.186,
cf. IG 12(3).1075(Melos, vi B. C.),
etc.; accept as legal tender, ὀδελός GDI 5011 (
Gortyn);
τι παρά τινος Il. 24.429;
τι ἔκ τινος S. OT 1107(lyr.); τί τινος Il. 1.596,
24.305,
S. OT 1163;
also δ. τί τινος receive in exchange for . ., χρυσὸν φίλου ἀνδρὸς ἐδέξατο Od. 11.327;
choose, τι δ. πρό τινος Pl. Lg. 729d;
μᾶλλον δ. τι ἀντί τινος Id. Grg. 475d:
c. inf.,
prefer, δεξαίμην ἂν πάσας τὰς ἀσπίδας ἐρριφέναι ἢ . . Lys. 10.21,
cf. Pl. Phlb. 63b;
δ. μᾶλλον . . X. HG 5.1.14,
Smp. 4.12;
οὐδεὶς ἂν δέξαιτο φεύγειν Th. 1.143;
Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτʼ ἂν ὑμῶν; Pl. Ap. 41a;
οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην τι ἔχειν And. 1.5.
b. accept graciously, τοῦτο δʼ ἐγὼ πρόφρων δ. 23.647;
of the gods, ἀλλʼ ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά 2.420;
προσφιλῶς γέρα δ., of one dead, S. El. 443;
τὰ σφάγια δ. Ar. Lys. 204,
cf. Pi. P. 5.86;
τὸ χρησθέν, τὸν οἰωνὸν δ., accept, hail the oracle, the omen, Hdt. 1.63,
9.91;
δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τὸν ὄρνιν Ar. Pl. 63;
δ. τὰ ἀγαθά IG 22.410
,al.; ἐδεξάμην τὸ ῥηθέν S. El. 668:
abs., δεχομένοις λέγεις θανεῖν σε A. Ag. 1653,
cf. X. An. 1.8.17;
accept, approve, τὸν λόγον, ξυμμαχίαν, Hdt. 9.5,
Th. 1.37;
τοὺς λόγους ib.95;
διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι τὰ δίκαια ib.37,
cf. h.Merc. 312;
δέχεσθαι ὅρκον, v. ὅρκος; accept a confession, and so forgive, ἀδικίαν LXX Ge. 50.17.
II. of persons as the object, welcome, κόλπῳ Il. 6.483;
ἀγαθῷ νόῳ Hdt. 1.60;
ἐν μεγάροισι, ἐν δόμοισιν, Il. 18.331,
Od. 17.110;
δόμοις δ. τινά S. OT 818;
στέγαις, πυρὶ δ. τινά, E. Or. 47;
δ. χώρᾳ Id. Med. 713;
τῇ πόλει δ. to admit into the city, Th. 4.103;
ἀγορᾷ, ἄστει δ., Id. 6.44;
ἔσω ibid.; εἰς τὸ τεῖχος X. An. 5.5.6;
δ. τινὰ ξύμμαχον accept or admit as an ally, Th. 1.43,
etc.; accept as security, PGrenf. 1.33.4,
etc.: metaph. of places, τόποι τοὺς κατοικιζομένους ἵλεῳ δεχόμενοι Pl. Lg. 747e;
entertain, δείπνοις Anaxandr. 41.2(anap.); δωρήμασιν S. OC 4.
3. expect, wait, c. acc. et fut. inf.,
ἀλλʼ αἰεί τινα φῶτα . . ἐδέγμην ἐνθάδʼ ἐλεύσεσθαι Od. 9.513,
cf. 12.230;
also δέγμενος Αἰακίδην, ὁπότε λήξειεν Il. 9.191;
δεδεγμένος εἰσόκεν ἔλθῃς 10.62.—In these two last senses, Hom. always uses fut. δεδέξομαι, pf. δέδεγμαι, and δεδεγμένος, cf. δεδεγμένος ὁππόθʼ ἵκοιτο Theoc. 25.228;
δέγμενος is used in sense 3
only, exc. in h.Cer. 29,
Merc. 477:
inf. δειδέχθαι as imper., expect, c. gen., βορέω Arat. 795,
cf. 907,
928.