accept,
ἀποδέχομαι, Ion.
ἀποδεσμ-δέκομαι,fut. -δέξομαι:aor. -εδεξάμην:pf. -δέδεγμαι(for possible pass. usages of this tense
A.
v. ἀποδείκνυμι
A. 11.3 ): —accept,
καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ' ἄποινα
Il. 1.95
, cf. Ar. Ec. 712 , X. An. 6.1.24 , etc.;ἀ. γνώμην παρά τινος acceptadvice 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. admitto one's presence, τοὺς πρεσβευτάς
Plb. 21.35.5
; ἀ. αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ ῥηθέντα φιλοφρόνως
21.22.1
, cf. 3.66.8 .
4. mostly ofadmitting 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 notaccept the storythat . ., 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 withpart.added,ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος receiveoraccepta statementfromhim, i.e.believeoragree withhis statements, Id. Phd. 92a , 92e ; μὴ ἀποδέχεσθε τούτου φενακίζοντος ὑμᾶς
D. 56.31
; ἀ. μαθηματικοῦ πιθανολογοῦντος
Arist. EN 1094b26
, cf. Rh. 1395b8 : withoutpart.,οὐκ ἀποδέχομαι ἐμαυτοῦ ὡς τὸ ἓν δύο γέγονενI cannotsatisfymyselfin thinkingthat . ., 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 εἰρημένωνib. 59.9 .
b. generally,approve, acknowledge,
τὴν τῶν ἐφήβων ἀρετήν
IG 2.481.60
,al.
c. takeorunderstanda 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 ἀποδεχώμεθαlet usunderstandhim 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 .
