ἀποδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect ἀποδέκομαι, future -δέξομαι: aorist -εδεξάμην: perfect -δέδεγμαι (for possible passive usages of this tense see at {ἀποδείκνυμι} [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.3)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: —accept, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ᾽ ἄποινα[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.95, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 712, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.24, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. γνώμην παρά τινος accept advice from him, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.97; ἀπόδεξαί μου ὂ λέγω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 430d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 accept as a teacher, follow, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.1,etc.; ἀ. τινὰ σύμβουλον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 admit to one's presence, τοὺς πρεσβευτάς[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.35.5; ἀ. αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ ῥηθέντα φιλοφρόνως 21.22.1, compare 3.66.8. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 mostly of admitting into the mind,
__4.a receive favourably, approve, ἀπολογίαν[[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηγορίας, διαβολάς, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3, 6.29] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖσι μὴ ἀποδεκομένοισι, with accusative infinitive, those who do not accept the story that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.43; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, δοῦναί τε καὶ ἀ. λόγον “R.” 531e; τὴν ἀπόκρισιν “Prt.” 329b; λόγον παρά τινος “Smp.” 194d, etc.; τι παρά τινος “Ti.” 29e; τί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.44, 7.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 54a, etc.: with _genitive_ _person_ mostly with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle added, ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος receive or accept a statement from him, i.e. believe or agree with his statements, [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 92a, 92e; μὴ ἀποδέχεσθε τούτου φενακίζοντος ὑμᾶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.31; ἀ. μαθηματικοῦ πιθανολογοῦντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1094b26, compare “Rh.” 1395b8: without ] Refs 4th c.BC+]participle, οὐκ ἀποδέχομαι ἐμαυτοῦ ὡς τὸ ἓν δύο γέγονεν I cannot satisfy myself in thinking that.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96e, compare “Euthphr.” 9e, “R.” 329e] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to accept a statement, to be satisfied, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.277, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263b16] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐάν.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 336d, 525d] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive of things, to be content with, τῆς προαιρέσεως[[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 24.2; τῶν εἰρημένων [prev. work] 59.9. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]