ἐκδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect ἐκδέκ-, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκδέχαται [[ 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 197 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: future ἐκδερμᾰτ-δέξομαι: —passive (see. below[[ 1.6). ] Refs]
__I mostly of persons,
__I.1 take or receive from another, οἵ οἱ σάκος ἐξεδέχοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.710; Ὀρέστην ἐξεδεξάμην πατρί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 762 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a beacon-fire, τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶπος..ἐξεδέξατο [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 285 ] Refs]; ἐ. τὴν αἰτίαν take it on oneself, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.37. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 of a successor, ἐ. τὴν βασιληΐην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, etc.: frequently with _accusative_ omitted, ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης (i.e. τὴν βασιληΐην) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] succeeded, [[[prev. work]16, compare 103, +others ] Refs]; παῖς παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκδεκόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, [τὴν τέχνην], [[ [prev. author] 1.7,2.166 ] Refs]; so ἐκδεξάμενοι (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [[ [prev. author] 7.211. ] Refs]
__I.3 take up the argument, ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐ. τὸν λόγον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκδεξάμενος (i.e. τὸν λόγον) εἰπεῖν [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 189a; ὁ μὲν πρῶτος εἰπὼν..ὁ δ᾽ ἐκδεξάμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.21. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.4 wait for, expect, κεῖνον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 123; ἐλέφαντας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.45.6; ἀλλήλους NT.1Cor.11.33 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας ἕως.. [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; πότε.. Tryph. [prev. cited]: absolutely, wait, ἕως.. [[ “POxy.” 1673.8 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]