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in Ionic dialect and Doric dialect Prose ὑπο-δέκομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), “IG” 42 (1).121.46 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future δέξομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.70 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Doric dialect -δεξοῦμαι[[ “SIG” 558.22 (Ithaca, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist -εδεξάμην[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.136] Refs 8th c.BC+], rarely -εδέχθην [[5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 757 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry; used in passive sense by [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.74, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.15, “PLond.” 5.1659.6 (4th c.AD), Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.323 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; -δεχόμενος in passive sense, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.10, “POxy.” 1894.14 (6th c.AD))] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: 3rd.pers. singular Epic dialect aorist 2 or imperfect ὑπέδεκτο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.52, 275, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 513, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.9 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. plural imperative ὑπόδεχθε conjecture Bentl. in [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 42 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; infinitive ὑποδέχθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.93 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle ὑποδέγμενος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.310 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—receive into one's house, welcome, ὁ δέ με (i.e. Φοίνικα) πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.480; χαῖρε δ᾽ Ὀδυσσεὺς ὅττι μιν ὣς ὑπέδεκτο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.52; τὸν δ᾽ οὐχ ὑποδέξομαι αὖτις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.59, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.257; ξεῖνον.. ὑποδέξομαι οἴκῳ 16.70; Θέτις δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κόλπῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.136, compare 18.398; Διὸς πλαστὴν ὑπέδεκτο γυναῖκα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; οἰκίοισι ὑ. τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπέδεκτο ξεῖνον ὀχέων received the stranger [as he lighted] from his chariot, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; ὁ ὑποδεξάμενος the man who had received him, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.20; ἱκέτας ὑ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 757 (Lyric poetry), compare “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.167 (from Cyrene), NT.Jam.2.25; φυγάδας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.83, compare “PRev.Laws” 44.14 (3rd c.BC)] NT+5th c.BC+]; harbour a runaway slave, [[ “POxy.” 1643.12 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; [ξένον] ἀγοραῖς καὶ λιμέσι καὶ δημοσίοις οἰκοδομήμασιν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 952e, compare 953b, 953d, “OGI” 49.5 (Ptolemais, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. φρουράν admit an enemy's garrison, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.38, compare 67, “IG” 12.87.10, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λῃστάς, πειρατάς, harbour brigands, pirates, [[ “SIG” 38 B 21 (Teos, 5th c.BC), “Supp.epigram” 3.378 B 11 (Delph., 2nd-1st c.BC),compare “POxy.” 1408.23 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γυναῖκάς τινι εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ φοιτώσας ὑποδέχεσθαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 32 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; αἱ Θίβρωνα ὑποδεξάμεναι πόλεις those who admitted him as a friend, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.21, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.111, 6.34: with a thing as subject, γαῖα.. ὑπέδεκτο μάντιν Οἰκλείδαν] Refs 5th c.BC+] the earth opened up to receive the seer O., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰθὴρ μὲν ψυχὰς ὑπεδέξατο σώμ [ατα δὲ χθών] [[ “IG” 12.945.6] Refs]; τῆς τεκούσης καὶ θρεψάσης καὶ ὑποδεξαμένης [χώρας] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 237c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Browse lexicon entries__2 entertain to a meal, θύων Διὶ Κτησίῳ κἀκεῖνον ὑποδεχόμενος [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18, compare “IG” 4.679.15 (Hermione, 3rd-2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα ἔχῃ ἡ στρατιὰ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια (πολλὴ γὰρ οὖσα οὐ πάσης ἔσται πόλεως ὑποδέξασθαι) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ὑποδεχόμενος the host (at a dinner party), [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 17; τὸ πλῆθος λαμπρῶς ὑπεδέξατο 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 23. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 give ear to, hearken to, εὐχάς [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 419; τοὺς λόγους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. διαβολάς give ear to accusations, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.11 codices (to be read ἀπο-). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 admit, allow a thing with which one is taxed, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.167; οὐκ ὑ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]refuse to admit, deny, [[ [prev. author] 3.130, 6.69. ] Refs]
__II take up a burden, ἡ γυνὴ ὑποδεξαμένη φέρει τὸ φορτίον τοῦτο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, take on board, τὰ εἴδη [[ “POxy.” 1412.10 (3rd c.AD) ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of dolphins, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 8.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 bear patiently, βίας ὑποδέγμενος ἀνδρῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.310, 16.189 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; submit to, τὰς κατὰ νόμους παραγγελίας [[ “POxy.” 67.11 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; μέτρον, i. e. accept it as correct, [[[prev. work] 157.5 (6th c.AD)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; τροφὴ θλίβουσα πᾶν τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτὴν ὑποδέχεσθαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.115. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III undertake, promise, αἴδεσθεν μὲν ἀνήνασθαι, δεῖσαν δ᾽ ὑποδέχθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.93, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.21, 22 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ δέ οἱ πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο (i.e. δώσειν) [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.387 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑποδέκομαι (i.e. ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀποθυσεῖν τὰ ἴατρα) [[ “IG” 42(1).121.46 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; with infinitive future, [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 443, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.69, 4.119, 133, 6.11, 7.158, 8.29, 102, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (infinitive aorist is variant for future in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, 6.2)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive present, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.6 (assuming variant)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τινὶ ἦ μὴν.. with infinitive future, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κορίνθιοι ὑπεδέξαντο τὴν τιμωρίαν undertook to champion their cause, [[ [prev. author] 1.25; ὥσπερ ὑπεδέξασθε, βοηθήσατε [prev. work] 71 ] Refs]; ὑ. μεγάλα τινί make him great promises, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; τὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐθελονταὶ Φωκέες ὑποδεξάμενοι Λεωνίδῃ ἐφύλασσον [prev. author] 7.217; ἃ ὑπεδέξατο οὐκ ἐπετέλει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; undertake to contribute, ὅσον ἂν ἕκαστος θέλῃ [[ “AJP” 56.362 (Colophon, 4th c.BC); _absolutely_, [prev. passage]; ὑπεδέξαντο εἰς τὰ τείχη [prev. work]363; also τὰ ἐκφόρια ἅπερ ὑπεδέξω] Refs 4th c.BC+] the rents which you undertook to collect, [[ POxy. 1134.7 (5th c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III.2 accept as a responsibility, take in charge, as a nurse, [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 226 ] Refs]; of officials, shippers, farm bailiffs, etc., take over, receive as agent (compare ὑποδέκτης), τοὺς νεολέκτους.. ὑποδεξάμενοι κατὰ διαδοχὴν.. παραπέμψατε Wilcken [[ “Chr.” 469.5 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; καταπιστεῦσαι Αὐρηλίῳ Πέτρῳ.. σιτομέτρῃ.. ὑποδέξασθαι τὸν δημόσιον σῖτον [[ “Sammelb.” 5273.4 (5th c.AD)] Refs 5th c.AD+], cf. Wilcken [[ “Chr.” 434.12 (4th c.AD), “PLips.” 34v. 7, 58.9, +others (4th c.AD), “POxy.” 1899.16, 1982.17 (5th c.AD), “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.5.18.11; τὴν ὑποδοχὴν πᾶσαν τοῦ μακαρίου Ἰούστου αὐτὸς ὑπόδεξαι “POxy.” 1838.1 (6th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; accept (as a liability) a dowry or donatio ante nuptias, [[ “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 5.17.12, 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 22.19. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__IV receive in succession, take up, μέλος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1022 (Lyric poetry); περαιωθέντας.. λειμὼν ὑποδέχεται 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 5, compare “VH” 2.44; τὴν εἰς τὸ στόμα φορὰν τῶν περιττωμάτων ὑποδέχεται στόμαχος 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.421, compare 432, 18(2).163,176,218] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὑποδεξάμενος the receiver of stolen goods, [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.96. ] Refs]
__IV.2 intransitive, of a place, come next, τὸ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ θάλασσα ὑποδέκεται καὶ τενάγεα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.176 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rank, come next in order, ὅταν πλείονες συνδειπνῶσι,.. μέσος ὁ κράτιστος (i.e. κάθηται), ὁ δ᾽ ὑποδεχόμενος παρ᾽ αὐτόν [[ 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 15J. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.3 intercept, ὁ μὲν.. ἐπόρουσεν, ὁ δ᾽ ἐμμαπέως ὑπέδεκτο [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 442; ἐν δυσχωρίᾳ [τοὺς πολεμίους] 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.35 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of hunters, intercept beaten-up game, [[[prev. work] 2.4.20 ] Refs]; catch, τὸ πήδημα τῆς σφαίρας [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.105; ὑπτίαις ταῖς χερσὶ [τὸ μῆλον] 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.6; τὸ ἐνθεῦτέν μιν οἱ ἐχθροὶ ὑποδεξάμενοι καὶ ὑπὸ δικαστήριον ἀγαγόντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; catch as in a trap, στυγερὸς δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κοῖτος a hateful resting-place receives (entraps) them, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.470 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔτιγάρ νύ με πῆμ᾽ ὑπέδεκτο still more sorrow was in store for me,[[ 14.275; ἀκλεής νιν δόξα πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ὑποδέξεται ] Refs]will be her lot, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 624 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑποδεξαμένης αὐτοὺς πολλῆς ῥύσεως ὕδατος when a rush of water takes them by surprise, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 944b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.4 catch, collect a liquid, παιδίον θεασάμενος, ἐπειδὴ κατέαξε τὸ σκεῦος, τῷ κοίλῳ τοῦ ψωμίου τὴν φακῆν ὑποδεχόμενον [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.37 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of channels, receive, τὸ στόμα τῶν μητρέων οὐχ ὑποδέχεται τὸν γόνον [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 31; τὴν ἐσομένην τῶν ὑδάτων εἴσροιαν “POxy.” 1409.19 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατεφίλει καὶ ὑπεδέχετο τὰ δάκρυα [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 1.9; ποταμὸς πάσας ὑποδεχόμενος τὰς ἀνθρωπείας λύμας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.59.11, compare “Geoponica” 12.2.4, +others] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀγγεῖον τὸ μέλλον ὑποδέξεσθαι τὸ ὕδωρ see reading in [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1.24, compare 30. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]