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δειδίσκομαι

deidiskomai

to greet, welcome

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What it meant

1. δειδίσκομαι · deidiskomai — Beekes

δειδίσκομαι [ν.] ‘to greet, welcome’ (Hom.). eVAR δειδέχαται, -το, δεικ-νύ-μενος, δεικ-ανόωντο and δε(ὺ-δισκ-όμενος. *ETYM These forms were corrected into ᾿δηδέχαται, etc. by Wackernagel BB 4 (1878): 268ff., who connected them with Skt. ddsndti and wanted to restore the (supposed) intensive reduplication in the Greek form (see Beekes 1969: 114). On the use of the different forms, see Tichy … — [Beekes, s.v. δειδίσκομαι, p. 355]

2. δειδίσκομαι · deidiskomai — LSJ

greet, welcome, pledged, welcoming, pledging

greet, welcome, δεξιτερῇ δειδίσκετο χειρί Od. 20.197; δέπαϊ χρυσέῳ δειδίσκετο 18.121; δεδισκόμενος 15.150 :— to the same verb the following forms probably belong, πλησάμενος δʼ οἴνοιο δέπας δείδεκτʼ Ἀχιλῆα pledged him, Il. 9.224; τοὺς μὲν ἄρα χρυσέοισι κυπέλλοις . . δειδέχατο ib. 671, cf. 4.4; δειδέχαται μύθοισι Od. 7.72; δεικνύμενος welcoming, 4.59, Il. 9.196; pledging, h.Ap. 11; so, δεδεγμένος Panyas. 12.

II show

(δείκνυμι) show, A.R. 1.558.

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