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εἰσδέχομαι

eisdechomai

take into, admit

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What it meant

εἰσδέχομαι · eisdechomai — LSJ

take into, admit, receive, in, admit

take into, admit, ἐς τὸ ἱρόν Hdt. 1.144, cf. 206 : c. acc. pers., S. OT 238; εἰ. φρουράν IG 2(2).43.22 : c. acc. loc., οὐκ εἰσεδέξατʼ οἶκον E. Supp. 876: c. dat., ἄντροις εἰ. τινά receive him in the cave, Id. Cyc. 35 : rarely c. gen., τόνδʼ εἰσεδέξω τειχέων, = τειχέων εἴσω ἐδέξω (cf. Sch. ad loc.), E. Ph. 451: c. acc. dupl., ἐσδέξασθαί τινα συνοικιστῆρα admit him as a fellow-colonist, Pi. Fr. 186; εἰ. τινὰ ὑπόστεγον S. Tr. 376: aor. 1 εἰσδεχθῆναι in pass. sense, Luc. Tox. 30, Merc.Cond. 10.

2

c. acc. rei, σκῆψιν ἁγὼν οὗτος οὐκ ἐσδέξεται Ar. Ach. 392; εἰ. εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς Pl. R. 425a.

3 take in

of certain animals, take in their young after birth, Arist. HA 566b17, GA 754a29.

Where it came from

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