Scaife ATLAS

ἐκδέχομαι Ionic ἐκδέκ- fut. -δέξομαι Dep.: mostly of persons, to take or receive from another, τί τινι Il., Aesch. to take up, of a successor, τὴν ἀρχὴν παρά τινος Hdt., etc.; often also with the acc. omitted, ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης (sc. τὴν βασιληΐην) he succeeded, Hdt. to take up the argument, ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐκδ. τὸν λόγον Plat. to wait for, expect, Soph. of events, to await, Lat. excipere, Hdt. of contiguous countries, to come next, Hdt.

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to take

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ἐκδέχομαι

Headword (normalized):

ἐκδέχομαι

Headword (normalized/stripped):

εκδεχομαι

IDX:

9992

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n9995

Key:

e)kde/xomai

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