δέχομαι
I. of things as the object, "to take, accept, receive" what is offered, Lat. accipere, Hom., etc.:— δ. τί τινι "to receive" something "at the hand of" another, Il.; also τί τινος id=Il.; τι παρά τινος Hom.; τι ἔκ τινος Soph.:—but also, δ. τί τινος "to receive in exchange for..", χρυσὸν φίλου ἀνδρὸς ἐδέξατο Od.:—also, μᾶλλον δ., c. inf., "to take rather, to choose" to do or be, Xen.; and without μᾶλλον, οὐδεὶς ἂν δέξαιτο φεύγειν Thuc.
2. "to accept" graciously, Il.; δ. τὸν οἰωνόν "to accept, hail" the omen, Hdt., etc.:— "to accept or approve", τοὺς λόγους, τὴν ξυμμαχίην id=Hdt., Thuc.
3. simply "to give ear to, hear", Lat. accipere, Eur., Thuc.
4. "to take or regard" as so and so, μηδὲ συμφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα Soph.
II. of persons, "to receive hospitably, entertain", Hom., attic
2. "to greet, worship", Il.; δ. τινα ξύμμαχον "to accept" as an ally, Thuc.
3. "to receive as an enemy, to await the attack of", Lat. excipere, Il.; of a hunter "waiting for" game or a wild boar "waiting for" the hunters, id=Il.; τοὺς πολεμίους δ. Hdt., etc.
4. "to expect", c. acc. et inf. fut., Od.: or c. acc. "to wait for", id=Od.; μηδὲ συμφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα do not "expect" him to be.., Soph.
III. absol. "to succeed, come next", δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ Il.; ἄλλος δ᾽ ἐξ ἄλλου δέχεται ἆθλος Hes.; of places, Ἀρτεμίσιον δέκεται Hdt.