ὑποδέχομαι
Infl. ionic -δέκομαι
Infl. fut. -δέξομαι
Infl. aor.1 -εδεξάμην
Infl. and in pass. form -εδέχθην
Infl. 3rd sg. epic aor2 ὑπέδεκτο
Infl. 2nd pl. imperat. ὑπόδεχθε
Infl. inf. ὑποδέχθαι
Infl. part ὑποδέγμενος
Dep.
I. "to receive beneath" the surface, Il.
2. "to receive into one's house, receive hospitably", Hom., etc.; ὁ ὑποδεξάμενος "one's host", Isocr.
3. "to give ear to, hearken to", εὐχάς Hes.; τοὺς λόγους Hdt.
4. "to take in charge as a nurse", Hhymn., Plat.
5. metaph., πῆμα ὑπέδεκτό με sorrow "was my host", Od.; στυγερὸς ὑπεδέξατο κοῖτος a hateful nest "awaited" them, of ensnared birds, id=Od.
II. "to take upon oneself, undertake a task, promise", Hom.; with inf. fut., Hdt., etc.; less often with inf. aor., id=Hdt.; ὑπ. μεγάλα τινί "to make" him "great promises", id=Hdt.
2. "to admit, allow" a charge, id=Hdt.; οὐκ ὑπ. "to refuse to admit, deny", id=Hdt.
III. "to submit to, bear patiently", Od.
IV. like Lat. excipere,
1. "to wait for, abide the attack of", Hes., Xen.:—of hunters, "to lie in wait" for game, Xen.
2. "to come next to, border upon", Hdt.
V. of a woman, "to conceive", Xen.