Δεξάμενος

receiving

Translated by William Hutton24 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

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Meaning [he] taking. Herodotus [sc. uses the word in this way].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δεξάμενος· ἀντὶ τοῦ λαβών. Ἡρόδοτος.

Betacode

*deca/menos: a)nti\ tou= labw/n. *(hro/dotos.

Similar entry in Photius. The headword is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of de/xomai.
cf. Hesychius s.v. de/casqai, glossed with labei=n.