Ἐκδέξασθαι
to take over
Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. This verb is used] not in reference to awaiting, but in reference to accepting and taking up.1
To take over [something] is to receive [it] from someone else and attempt the second stage oneself. One should examine what was transmitted in the 5th Philippic [sc. of Demosthenes]: "the matter of seeming to take over something of what he did".2
To take over [something] is to receive [it] from someone else and attempt the second stage oneself. One should examine what was transmitted in the 5th Philippic [sc. of Demosthenes]: "the matter of seeming to take over something of what he did".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐκδέξασθαι· οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀναμεῖναι, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀναδέξασθαι καὶ ἀναλαβεῖν. Ἐκδέξασθαί ἐστι τὸ παρ' ἑτέρου λαβόντα αὐτὸν ἐγχειρεῖν τὸ δεύτερον. ἐπισκεπτέον δὲ τὸ ἐν τῷ εʹ Φιλιππικῷ ληφθέν· καὶ τὸ δοκεῖν ἐκδέχεσθαι τῶν ἐκείνῳ πεπραγμένων.