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Ἐκδέχεσθαι · to accommodate (ε 388) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε388

ε384you are flaying the flayed
ε385lacking
ε386to take over
ε387to accept, to be a surety for
ε388to accommodate
ε389you take
ε390arrears
ε391terrorizing
ε392contrariwise, conversely

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε388

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Ἐκδέχεσθαι

to accommodate

Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 15 words

Translation

[Meaning] to deflect, to impede.¹ "And wattle-screens were spread out to accommodate the barbarians' arrows."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκδέχεσθαι· ἀπείργειν, κωλύειν. γέρρα τε παρατεταμένα ἦν εἰς τὸ ἐκδέχεσθαι τὰ τῶν βαρβάρων τοξεύματα.

Betacode

*)ekde/xesqai: a)pei/rgein, kwlu/ein. ge/rra te paratetame/na h)=n ei)s to\ e)kde/xesqai ta\ tw=n barba/rwn toceu/mata.

Notes (2)

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1For this verb in other senses cf. epsilon 386, epsilon 387, epsilon 389. ↩
2Quotation unidentifiable. (For ge/rra see gamma 178.)

Linked from2 entries

ε386Ἐκδέξασθαιto take over[sc. This verb is used] not in reference to awaiting, but in reference to accepting and taking up. To take over [something] is to receive [it] from someone else and attempt the second stage oneself. One should examine…
ε389Ἐκδέχῃyou take[Meaning] you understand, you interpret. Polybius [writes]: "not rightly, general, do you take my words". Also [sc. attested is] 'I accept/take'; [used] with an accusative.

Neighbouring entries

ε386Ἐκδέξασθαιto take over ε387Ἔκδεξαιto accept, to be a surety for ε388Ἐκδέχεσθαιto accommodate ε389Ἐκδέχῃyou take ε390Ἔκδειαarrears

Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Dec 2015

8 Dec 2015Revised — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
26 Apr 2007x-ref — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2007cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
25 Apr 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκδέχεσθαι (Adler number epsilon 388), trans. David Whitehead, 25 Apr 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/388

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗