Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δεκτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεκτέος δεκτέα δεκτέον

Structure: δεκτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/xomai의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be received

Examples

  • ἀκόλουθα γὰρ τῇ ἀρχῇ, περὶ ᾗσ ἐχρῆν εὐθὺσ σκοπεῖν εἴπερ δεκτέα καὶ εἰ συγχωρητέα οὕτωσ ἔχειν. (Lucian, 152:3)
  • λαμβάνοντα ἀντὶ τῆσ γενικῆσ τὴν δοτικήν, καὶ δεκτέον ὄργανα μὴ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ ἀλλὰ τὰ σώματα τῶν ζῴων λέγεσθαι; (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 8, section 22)
  • οὐ γὰρ δεκτέον τὴν τύπωσιν οἱονεὶ τύπον σφραγιστῆροσ, ἐπεὶ ἀνένδεκτόν ἐστι πολλοὺσ τύπουσ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γίνεσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 50:3)
  • ὅταν οὖν φῇ "Ζεὺσ γὰρ ἐσ ὠκεανὸν μετ’ ἀμύμονασ Αἰθιοπῆασ χθιζὸσ ἔβη," κοινότερον δεκτέον καὶ τὸν ὠκεανὸν τὸν καθ’ ὅλον τὸ μεσημβρινὸν κλίμα τεταμένον καὶ τοὺσ Αἰθίοπασ· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 56:10)
  • ὥστ’ ἐπεὶ καὶ γνώριμον ἦν τὸ πάθοσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τῷ ποιητῇ, ὡσ παραμεμυθήμεθα, καὶ κέχρηται τῷ ἐπιθέτῳ τούτῳ κατ’ αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἄλλωσ δεκτέον ἢ ὡσ εἰρήκαμεν. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 60:13)

Synonyms

  1. to be received

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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