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δέχομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέχομαι δέξομαι ἐδεξάμην δέδεγμαι

Structure: δέχ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. I accept, receive

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐὰν δέ τισ ἐξελαύνῃ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ καὶ μὴ δέχηται κατὰ τὴν στήλην ‐ οἴμοι κακοδαίμων, καὶ σὺ γὰρ ἐνταῦθ’ ἦσθ’ ἔτι; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 3:32)
  • "ὦ Διόκλεισ Βίαντι τὸν Ναυκρατίτην ξένον ἥκοντα μετὰ προβλημάτων βασιλικῶν αὖθισ ἐπ’ αὐτόν, ὅπωσ νήφων καὶ προσέχων ἑαυτῷ τὸν λόγον δέχηται; (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 4 4:1)
  • εἰή μὲν οὖν ἡμῖν ἐκκαθαιρόμενον λόγῳ τὸ μυθῶδεσ ὑπακοῦσαι καὶ λαβεῖν ἱστορίασ ὄψιν, ὅπου δ’ ἂν αὐθαδῶσ τοῦ πιθανοῦ περιφρονῇ καὶ μὴ δέχηται τὴν πρὸσ τὸ εἰκὸσ μῖξιν, εὐγνωμόνων ἀκροατῶν δεησόμεθα καὶ πρᾴωσ τὴν ἀρχαιολογίαν προσδεχομένων. (Plutarch, chapter 1 3:1)
  • σιγᾶν ἄνωγα κἀναδεικνύναι πύλασ πᾶσιν Μυκηναίοισιν Ἀργείοισ θ’ ὁρᾶν, ὡσ εἴ τισ αὐτῶν ἐλπίσιν κεναῖσ πάροσ ἐξῄρετ’ ἀνδρὸσ τοῦδε, νῦν ὁρῶν νεκρὸν στόμια δέχηται τἀμὰ μηδὲ πρὸσ βίαν ἐμοῦ κολαστοῦ προστυχὼν φύσῃ φρένασ. (Sophocles, episode17)
  • ἀτὰρ καὶ ἐπίβλημα ἔστω κοῦφον, παλαιὸν , ὡσ δέχηται μὲν τὸν ἠέρα, διαπνέῃ δὲ τοῦ θώρηκοσ τὴν θέρμην. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 171)

Synonyms

  1. I accept

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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