εἰσδέχομαι

A. take into, admit, ἐς τὸ ἱρόν Hdt. 1.144, cf. 206 : c. acc. pers., S. OT 238; εἰ. φρουράν IG 22.43.22 : c. acc. loc., οὐκ εἰσεδέξατ’ οἶκον E. Supp. 876: c. dat., ἄντροις εἰ. τινά receive him in the cave, Id. Cyc. 35 : rarely c. gen., τόνδ’ εἰσεδέξω τειχέων,=τειχέων εἴσω ἐδέξω (cf. Sch. ad loc.), E. Ph. 451: c. acc. dupl., ἐσδέξασθαί τινα συνοικιστῆρα admit him as a fellow-colonist, Pi. Fr. 186; εἰ. τινά ὑπόστεγον S. Tr. 376: aor. I εἰσδεχθῆναι in pass. sense, Luc. Tox. 30, Merc.Cond. 10.

2. c. acc. rei, σκῆψιν ἁγὼν οὗτος οὐκ ἐσδέξεται Ar. Ach. 392; εἰ. εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς Pl. R. 425a.

3. of certain animals, take in their young after birth, Arist. HA 566b17, GA 754a29.