παραδέχομαι

A. ‐ξομαι Pl. Tht. 155c:—receive from another, σῆμα Il. 6.178; [Γαῖα] σταγόνας παραδεξαμένη τίκτει θνητούς E. Fr. 839.4 (anap.); τὰ φερόμενα γράμματα X. Cyr. 8.6.17, etc.; of children, receive by inheritance, σοφώτατα νοήματα Pi. O. 7.72; τὴν ἀρχήν Hdt. 1.102; π. τὸν πόλεμον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός ib.18; but μάχην π. take up and continue the battle, Id. 9.40; receive by way of rumour or tradition, π. φήμην Pl. Lg. 713c; ἀκοήν τινος Id. Ti. 23d; of magistrates or others, receive articles entered in an inventory, etc., IG 12.91.21, al., PHib. 1.32.4 (iii B. C.), etc.; of pupils, receive lessons from a master, τοὺς μετὰ πόνου . . παραδεχομένους Plu. Cat.Mi. 1.

b. take over an office or function, BGU 1199.3, al. (i B. C.).

2. c. inf., π. τινὶ πράττειν τι take upon oneself or engage to another to do a thing, D. 58.38.

3. admit, εἰς τὴν πόλιν Pl. R. 394d, 399d, 605b; εἰς [τὴν οἰκίαν] D. 40.2; εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας Aeschin. 1.178; admit to citizenship, τῶν περιοίκων τινάς Arist. Pol. 1303a7; admit as a pupil, Pl. Euthd. 304b; π. τὸ ἔθνος admit to friendly relations, Plb. 38.9.8.

4. admit, allow, τὴν ἀπαγωγήν Lys. 13.86, cf. Pl. Tht. 155c, Lg. 935d; π. σκῆψιν Hyp. Eux. 7; π. τὸν λόγον accept the definition, Pl. Chrm. 162e, cf. Arist. Cat. 4a28; recognize as correct, agree to, συντίμησιν BGU 1119.54 (i B. C.); τὸ δαπανηθέν PFay. 125.10 (ii A. D.).

5. signify, κτῆσιν A.D. Synt. 171.6.

II. in later writers the aor. παρεδέχθην takes also a pass. sense, Luc. VH 2.21, Gloss.; ἀξιῶ παραδεχθῆναί τινα εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους to be admitted, POxy. 477.24 (ii A. D.); also, to be credited as a set-off, BGU 831.15 (iii A. D.): so fut. ‐δεχθήσομαι PAmh. 2.86.13 (i A. D.).