δέχομαι

δέχομαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `take, accept, receive etc.' (Att.)

Other forms: δέκομαι (Ion. Aeol. Cret.), aor. δέξασθαι (Il.). 3. pl. δέχαται (Μ 147), ep. aor. ptc. δέγμενος, ind. ἐδέγμην etc., (metr. determined), προτί-δεγμαι προσδέχομαι H. (cf. Debrunner ΜΝΗΜΗΣ ΧΑΡΙΝ 1, 77ff.; on the analogical aspirata c.q. media s. Schwyzer 772 and 769 n. 6).

Dialectal forms: Μψχ. dekasato \/deksato\/; rawodoko \/laodokos\/, cf. Λαόδοκος (Il.)..

Compounds: With prefixes: ἀνα-, ἀπο-, εἰσ-, etc.

Derivatives: -δόκος as second member in comp. (Il.; also Att.), e. g. ἰο-δόκος `receiving arrows' (ep.), δωρο-δόκος `accepting presents, corruptable' (Att.); also the simplex δοκός `beam' (s. v.); δοχός `container' (Thphr., H.). δοκάν θήκην H.; also in ἀν-δοκά `surety' (Cret.), ἐσ-δοκά `taking over' (Arc.) etc., (ἀνα-, ἐκ- etc.) δοχή (Att.) with δοχαῖος (Nic.), δοχικός (Pap.); ἀνδοκεύς `guarantor' (H.; Dor., cf. E. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 91); (ἐκ-, ὑπο- etc.)δοχεύς `receiver etc.' (hell. and late); πανδοκεύς `inn-keeper' (retrograde formation, cf. Boßhardt 57); to δοχεύς: (ἐκ-, ὑπο- etc.)δοχεῖον `container' (hell. and late). (ἀπό-, ἔκ- etc.)δέξις `reception' (Hdt.) with δέξιμος `acceptable' (pap.). (ἐκ-, δια- etc.)δέκτωρ `who undertakes' (A.). (ἀπο-)δεκτήρ `intaker', an official (X.) with the fem. δέκτρια (Archil.). δέκτης `beggar' (δ 248); ἀπο-, ὑπο-δέκτης `intaker' (Att. hell. and late; with (ἀνα-, ὑπο- etc.)δεκτικός `prepared to adopt' (Arist.); ὑποδέξιος `id.' (Hdt.), ὑποδεξί̄η `friendly reception' (Ι 73). ἀρι-δείκετος, δεξαμενη `watercollector' (ptc. δεξαμένη with oppos. accent) - δόκιμος, δόχμη s. v.; δόκανα, δοκάνη s. δοκός. - Deverb. δοκέω (δοκεύω, δοκάζω), προσ-δοκάω (s. vv.). On δεκανᾶται ἀσπάζεται H. s. δηδέχαται. On δεκάζω (from δεκάς) s. δέκα.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [189] *deḱ- `take, accept'

Etymology: Several forms IE deḱ-, doḱ- which can be combined with δέκομαι. E.g. Lat. decet `it is fitting' with decus n. (= Skt. *dáśas- in daśas-yáti `honour', MIr. dech `the best'; cf. also δεξιός), dignus, doceō etc.; δέκομαι therefore prop. `consider something as fitting, gern aufnehmen'? - From Armenian here primary tesanem, aor. tesi `see'?; cf. δοκεύω. - Uncertain Arm. ǝncay `gift', Toch. A täk- `judge', tāskmāṃ `similar', B tasemane `id.', and Slavic and Germanic words, e. g. OCS dešǫ, desiti `find' (s. δήω), OHG gi-zehōn `order'. - Isolated is Skt. dāś-noti, dā́ṣṭi, dā́śati `bring a sacrifice, honour', s. δηδέχαται. (Impossible is connection with Skt. átka- `mantle'.) - From Greek here δεξιός, from the zero grade of an s-stem (decus) *deḱs- with adverbial loc. *deḱsi `right'; s. δεξιός. - S. Pok. 189ff.; and Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. dẽšinas, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. desitь.

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