to get, obtain
→
to wait
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Ancient Greek | |
lexeme | δέχομαι | |
meaning 1 | to get, to receive | δέξασθαι χρυσόν τινος to get gold from smn.(Homer) |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | to wait (for) | δεδεγμένος ὀππόθ᾽ ἴκοιτο waiting for him to come (Theocritus, Ἡρακλὴς Λεοντοφόνος, 228) |
reference | LSJ: 382 | |
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