πατρὸς γὰρ καὶ μητρὸς καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων στέρεσθαι ἂν αὐτὸν δέξαιτο,
What is the meaning of δέξαιτο? if it were used with acc and future inf, it would mean, to wait. LS does not give other instances with acc and inf. 239e
Are you absolutely sure it’s from δέχομαι?
what else can it be?
Sorry, I was having a dyslexic moment and saw it as δείξαιτο, which would be from δείκνυμι. However, with that slight embarrassment out of the way, something like “accept” with a kind of pragmatic extension to “regard”:
d. take or regard as so and so, μηδὲ σομφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα S.Aj.68; understand in a certain sense, ὅπῃ βούλει δέξασθαι ταύτῃ δέχου Pl.Ep.315c: c. inf., κῶλά με δέξαι νυνὶ λέγειν D.H.Comp.22, cf. Str.1.3.13, etc.
Liddell, H. G., Scott, R., Jones, H. S., & McKenzie, R. (1996). A Greek-English lexicon (p. 382). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
thank you, actually i have found a meaning that fits better:
c. inf., prefer, “δεξαίμην ἂν πάσας τὰς ἀσπίδας ἐρριφέναι ἢ . .” Lys. 10.21, cf. Pl.Phlb.63b; “δ. μᾶλλον . .” X.HG5.1.14, Smp.4.12; “οὐδεὶς ἂν δέξαιτο φεύγειν” Th.1.143; “Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτ᾽ ἂν ὑμῶν;” Pl.Ap.41a; “οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην τι ἔχειν” And.1.5.
What do you think?