ἐκδέχομαι
ekdechomai

Greek verb

Last edited: 2023-10-09
Primary meaning to receive
Literal translation to receive
Variants
ἐκδέχομαι ekdechomai
Edited by
to receive astrological concept

ἡ δὲ Ἀφροδίτη ὡρονομοῦσα καὶ Ζεὺς ἀγαθοδαιμονῶν καὶ τὴν συναφὴν τῆς Σελήνης ἐκδεχόμενος ἐδήλουν τὴν ἡμερότητα

‘Venus apportioning the hour (being in the Ascendant) and Jupiter being in the (lot of) the Good Divinity and receiving contact with the Moon indicated the tameness (of the animal concerned in the horoscope)’

— CCAG VI p. 66

Genre: horoscope

(GH L 483)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἐκδέχομαι (Lemma #1258). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1258/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἐκδέχομαι (Lemma #1258). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1258/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἐκδέχομαι (Lemma #1258). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1258/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ἐκδέχομαι (Lemma #1258), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1258/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1258,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ἐκδέχομαι ({Lemma} #1258)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1258/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1258/},
}