δέχομαι
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Quotation
Δέπας. δέχος τι ἐστὶ, δι’ οὗ δεχόμεθα τὴν πόσιν.
Translation (En)
Depas "drinking cup": it is a *dekhos, by which we receive (dekhometha) the drink
Parallels
Hesychius, Lexicon, delta 659 (δέπας· ποτήριον. gASnT παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὸ πόμα (Δ262) nT); Epimerismi homerici Il. 1.584b (δέπας: εἴρηται δέπας, οἱονεὶ δεχάς τι ὄν, ἀπὸ τοῦ δέχεσθαι τὸν οἶνον, τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς π καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ τόνου, δέπας);Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 346 (Δέπας· τὸ ποτήριον· παρὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὸ πόμα); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, delta, p. 346 (Δέπας· εἴρηται οἱονεὶ δεχάς, ἀπὸ τοῦ δέχεσθαι τὸν οἶνον, τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς π καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ τόνου); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 256 (Δέπας: Ἔκπωμα, ποτήριον. Παρὰ τὸ δέχω, δέχας καὶ δέπας, δι’ οὗ δεχόμεθα τὸν οἶνον); Etym. Symeonis, delta 131 (Δέπας· τὸ ἔκπωμα· παρὰ τὸ δέχω δέχας καὶ δέπας· δι’ οὗ δεχόμεθα τὸν οἶνον)
Comment
Derivational etymology, the detail of which is found in the Epimerisms (see Parallels) : δέχομαι > *δέχας > δέπας. Orion has δέχος, which is probably a mistake for δέχας. The cup receives the drink poured into it.