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αἰτέω

αἰτέω, αἰτέω, ask for (+ acc. of person and acc. of thing or inf.)

αἰτ-έω (Aeol. αἴτημι Pi. Fr. 155, Theoc. 28.5), Ion. impf. αἴτεον Hdt.: fut. αἰτήσω: aor. ᾔτησα: pf. ᾔτηκα 1 Ep.Jo. 5.15: plpf. ᾐτήκει Arr. An. 6.15.5: pf. Pass. ᾔτημαι, etc.:—
  • ask, beg, abs., Od. 18.49, A. Supp. 341.
      • 2 mostly c. acc. rei, ask for, demand, Il. 5.358, Od. 17.365, etc.; ὁδὸν αἰ. ask leave to depart, Od. 10.17; αἰ. τινί τι to ask something for one, 20.74, Hdt. 5.17: c. acc. pers. et rei, ask a person for a thing, Il. 22.295, Od. 2.387, Hdt. 3.1, etc.; δίκας αἰ. τινὰ φόνου to demand satisfaction from one for . ., Hdt. 8.114; αἰ. τι πρός τινος Thgn. 556; παρά τινος X. An. 1.3.16; τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ τήκαμεν παρʼ αὐτοῦ 1 Ep.Jo. 5.15.
      • 3 c. acc. pers. et inf., ask one to do, Od. 3.173, S. OC 1334, Ant. 65, etc.; αἰ. παρά τινος δοῦναι Pl. Erx. 398e.
      • 4 c. acc. only, beg of, D.L. 6.49.
      • 5 in Logic, postulate, assume, Arist. APr. 41b9 (Pass.), Top. 163a6, etc.
    • II Med., ask for oneʼs own use, claim, Λύσανδρον ἄρχοντα Lys. 12.59; freq. almost = the Act., and with the same construct., first in Hdt. 1.90 (παρ-), 9.34, A. Pr. 822, etc.; αἰτεῖσθαί τινα ὅπως .. Antipho 1.12 codd.; πάλαισμα μήποτε λῦσαι θεὸν αἰτοῦμαι S. OT 880; freq. abs. in part., αἰτουμένῳ μοι δός A. Ch. 480, cf. 2, Th. 260, S. Ph. 63; αἰτουμένη που τεύξεται Id. Ant. 778; αἰτησάμενος ἐχρήσατο Lys. 19.27; οὐ πῦρ γὰρ αἰτῶν, οὐδὲ λοπάδʼ αἰτούμενος Men. 476; αἰτεῖσθαι ὑπέρ τινος to beg for one, Lys. 14.22.
    • III Pass., of persons, have a thing begged of one, αἰτηθέντες χρήματα Hdt. 8.111, cf. Th. 2.97, etc.; αἰτεύμενος Theoc. 14.63: c. inf., to be asked to do a thing, Pi. I. 8(7).5.
      • 2 of things, to be asked, τὸ αἰτεόμενον Hdt. 8.112; ἵπποι ᾐτημένοι borrowed horses, Lys. 24.12.

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