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ἀπαιτέω

ἀπαιτέω, ἀπαιτέω, demand X from Y (+ acc., acc.) (verb)

ἀπαιτ-έω,
  • demand back, demand to have returned, esp. of things forcibly taken or rightfully belonging to one, Hdt. 1.2; εἰ μὲν βούλεσθε, αἰτῶ, εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλεσθε, ἀπαιτῶ And. 2.22; τὸ μισθάριον γὰρ ἂν ἀπαιτῇς Diph. 43.34; τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ BCH 7.278 (Tralles); τὴν ψυχήν Ev.Luc. 12.20; ἀ. τινά τι demand something of one, Hdt. 8.122, E. Hel. 963, Ar. Av. 554, D. 1.22; εὐθύνας ἀ. τινά Id. 18.245; also ἀ. ὅπλα τοῦ πατρός S. Ph. 362; χάριν ἀ. τινά Pl. Phdr. 241a, etc.; τι παρά τινος Arist. de An. 408a18; also ἀ. δίκην ἐξ ἀδίκων A. Ch. 398; λόγον ἀ. τινὰ περί τινος Pl. R. 599b; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος ib. 612d; ἀ. ὑποσχέσεις Arist. EN 1164a17: c. inf., ἀ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι E. Supp. 385.
        • b call down on oneself, ποινάς Jul. Or. 2.59a (and so Med., ib. 58a).
        • c of things, require, νοῦσοι -έουσι σικύην Aret. CA 1.10; περίοδος ἀ. μῆνα τρισκαιδέκατον Plu. Agis 16: abs., ὅταν αἱ χρεῖαι -ῶσιν Ael. Tact. 15.1.
      • 2 inquire, ἀπαιτήσομεν αὐτὸν τίνες εἰσίν Str. 12.3.24.
    • II Pass., of things, to be demanded in payment, Hdt. 5.35.
      • 2 of persons, have demanded of one, ἀπαιτεῖσθαι εὐεργεσίαν X. Ap. 17; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς χρέος LXX Wi. 15.8; ἀποδώσειν ὅταν ἀπαιτῆται BGU 1058.33 (i B.C.); yield to a request, οὐκ ἀπαιτούμεσθα, answering to ἀπαιτῶ σκῆπτρα, E. Ph. 602.

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