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ἀπολέγω

ἀπολέγω, to pick out from; to decline, refuse

ἀπολέγω,
  • pick out from a number, and so: 1. pick out, choose, τὸ ἄριστον Hdt. 5.110, cf. 3.14, Ar. V. 580, Aen.Tact. 1.5, 3.2:—freq. in Med., pick out for oneself, τριήκοντα μυριάδας τοῦ στρατοῦ from the army, Hdt. 8.101; ἐκ πάντων Th. 4.9:—Pass., ἀπολελεγμένοι picked men, Hdt. 7.40; ἀπειλεγμένοι X. Eq.Mag. 8.12.2. pick out for the purpose of rejecting, τριβόλους Ar. Lys. 576; ἀ. τινὰ ἐκ τῶν δικαστῶν Plu. Cat.Mi. 48.
    • II later, decline, refuse, ἀ. τὸ χορηλεῖν Plb. 2.63.1; ἀ. περί τινος Id. 4.9.3:—Med., decline something offered to one, ἀρχήν Id. Fr. 16; ἱκεσίαν, δέησιν, Plu. Sol. 12, Cat.Mi. 2; renounce, give up, τὰ πρωτεῖα, τὴν νίκην, τὸν βίον, Id. Luc. 42, Nic. 6, 2.1060d; τὴν ψυχήν LXX Jn. 4.8: abs. (sc. τὸ ζῆν), Ph. 1.274; also, give in, make no resistance, Plu. Lyc. 22, Pomp. 23:—so in Act., lose heart, as pres. of ἀπεῖπον, τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ Procop. Vand. 2.19; ταῖς δυνάμεσι Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.5.9.
    • III speak of fully, Ael. NA 8.17 (Pass.), cf. ἀπολέγει· παραγγέλλει, and ἀπολέζω· ἐρῶ, δηλώσω, Hsch.

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