deny, disown,
ἀρνέομαι,fut.
A.
-ήσομαι
A. Pr. 268
, Ar. Ec. 365 ; also ἀρνηθήσομαι
S. Ph. 527
(ἀπ-), Ev.Luc. 12.9 :aor.
Pass.
ἠρνήθηνfreq. in Att. , Th. 6.60 , etc.: alsoaor.
Med.
ἠρνησάμην
Hom.
(v. infr.), Hdt. 3.1 ; rare in Trag. and Att. , E. Ion 1026 , Aeschin. 2.69 , 3.324 :pf.
ἤρνημαι
D. 28.24
:—deny, disown,
τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι
Il. 14.212
, Od. 8.358 , etc.; ἀ. ἀμφὶ βόεσσιν
h.Merc. 390
; ἀ. ἃ εἶπον
E. Hec. 303
: abs., Hdt. 2.174 ;ἀρνούμενοι ἔπαινοι negativepraises, Plu. 2.58a .
2. refuse,
τόξον . . δόμεναί τε καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι
Od. 21.345
, cf. Hes. Op. 408 , Hdt. 3.1 ; ἀ. γάμον
Od. 1.249
;ἀ. χρείαν decline, renouncea duty or office, D. 18.282 ; διαθήκην
Id. 36.34
; κληρονομίαν
PFlor. 61.49
(i A.D.);ζωὰν ἀ.,of a suicide, AP 7.473 ( Aristodic. ); δυνάμει τὸν βίον ἀ.
S.E. M. 11.163
;ἀ. ἀνθρώπους cast asidehumanity, Him. Or. 2.10 .
3. abs.,say No, decline,
ὁ δ' ἠρνεῖτο στεναχίζων
Il. 19.304
; αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἠρνεῖτο στερεῶς
23.42
, etc.
4. in expressingdenial,c.inf., either withoutμή, deny that. . , A. Eu. 611 , E. IA 966 ; or withμή, say that . . not. . , Ar. Eq. 572 , Antipho 3.3.7 , etc.;οὐδ' αὐτὸς ἀρνεῖται μὴ οὐ. . D.C. 50.22 ; alsoοὐκ Α<>ν ἀρνοίμην τὸ δρᾶν
S. Ph. 118 ;ἀ. ὅτι οὐ . . , ὡς οὐ. . , X. Ath. 2.17 , Lys. 4.1 , D. 9.54 .
5. in expressingrefusal,c.inf., ἀ. εἶναι χρηστούς
Hdt. 6.13
: poet. also c.part., οὐ γὰρ εὐτυχῶν ἀρνήσομαι
E. Alc. 1158
, cf. Or. 1582 .
