ἀθετ-έω, ἄθετος
) set at naught a treaty, promise, etc., πίστιν[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.36.5; θυσίαν LXX.1Ki.2.17; διαθήκην NT.Gal.3.15; θεόν NT.1Thes. 4.8; σύμφωνον “OGI” 444.18 (from Ilium)] NT+2nd c.BC+]; deny, disprove, τἀληθές[[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.5 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare “Sign.” 37 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be struck off a register, [[ PTeb. 74.29 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; to be rejected, of a petition, [[ “POxy.” 1120.8(iii 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus D)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—Astrology texts, cancel, render ineffectual, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 115.3, compare 105.8 (_passive_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 with dative, refuse one's assent, τοῖς ὑπὸ Τιμαίου εἰρημένοις[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.14.6. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 deal treacherously with, break faith with, τινά[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.36.10, LXX.Isa.1.2, NT.Mark.6.26; εἴς τινα LXX.1Ki.12.19; ἐν Ἰσραήλ LXX.4Ki.1.1: _absolutely_, “IG” 12(5).129 (from Paros). ] NT+2nd c.BC+]
__II Grammars, reject as spurious, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 9, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.34, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III absolutely, to be unsuitable, unfit, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]