STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἀπεῖπον

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to renounce

ἀπεῖπον,

infinitive ἀπειπεῖν, Epic dialect ἀπο?~Xειπεῖν, ἀπο?~Xειπέμεν, and participle ἀποειπών, i.e. ἀποϝειπών, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.35, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: less frequently aorist I ἀπεῖπα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.153, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 405: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future in use is ἀπερῶ, perfect ἀπείρηκα, mostly in signification [[IV. 3] Refs]:—middle, aorist I ἀπειπάμην[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, 5.56, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1163b19] Refs 5th c.BC+], but never in correct Attic dialect:—passive, future ἀπορρηθήσομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.14] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀπερρήθην[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.21:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —present and imperfect are supplied by ἀπαυδάω, ἀπόφημι, and in Attic dialect Prose by ἀπαγορεύω:—speak out, tell out, declare, μῦθον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.309, compare 431; ἀγγελίην 7.416; ἀληθείην 23.361; ἐφημοσύνην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.340] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μνηστήρεσσιν ἀπειπέμεν (probably μνηστῆρσ᾽ ἀποειπέμεν) to give them full notice,[[ [prev. work] 1.91; ἀπηλεγέως ἀποειπεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.309, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.373] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥῆσιν ἀπερέοντα to deliver a verbal message, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.152] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in aorist middle, ἀπείπασθαι θανάτῳ ζημιοῦν τοὺς πλευσομένους[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 837a2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II deny, refuse, ὑπόσχεο καὶ κατάνευσον, ἢ ἀπόειπ᾽[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.515, compare 9.510, 675] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σύμφαθι ἢ ἄπειπε[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523a: with _accusative_, βοήθειαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__IV renounce, disown, give up, with accusative of things, ἀ. μῆνιν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.35] Refs 8th c.BC+]; and not seldom in Prose, as εἴτε.. ἀπερέουσι.. τὴν συμμαχίην[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπειπεῖν.. κηρύκων ὕπο.. πατρῴαν ἑστίαν renounce it by public proclamation, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 737; τὸν υἱὸν ὑπὸ κήρυκος ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 928d; πόνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1354; προξενίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.43, 6.89; ὁμιλίαν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.6; ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἀπείποι τις ἄν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.113] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὴν στρατηγίαν to resign it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.41; τὴν ἀρχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272b5; ἐλπίδας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.9.6] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γυναῖκα divorce her, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 38:] Refs 1st c.AD+] —in passive, αἱ σπονδαὶ οὐκ ἀπείρηντο had not been renounced, remained in force, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.48; τὰς σπονδὰς μέλλειν ἀπορρηθήσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.14] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in middle, ἀπείπασθαι παῖδα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; συμμαχίην 4.120, 125; φιλίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.10.5; ἀ. ὄψιν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]averruncare, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.56] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. υἱόν, πατέρα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1163b19] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀποϝειπάθθω (Cretan dialect for ἀπειπάσθω) let him renounce the inheritance, [[ “Leg.Gort.” 11.11] Refs]; ἀ. γνώμας withdraw, retract them, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 8. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]