ἀρνέομαι,
future -ήσομαι[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 268, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 365; also ἀρνηθήσομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 527] Refs 5th c.BC+] (ἀπ-), [[ NT.Luke.12.9: ] NT]aorist passive ἠρνήθην frequently in Attic dialect, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also aorist middle ἠρνησάμην[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1] Refs 8th c.BC+]; rare in Trag. and Attic dialect, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1026, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.69, 3.324] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἤρνημαι[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.24] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—deny, disown, τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.212, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.358, etc.; ἀ. ἀμφὶ βόεσσιν “hymnus ad Mercurium” 390; ἀ. ἃ εἶπον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 303: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.174] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρνούμενοι ἔπαινοι negative praises, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.58a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 refuse, τόξον.. δόμεναί τε καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.345, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 408, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1; ἀ. γάμον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.249] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. χρείαν decline, renounce a duty or office, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.282; διαθήκην [prev. author] 36.34; κληρονομίαν “PFlor.” 61.49 (1st c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ζωὰν ἀ., of a suicide, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.473 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristodicus Epigrammaticus); δυνάμει τὸν βίον ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.163] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀ. ἀνθρώπους cast aside humanity, [[ 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 2.10. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]