ἐπαιτ-έω,
ask besides, εἰ καί νύ κεν.. ἄλλο μεῖζον ἐπαιτήσειας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.593; ὧν ἐπαιτεῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1416 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, ask for more, φαγὼν ἔτ᾽ ἐπῄτεον [[ 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.412e ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—so in middle, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1124. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 beg as a mendicant, ἄλλους ἐ. τὸν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν βίον [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1364, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 715: _absolutely_, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 68.30, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 simply, demand, [[ PTeb. 26.13 (2nd c.BC, _passive_), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]