ἀπογιγνώσκω,
Ionic dialect and later Attic dialect ἀπογῑνώσκω, future -γνώσομαι:— depart from a judgement, give up a design or intention of doing, τοῦ μάχεσθαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.19, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.5, etc.; ἀ. τὸ κατὰ γῆν πορεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.7; ἀ. διώκειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 34, compare “Thes.” 6] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. μὴ βοηθεῖν resolve not to help, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.9, compare “IG” 22.457.30] Refs 4th c.BC+]: c.genitive, give up a notion, [[ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 610.9. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II with genitive of things, despair of, τῆς ἐλενθερίας[[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.46; οὐδενὸς χρὴ πράγματος ὅλως ἀπογνῶναι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 131; ὡς ἀνιάτων 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.97; ὑπὲρ σφῶν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.61c] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, despair, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.42 (where some codices supply ἑαυτῶν), 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 43.18] Refs 4th c.BC+]: with future infinitive, αἱρήσειν ἀ.[[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 3.20.3; ἀκούσεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 10] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with aorist infinitive, τὴν πόλιν ἀπέγνω ἑλεῖν[[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.8, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.9. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 c.accusative, give up as hopeless or desperate, τὴν σωτηρίαν[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115b2; τὰς πρεσβείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.1.5, +others; τὰς ἐλπίδας [prev. author] 2.35.1; ἀ. τι ἀπὸ τῶν παρόντων 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 37; ἀρετῆς ἀκρίβειαν 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 36; ἀ. αὑτόν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.26.14] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be given up, τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.54; ἐλπίς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.15; ἐλευθερία 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tyr.” 6] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπεγνωσμέναι ἐλπίδες forlorn hopes, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.8.3; ἐπιβουλὴ -μένη 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.4.3] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀπεγνωσμένοι ἄνθρωποι desperate men, [[ [prev. author] 1.16.4 (but ἄνθρωποι ἀπεγνωκότες 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 16); ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν ἀ. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]to be despaired of.., [[ [prev. author] “Per.” 13] Refs]. adverb ἀπεγνωσμένως in despair, [[ [prev. author] “Nic.” 21. ] Refs]