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αἰτέω

aiteo

ask, beg

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰτέω (Aeol. αἴτημι Pi. Fr. 155, Theoc. 28.5), Ion. impf. αἴτεον Hdt.: fut. αἰτήσω: aor. ᾔτησα: pf. ᾔτηκα 1 Ep.Jo. 5.15: plpf. ᾐτήκει Arr. An. 6.15.5: pf. Pass. ᾔτημαι, etc.:—A. ask, beg, abs., Od. 18.49, A. Supp. 341. 2. mostly c. acc. rei, ask for, demand, Il. 5.358, Od. 17.365, etc.; ὁδὸν αἰ. ask leave to depart, Od. 10.17; αἰ. τινί τι to ask something for one, 20.74, Hdt. 5.17: c. acc. pers. et rei, ask a person for a thing, Il. 22.295, Od. 2.387, Hdt. 3.1, etc.; δίκας αἰ. τινὰ φόνου to demand satisfaction from one for . . , Hdt. 8.114; αἰ. τι πρός τινος Thgn. 556; παρά τινος X. An. 1.3.16; τὰ αἰτήματα ἃ τήκαμεν παρʼ αὐτοῦ 1 Ep.Jo. 5.15. 3. c. acc. pers. et inf., ask one to do, Od. 3.173, S. OC 1334, Ant. 65, etc.; αἰ. παρά τινος δοῦναι Pl. Erx. 398e. 4. c. acc. only, beg of, D.L. 6.49. 5. in Logic, postulate, assume, Arist. APr. 41b9 (Pass.), Top. 163a6, etc. II. Med., ask for oneʼs own use, claim, Λύσανδρον ἄρχοντα Lys. 12.59; freq. almost = the Act., and with the same construct., first in Hdt. 1.90 (παρ-), 9.34, A. Pr. 822, etc.; αἰτεῖσθαί τινα ὅπως . . Antiphol.12 codd.; πάλαισμα μήποτε λῦσαι θεὸν αἰτοῦμαι S. OT 880; freq. abs. in part., αἰτουμένῳ μοι δός A. Ch. 480, cf. 2, Th. 260, S. Ph. 63; αἰτουμένη που τεύξεται Id. Ant. 778; αἰτησάμενος ἐχρήσατο Lys. 19.27; οὐ πῦρ γὰρ αἰτῶν, οὐδὲ λοπάδʼ αἰτούμενος Men. 476; αἰτεῖσθαι ὑπέρ τινος to beg for one, Lys. 14.22. III. Pass., of persons, have a thing begged of one, αἰτηθέντες χρήματα Hdt. 8.111, cf. Th. 2.97, etc.; αἰτεύμενος Theoc. 14.63: c. inf., to be asked to do a thing, Pi. I. 8(7).5. 2. of things, to be asked, τὸ αἰτεόμενον Hdt. 8.112; ἵπποι ᾐτημένοι borrowed horses, Lys. 24.12.
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