ἀπαιτέω

apaiteo

demand back, demand to have returned

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 6
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Book I 3
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331c6
331e9
332a5
Book III 1
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394a4
Book X 2
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612d3
599b9
Laws 1
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Book X 1
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895d8
Letters 1
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350b4
Phaedrus 1
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241a5
Philebus 1
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18e8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπαιτέω, A. demand back, demand to have returned, esp. of things forcibly taken or rightfully belonging to one, Hdt. 1.2; εἰ μὲν βούλεσθε, αἰτῶ, εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλεσθε, ἀπαιτῶ And. 2.22; τὸ μισθάριον γὰρ ἂν ἀπαιτῇς Diph. 43.34; τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ BCH 7.278 (Tralles); τὴν ψυχήν Ev.Luc. 12.20; ἀ. τινά τι demand something of one, Hdt. 8.122, E. Hel. 963, Ar. Av. 554, D. 1.22; εὐθύνας ἀ. τινά Id. 18.245; also ἀ. ὅπλα τοῦ πατρός S. Ph. 362; χάριν ἀ. τινά Pl. Phdr. 241a, etc.; τι παρά τινος Arist. de An. 408a18; also ἀ. δίκην ἐξ ἀδίκων A. Ch. 398; λόγον ἀ. τινὰ περί τινος Pl. R. 599b; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος ib.612d; ἀ. ὑποσχέσεις Arist. EN 1164a17: c. inf., ἀ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι E. Supp. 385. b. call down on oneself, ποινάς Jul. Or. 2.59a (and so Med., ib.58a). c. of things, require, νοῦσοι -έουσι σικύην Aret. CA 1.10; περίοδος ἀ. μῆνα τρισκαιδέκατον Plu. Agis 16: abs., ὅταν αἱ χρεῖαι -ῶσιν Ael. Tact. 15.1. 2. inquire, ἀπαιτήσομεν αὐτὸν τίνες εἰσίν Str. 12.3.24. II. Pass., of things, to be demanded in payment, Hdt. 5.35. 2. of persons, have demanded of one, ἀπαιτεῖσθαι εὐεργεσίαν X. Ap. 17; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς χρέος LXX Wi. 15.8; ἀποδώσειν ὅταν ἀπαιτῆται BGU 1058.33 (i B.C.); yield to a request, οὐκ ἀπαιτούμεσθα, answering to ἀπαιτῶ σκῆπτρα, E. Ph. 602.

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