ἀπατάω

apatao

cheat, deceive

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 4
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Book II 1
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380d4
Book III 1
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413c4
Book IX 2
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573e8
585a5
Phaedrus 3
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262a5
262a6
262b2
Crito 1
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52e2
Gorgias 1
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465b5
Laws 1
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Book XI 1
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917b1
Protagoras 1
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323a5
Timaeus 1
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88a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπατάω [ᾰπ], late Ion. ἀπατ-έω Luc. Syr.D. 27 (Pass.): impf. ἠπάτων E. El. 938, Ion. ἐξ-απάτασκον Orac. in Ar. Pax 1070: fut. -ήσω: aor. ἠπάτησα, Ion. ἀπ- Il. 9.344, S. Tr. 500 (lyr.): pf. ἠπάτηκα Id. Ph. 929:—Pass., fut. ἀπατηθήσομαι Arist. APr. 67a38, cf. (ἐξ-) Pl. Cra. 436b, Aeschin. 2.123; also in Med. form ἀπατήσομαι Pl. Phdr. 262a, (ἐξ-) X. An. 7.3.3: aor. ἠπατήθην Pl. Cri. 52e: pf. ἠπάτημαι Th. 5.46, etc.: (ἀπάτη):—Α. cheat, deceive, Il. 19.97, Od. 17.139, etc.; cheat oneʼs hopes, Hes. Op. 462; οἷʼ ἠπάτηκας S. Ph. 929; κλέμματα . . ἂ τὸν πολέμιον ἀπατήσας Th. 5.9: abs., to be deceptive or fallacious, Arist. Rh. 1376b28:—Pass., to be self-deceived, mistaken, Pi. Fr. 182, S. OT 594, Pl. Phdr. 262a, etc.; ἔγνωκα . . φωτὸς ἠπατημένη S. Aj. 807; τί γὰρ οὐκ . . ἔρχεται ἀγγελίας ἀπατώμενον; comes not belied by the result? Id. El. 170; ἀ. περί τι Arist. Rh. 1368b22; περί τινος Id. Sens. 442b8; ἀ. ταύτην τὴν ἀπάτην Id. AP 0.74a6; also ἀπατᾶσθαι ὡς . . to be deceived into thinking that . ., Pl. Prt. 323a.—The compd. ἐξαπατάω is more common, esp. in Hdt. and Att. Prose; the simple Verb is used in LXX Ge. 3.13, al., but not by Plb., and is rare in later Greek, Plu. 2.15d.

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