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ἀπειθέω

apeitheo

to be disobedient, refuse compliance

Appears 42 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπειθέω, Att. form of ἀπῐθέω (though even Trag. preferred ἀπιστέω, q.v. II), A. to be disobedient, refuse compliance, A. Ag. 1049; opp. πείθομαι, Pl. Phdr. 271b: freq. c. dat., disobey, οὐκ ἀπειθήσας θεῷ E. Or. 31; ἀ. ἅμα νόμῳ καὶ τῷ θεῷ Pl. Lg. 741d, etc.; τὰ μεγάλα ἀ. τινί in great matters, Id. R. 538b; ἀ. ταῖς ἐνεχυρασίαις not to abide by them, Id. Lg. 949d: later c. gen., ψαφίσματος GDI 3705.111 (Cos); ἐντολῶν LXXJo. 5.6. 2. of animals, X. Cyr. 7.5.62; of ships, τοῖς οἴαξιν ἀ. D.S. 13.46. 3. of a woman, refuse compliance, Aristaenet. 2.20.
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