ἀπατάω
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
English (LSJ)
[ᾰπ], late Ion. ἀπατ-έω Luc.Syr.D.27 (Pass.): impf.
A ἠπάτων E.El.938, Ion. ἐξ-απάτασκον Orac. in Ar.Pax1070: 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):—cheat, deceive, Il.19.97, Od.17.139, etc.; cheat one's hopes, Hes.Op.462; οἷ' 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.OT594, 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.AP0.74a6; 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.
