ἀρνέομαι

English (LSJ)

fut.

   A -ήσομαι A.Pr.268, Ar.Ec.365; also ἀρνηθήσομαι S.Ph.527 (ἀπ-), Ev.Luc.12.9: aor. Pass. ἠρνήθην freq. in Att., Th. 6.60, etc.: also aor. Med. ἠρνησάμην Hom. (v. infr.), Hdt.3.1; rare in Trag. and Att., E.Ion1026, Aeschin.2.69,3.324: pf. ἤρνημαι D. 28.24:—deny, disown, τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι Il.14.212, Od.8.358, etc.; ἀ. ἀμφὶ βόεσσιν h.Merc.390; ἀ. ἃ εἶπον E.Hec.303: abs., Hdt.2.174; ἀρνούμενοι ἔπαινοι negative praises, Plu.2.58a.    2 refuse, τόξον . . δόμεναί τε καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι Od.21.345, cf. Hes.Op.408, Hdt.3.1; ἀ. γάμον Od.1.249; ἀ. χρείαν decline, renounce a duty or office, D.18.282; διαθήκην Id.36.34; κληρονομίαν PFlor.61.49 (i A.D.); ζωὰν ἀ., of a suicide, AP7.473 (Aristodic.); δυνάμει τὸν βίον ἀ. S.E.M.11.163; ἀ. ἀνθρώπους cast aside humanity, Him.Or.2.10.    3 abs., say No, decline, ὁ δ' ἠρνεῖτο στεναχίζων Il.19.304; αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἠρνεῖτο στερεῶς 23.42, etc.    4 in expressing denial, c. inf., either without μή, deny that... A.Eu.611, E.IA966; or with μή, say that . . not... Ar.Eq.572, Antipho 3.3.7, etc.; οὐδ' αὐτὸς ἀρνεῖται μὴ οὐ . . D.C.50.22; also οὐκ ἂν ἀρνοίμην τὸ δρᾶν S.Ph.118; ἀ. ὅτι οὐ... ὡς οὐ... X.Ath.2.17, Lys. 4.1, D.9.54.    5 in expressing refusal, c. inf., ἀ. εἶναι χρηστούς Hdt.6.13: poet. also c. part., οὐ γὰρ εὐτυχῶν ἀρνήσομαι E.Alc.1158, cf. Or.1582.

German (Pape)

[Seite 356] verneinen; fut. ἀρνήσομαι, aor. ἠρνήθην u. ἠρνησάμην, letzteres in Att. Prosa selten; ἀρνησαίμην Aesch. 2, 69; ἀρνήσῃ conjunct. Eur. Ion. 1026; ἀρνήσασθαι Her. 3, 1; Homer. Formen: ἀρνεῖται Od. 1, 249. 16, 126, ἀρνείσθω 8, 43, ἠρνεῖτο Iliad. 19, 304. 23, 42 Od. 24, 126, ἀρνήσαιο Iliad. 14, 191. ἀρνήσασθαι Od. 21, 345. 8, 358 Iliad. 14, 212; – τί, etwas verweigern, τόξον, ᾧ κ' ἐθέλω, δόμεναί τε καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι Od. 21, 345; οὔτ' ἀρνεῖται γάμον οὔτε τελευτὴν ποιῆσαι δύναται 1, 249, vgl. 24, 126; ἦ ῥά νύ μοί τι πίθοιο, ἦέ κεν ἀρνήσαιο Iliad. 14, 191; τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι, deine Bitte abzuschlagen, Iliad. 14, 212; absol., ὁ δ' ἠρνεῖτο 19, 304, vgl. 23, 42 Od. 8, 43; – läugnen, Thuc. 6, 60; φόνους Eur. Ion. 1026; – τινίτι, Dio Chrys. I, 469; – Ggstzvon δοῦναι Her 3, 1; Aesch. Prom. 266; mit der Negat. Soph. τὸ δρᾶν Phil. 118; beim abhängigen Inf. μή, ἠρνεῖτο μὴ αὐτόχειρ γενέσθαι Xen. Hell. 7, 3, 7; ὡς οὐκ εἰσὶ τοιοῦτοι Dem. 9, 54; ἀρνηθῆναί τι μὴ γιγνώσκειν Pol. 4, 20, 11; Sp.; mit dem partic., ἀρνῇ κατακτάς Eur. Or. 1581; vgl. Al. 1161.