ἀπιθέω
Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.
English (LSJ)
(πείθω) Ep. form of ἀπειθέω, c. dat., freq. in Hom. usu. with neg., οὐκ ἀπίθησε μύθῳ he
A disobeyed not the words, Il.1.220, cf. 6.102,al.: abs., ib.16.458: once c. gen., οὐδ' ἀπίθησε θεὰ . . ἀγγελιάων h.Cer.448: used in S.Ph.1447 (anap.). II fail to persuade, οὐδ' ἀπίθησέ νιν (ϝιν Herm.) Pi.P.4.36.
German (Pape)
[Seite 291] p. = ἀπειθέω, Hom. oft in der Form ἀπίθησε (ν), Iliad. 3, 120 ὁ δ' ἄρ' οὐκ ἀπίθησ' Ἀγαμέμνονι, Od. 23, 369 ἀπίθησαν, Iliad. 24, 300 ἀπιθήσω, 10, 129 ἀπιθήσει; stets mit der Negation, Iliad. 1, 220 οὐδ' ἀπίθησεν μύθῳ Ἀθηναίης, er war der Rede nicht ungehorsam, d. h. Homerisch: er gehorchte willig, schnell; 2, 166 οὐδ' ἀπίθησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη, sie gehorchte mit Eifer. – Pind. P. 4, 36; Soph. Phil. 1432; τινός H. h. Cer. 448 Sp. D.
