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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ήσομαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>268</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>365</span>; also ἀρνηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>527</span> (ἀπ-), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>12.9</span>: aor. Pass. <b class="b3">ἠρνήθην</b> freq. in Att., <span class="bibl">Th. 6.60</span>, etc.: also aor. Med. ἠρνησάμην Hom. (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.1</span>; rare in Trag. and Att., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1026</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.69</span>,<span class="bibl">3.324</span>: pf. ἤρνημαι <span class="bibl">D. 28.24</span>:—[[deny]], [[disown]], τεὸν ἔπος ἀρνήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Il.14.212</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.358</span>, etc.; ἀ. ἀμφὶ βόεσσιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>390</span>; ἀ. ἃ εἶπον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>303</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.174</span>; <b class="b3">ἀρνούμενοι ἔπαινοι</b> [[negative]] praises, Plu.2.58a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[refuse]], τόξον . . δόμεναί τε καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Od.21.345</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>408</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.1</span>; ἀ. γάμον <span class="bibl">Od.1.249</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. χρείαν</b> [[decline]], [[renounce]] a duty or office, <span class="bibl">D.18.282</span>; διαθήκην <span class="bibl">Id.36.34</span>; κληρονομίαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>61.49</span> (i A.D.); <b class="b3">ζωὰν ἀ</b>., of a suicide, <span class="title">AP</span>7.473 (Aristodic.); δυνάμει τὸν βίον ἀ. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>11.163</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἀνθρώπους</b> [[cast aside]] humanity, <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[say No]], [[decline]], ὁ δ' ἠρνεῖτο στεναχίζων <span class="bibl">Il.19.304</span>; αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἠρνεῖτο στερεῶς <span class="bibl">23.42</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in expressing [[denial]], c. inf., either without <b class="b3">μή</b>, [[deny that]]... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>611</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>966</span>; or with <b class="b3">μή</b>, <b class="b2">say that . . not</b>... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>572</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.7</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐδ' αὐτὸς ἀρνεῖται μὴ οὐ</b> . . <span class="bibl">D.C.50.22</span>; also <b class="b3">οὐκ ἂν ἀρνοίμην τὸ δρᾶν</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>118</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ὅτι οὐ... ὡς οὐ</b>... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys. 4.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.54</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in expressing [[refusal]], c. inf., ἀ. εἶναι χρηστούς <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.13</span>: poet. also c. part., οὐ γὰρ εὐτυχῶν ἀρνήσομαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1158</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>1582</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[deny]], [[refuse]], [[decline]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ἀρνήσασθαι</b><br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [62] <b class="b2">*h₂er-</b> [[refuse]], [[deny]]<br />Etymology: Mayrhofer KZ 71 (1953) 75ff. connects Av. <b class="b2">rah-</b> [[be unfaithful]], intens. [[rārǝšyeiti]], caus. <b class="b2">rā̊ŋhayeiti</b> [?]) as <b class="b2">*h₂r-n-es-</b>, which fits form and meaning very well. - Not to Arm. [[uranam]] [[deny]]; Clackson 102f.