ἀποφατικός
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (ἀπόφημι)
A negative, opp. καταφατικός, λόγος Arist.Cat.12b8, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.55,69; ἐπίρρημα A.D.Synt.245.24. Adv. -κῶς Arist.APr.64a14; also written for ἀποφαντικῶς, A.D. Pron.27.16. II conclusive, PLond.5.1902v (vi A.D.).
