ἀπιθέω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπῐθέω: μέλλ. -ήσω, (πείθω) Ἐπ. τύπος τοῦ ἀπειθέω μετὰ δοτ., συχν. παρ’ Ὁμ. καὶ συνήθως μετ’ ἀρνήσεως οὐδ. ἀπίθησεν μύθῳ, δὲν ἐδείχθη ἀπειθὴς εἰς τὸν λόγον..., Ἰλ. Α. 220, κτλ. , πρβλ. Ζ. 102 κ. ἀλλ.· ἅπαξ μετὰ γεν., οὐδ’ ἀπίθησε θεὰ… ἀγγελιάων Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Δήμ. 448: -ὁ Σοφ. ἐχρήσατο τῇ λέξει ἅπαξ ἐν ἀναπαιστ. στίχῳ, οὐκ ἀπιθήσω τοῖς σοῖς μύθοις Φιλοκτ. 1447.
