ἀπαίτησις
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A demanding back, Hdt.5.85; Ἑλένης ἀ., name of a play by S.; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι make a formal demand, D.33.26, cf.POxy.272.13 (i A.D.); claim, right to demand a thing, τινὸς ἔχειν ἀ. ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως IG9(1).61 (Daulis).
German (Pape)
[Seite 275] ἡ, das Zurückfordern, Her. 5, 85; ποιεῖσθαι Dem. 33, 26 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπαίτησις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἀπαιτεῖν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον, τὸ νὰ ζητῇ τις νὰ λάβῃ τι ὀπίσω, Ἡρόδ. 5. 85· Ἑλένης ἀπ. ὄνομα ἀπολεσθέντος δράματος τοῦ Σοφοκλ.· ἀπ. ποιεῖσθαι, ποιοῦμαι ἀπαίτησιν πρὶν ἢ προβῶ διὰ τῆς δικαστικῆς ὁδοῦ, Δημ. 901. 1.: - ἀπαίτησις, ἀξίωσις, δικαίωμα ἀπαιτήσεως, τινος ἀπό τινος Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ.1732 β. 25.
