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