affirm
From LSJ
Ξένους πένητας μὴ παραδράμῃς ἰδών → Praetervidere pauperem externum cave → An armen fremden, siehst du sie, geh nicht vorbei
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
assert: P. ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι.
opposed to deny: P. and V. φάναι,P. καταφάναι.
I know not how to affirm or deny this, my child: V. οὐκ οἶδ' ὅπως φῶ τοῦτο καὶ μὴ φῶ, τέκνον (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 643).
affirm in opposition: P. and V. ἀντιλέγειν.
