ἀρνέομαι

ἀρνέομαι, [tense] fut.

A

-ήσομαι A.Pr.268

, Ar.Ec.365; also

ἀρνηθήσομαι S.Ph.527

([etym.] ἀπ-), Ev.Luc.12.9: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ἠρνήθην freq. in [dialect] Att., Th. 6.60, etc.: also [tense] aor. [voice] Med.

ἠρνησάμην Hom.

(v. infr.), Hdt.3.1; rare in Trag. and [dialect] Att., E.Ion1026, Aeschin.2.69,3.324: [tense] 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., Hdt.2.174; ἀρνούμενοι ἔπαινοι negative praises, Plu.2.58a.

2 refuse,

τόξον . . δόμεναί τε καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι Od.21.345

, cf. Hes.Op.408, Hdt.3.1;

ἀ. γάμον Od.1.249

; ἀ. χρείαν decline, renounce a duty or office, D.18.282;

διαθήκην Id.36.34

;

κληρονομίαν PFlor.61.49

(i A.D.); ζωὰν ἀ., of a suicide, AP7.473 (Aristodic.);

δυνάμει τὸν βίον ἀ. S.E.M.11.163

; ἀ. ἀνθρώπους cast aside humanity, Him.Or.2.10.

3 abs., say No, decline,

ὁ δ' ἠρνεῖτο στεναχίζων Il.19.304

;

αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἠρνεῖτο στερεῶς 23.42

, etc.

4 in expressing denial, c. inf., either without μή, deny that . . , A.Eu.611, E.IA966; or with μή, say that . . not . . , Ar.Eq.572, Antipho 3.3.7, etc.; οὐδ' αὐτὸς ἀρνεῖται μὴ οὐ . . D.C.50.22; also οὐκ ἂν ἀρνοίμην τὸ δρᾶν S.Ph.118; ἀ. ὅτι οὐ . . , ὡς οὐ . . , X.Ath.2.17, Lys. 4.1, D.9.54.

5 in expressing refusal, c. inf.,

ἀ. εἶναι χρηστούς Hdt.6.13

: poet. also c. part.,

οὐ γὰρ εὐτυχῶν ἀρνήσομαι E.Alc.1158

, cf. Or.1582.