ἀπαιτέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓πο- (apo-, from, back) + αἰτέω (aitéō, to ask, beg).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ᾰ̓παιτέω • (apaitéō)

  1. (transitive) to demand back, demand in payment
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.2.3:
      πέμψαντά δὲ τὸν Κόλχων βασιλέα ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα κήρυκα [] ἀπαιτέειν τὴν θυγατέρα.
      pémpsantá dè tòn Kólkhōn basiléa es tḕn Helláda kḗruka [] apaitéein tḕn thugatéra.
      The Colchian king sent a herald to Greece [] to demand his daughter back.
  2. (transitive) to require
  3. (passive voice)
    1. (of persons, transitive) to have something demanded of one
    2. (of persons, intransitive) to yield to a request
    3. (of things, intransitive) to be demanded

Inflection

Derived terms

  • προσᾰπαιτέω (prosapaitéō)
  • σῠνᾰπαιτέω (sunapaitéō)
  • ᾰ̓νταπαιτέω (antapaitéō)
  • ᾰ̓νᾰπαίτητος (anapaítētos)
  • ᾰ̓παίτημᾰ (apaítēma)
  • ᾰ̓παιτήσῐμον (apaitḗsimon)
  • ᾰ̓παίτησῐς (apaítēsis)
  • ᾰ̓παιτητέον (apaitētéon)
  • ᾰ̓παιτητής (apaitētḗs)
  • ᾰ̓παιτητῐκός (apaitētikós)
  • ᾰ̓παιτῐ́ζω (apaitízō)
  • ῠ̔περᾰπαιτέω (huperapaitéō)

Descendants

  • Greek: απαιτώ (apaitó)

References

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