ἀπαιτέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓πο- (apo-, “from, back”) + αἰτέω (aitéō, “I ask, beg”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pai̯.té.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pɛˈte.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.pɛˈte.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.peˈte.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.peˈte.o/
Verb
ᾰ̓παιτέω • (apaitéō)
- (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.
- πέμψαντά δὲ τὸν Κόλχων βασιλέα ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα κήρυκα […] ἀπαιτέειν τὴν θυγατέρα.
- (transitive) to require
- 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Curatione Acutorum Morborum 1.10
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Agis 16
- 100 CE – 200 CE, Aelianus Tacticus, On Tactical Arrays of the Greeks 15.1
- (passive)
- (of persons, transitive) to have something demanded of one
- (of persons, intransitive) to yield to a request
- (of things, intransitive) to be demanded
Inflection
Present: ᾰ̓παιτέω, ᾰ̓παιτέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓παιτέω | ᾰ̓παιτέεις | ᾰ̓παιτέει | ᾰ̓παιτέετον | ᾰ̓παιτέετον | ᾰ̓παιτέομεν | ᾰ̓παιτέετε | ᾰ̓παιτέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓παιτέω | ᾰ̓παιτέῃς | ᾰ̓παιτέῃ | ᾰ̓παιτέητον | ᾰ̓παιτέητον | ᾰ̓παιτέωμεν | ᾰ̓παιτέητε | ᾰ̓παιτέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτέοιμῐ | ᾰ̓παιτέοις | ᾰ̓παιτέοι | ᾰ̓παιτέοιτον | ᾰ̓παιτεοίτην | ᾰ̓παιτέοιμεν | ᾰ̓παιτέοιτε | ᾰ̓παιτέοιεν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓παίτεε | ᾰ̓παιτεέτω | ᾰ̓παιτέετον | ᾰ̓παιτεέτων | ᾰ̓παιτέετε | ᾰ̓παιτεόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ᾰ̓παιτέομαι | ᾰ̓παιτέῃ, ᾰ̓παιτέει | ᾰ̓παιτέεται | ᾰ̓παιτέεσθον | ᾰ̓παιτέεσθον | ᾰ̓παιτεόμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτέεσθε | ᾰ̓παιτέονται | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓παιτέωμαι | ᾰ̓παιτέῃ | ᾰ̓παιτέηται | ᾰ̓παιτέησθον | ᾰ̓παιτέησθον | ᾰ̓παιτεώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτέησθε | ᾰ̓παιτέωνται | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτεοίμην | ᾰ̓παιτέοιο | ᾰ̓παιτέοιτο | ᾰ̓παιτέοισθον | ᾰ̓παιτεοίσθην | ᾰ̓παιτεοίμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτέοισθε | ᾰ̓παιτέοιντο | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓παιτέου | ᾰ̓παιτεέσθω | ᾰ̓παιτέεσθον | ᾰ̓παιτεέσθων | ᾰ̓παιτέεσθε | ᾰ̓παιτεέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓παιτέειν | ᾰ̓παιτέεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓παιτέων | ᾰ̓παιτεόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓παιτέουσᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτεομένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓παιτέον | ᾰ̓παιτεόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Present: ᾰ̓παιτῶ, ᾰ̓παιτοῦμαι (Contracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓παιτῶ | ᾰ̓παιτεῖς | ᾰ̓παιτεῖ | ᾰ̓παιτεῖτον | ᾰ̓παιτεῖτον | ᾰ̓παιτοῦμεν | ᾰ̓παιτεῖτε | ᾰ̓παιτοῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓παιτῶ | ᾰ̓παιτῇς | ᾰ̓παιτῇ | ᾰ̓παιτῆτον | ᾰ̓παιτῆτον | ᾰ̓παιτῶμεν | ᾰ̓παιτῆτε | ᾰ̓παιτῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτοίην, ᾰ̓παιτοῖμῐ | ᾰ̓παιτοίης, ᾰ̓παιτοῖς | ᾰ̓παιτοίη, ᾰ̓παιτοῖ | ᾰ̓παιτοῖτον, ᾰ̓παιτοίητον | ᾰ̓παιτοίτην, ᾰ̓παιτοιήτην | ᾰ̓παιτοῖμεν, ᾰ̓παιτοίημεν | ᾰ̓παιτοῖτε, ᾰ̓παιτοίητε | ᾰ̓παιτοῖεν, ᾰ̓παιτοίησᾰν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓παίτει | ᾰ̓παιτείτω | ᾰ̓παιτεῖτον | ᾰ̓παιτείτων | ᾰ̓παιτεῖτε | ᾰ̓παιτούντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ᾰ̓παιτοῦμαι | ᾰ̓παιτεῖ, ᾰ̓παιτῇ | ᾰ̓παιτεῖται | ᾰ̓παιτεῖσθον | ᾰ̓παιτεῖσθον | ᾰ̓παιτούμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτεῖσθε | ᾰ̓παιτοῦνται | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓παιτῶμαι | ᾰ̓παιτῇ | ᾰ̓παιτῆται | ᾰ̓παιτῆσθον | ᾰ̓παιτῆσθον | ᾰ̓παιτώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτῆσθε | ᾰ̓παιτῶνται | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτοίμην | ᾰ̓παιτοῖο | ᾰ̓παιτοῖτο | ᾰ̓παιτοῖσθον | ᾰ̓παιτοίσθην | ᾰ̓παιτοίμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτοῖσθε | ᾰ̓παιτοῖντο | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓παιτοῦ | ᾰ̓παιτείσθω | ᾰ̓παιτεῖσθον | ᾰ̓παιτείσθων | ᾰ̓παιτεῖσθε | ᾰ̓παιτείσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓παιτεῖν | ᾰ̓παιτεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓παιτῶν | ᾰ̓παιτούμενος | ||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓παιτοῦσᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτουμένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓παιτοῦν | ᾰ̓παιτούμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ᾰ̓πῄτεον, ᾰ̓πῃτεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓πῄτεον | ᾰ̓πῄτεες | ᾰ̓πῄτεε(ν) | ᾰ̓πῃτέετον | ᾰ̓πῃτεέτην | ᾰ̓πῃτέομεν | ᾰ̓πῃτέετε | ᾰ̓πῄτεον | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ᾰ̓πῃτεόμην | ᾰ̓πῃτέου | ᾰ̓πῃτέετο | ᾰ̓πῃτέεσθον | ᾰ̓πῃτεέσθην | ᾰ̓πῃτεόμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓πῃτέεσθε | ᾰ̓πῃτέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ᾰ̓πῄτουν, ᾰ̓πῃτούμην (Contracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓πῄτουν | ᾰ̓πῄτεις | ᾰ̓πῄτει | ᾰ̓πῃτεῖτον | ᾰ̓πῃτείτην | ᾰ̓πῃτοῦμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτεῖτε | ᾰ̓πῄτουν | ||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ᾰ̓πῃτούμην | ᾰ̓πῃτοῦ | ᾰ̓πῃτεῖτο | ᾰ̓πῃτεῖσθον | ᾰ̓πῃτείσθην | ᾰ̓πῃτούμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓πῃτεῖσθε | ᾰ̓πῃτοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Future: ᾰ̓παιτήσω
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓παιτήσω | ᾰ̓παιτήσεις | ᾰ̓παιτήσει | ᾰ̓παιτήσετον | ᾰ̓παιτήσετον | ᾰ̓παιτήσομεν | ᾰ̓παιτήσετε | ᾰ̓παιτήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτήσοιμῐ | ᾰ̓παιτήσοις | ᾰ̓παιτήσοι | ᾰ̓παιτήσοιτον | ᾰ̓παιτησοίτην | ᾰ̓παιτήσοιμεν | ᾰ̓παιτήσοιτε | ᾰ̓παιτήσοιεν | |||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓παιτήσειν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓παιτήσων | |||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓παιτήσουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓παιτῆσον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Aorist: ᾰ̓πῄτησᾰ, ᾰ̓πῃτήθην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓πῄτησᾰ | ᾰ̓πῄτησᾰς | ᾰ̓πῄτησε(ν) | ᾰ̓πῃτήσᾰτον | ᾰ̓πῃτησᾰ́την | ᾰ̓πῃτήσᾰμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτήσᾰτε | ᾰ̓πῄτησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓παιτήσω | ᾰ̓παιτήσῃς | ᾰ̓παιτήσῃ | ᾰ̓παιτήσητον | ᾰ̓παιτήσητον | ᾰ̓παιτήσωμεν | ᾰ̓παιτήσητε | ᾰ̓παιτήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτήσαιμῐ | ᾰ̓παιτήσειᾰς, ᾰ̓παιτήσαις | ᾰ̓παιτήσειε(ν), ᾰ̓παιτήσαι | ᾰ̓παιτήσαιτον | ᾰ̓παιτησαίτην | ᾰ̓παιτήσαιμεν | ᾰ̓παιτήσαιτε | ᾰ̓παιτήσειᾰν, ᾰ̓παιτήσαιεν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓παίτησον | ᾰ̓παιτησᾰ́τω | ᾰ̓παιτήσᾰτον | ᾰ̓παιτησᾰ́των | ᾰ̓παιτήσᾰτε | ᾰ̓παιτησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
passive | indicative | ᾰ̓πῃτήθην | ᾰ̓πῃτήθης | ᾰ̓πῃτήθη | ᾰ̓πῃτήθητον | ᾰ̓πῃτηθήτην | ᾰ̓πῃτήθημεν | ᾰ̓πῃτήθητε | ᾰ̓πῃτήθησᾰν | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓παιτηθῶ | ᾰ̓παιτηθῇς | ᾰ̓παιτηθῇ | ᾰ̓παιτηθῆτον | ᾰ̓παιτηθῆτον | ᾰ̓παιτηθῶμεν | ᾰ̓παιτηθῆτε | ᾰ̓παιτηθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓παιτηθείην | ᾰ̓παιτηθείης | ᾰ̓παιτηθείη | ᾰ̓παιτηθεῖτον, ᾰ̓παιτηθείητον | ᾰ̓παιτηθείτην, ᾰ̓παιτηθειήτην | ᾰ̓παιτηθεῖμεν, ᾰ̓παιτηθείημεν | ᾰ̓παιτηθεῖτε, ᾰ̓παιτηθείητε | ᾰ̓παιτηθεῖεν, ᾰ̓παιτηθείησᾰν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓παιτήθητῐ | ᾰ̓παιτηθήτω | ᾰ̓παιτήθητον | ᾰ̓παιτηθήτων | ᾰ̓παιτήθητε | ᾰ̓παιτηθέντων | |||||||
active | passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓παιτῆσαι | ᾰ̓παιτηθῆναι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓παιτήσᾱς | ᾰ̓παιτηθείς | ||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓παιτήσᾱσᾰ | ᾰ̓παιτηθεῖσᾰ | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓παιτῆσᾰν | ᾰ̓παιτηθέν | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Perfect: ᾰ̓πῄτηκᾰ, ᾰ̓πῄτημαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ᾰ̓πῄτηκᾰ | ᾰ̓πῄτηκᾰς | ᾰ̓πῄτηκε(ν) | ᾰ̓πῃτήκᾰτον | ᾰ̓πῃτήκᾰτον | ᾰ̓πῃτήκᾰμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτήκᾰτε | ᾰ̓πῃτήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓πῃτήκω | ᾰ̓πῃτήκῃς | ᾰ̓πῃτήκῃ | ᾰ̓πῃτήκητον | ᾰ̓πῃτήκητον | ᾰ̓πῃτήκωμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτήκητε | ᾰ̓πῃτήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοιμῐ, ᾰ̓πῃτηκοίην | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοις, ᾰ̓πῃτηκοίης | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοι, ᾰ̓πῃτηκοίη | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοιτον | ᾰ̓πῃτηκοίτην | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοιμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοιτε | ᾰ̓πῃτήκοιεν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓πῄτηκε | ᾰ̓πῃτηκέτω | ᾰ̓πῃτήκετον | ᾰ̓πῃτηκέτων | ᾰ̓πῃτήκετε | ᾰ̓πῃτηκόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive | indicative | ᾰ̓πῄτημαι | ᾰ̓πῄτησαι | ᾰ̓πῄτηται | ᾰ̓πῄτησθον | ᾰ̓πῄτησθον | ᾰ̓πῃτήμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓πῄτησθε | ᾰ̓πῄτηνται | ||||
subjunctive | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος ὦ | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος ᾖς | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος ᾖ | ᾰ̓πῃτημένω ἦτον | ᾰ̓πῃτημένω ἦτον | ᾰ̓πῃτημένοι ὦμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτημένοι ἦτε | ᾰ̓πῃτημένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος εἴην | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος εἴης | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος εἴη | ᾰ̓πῃτημένω εἴητον/εἶτον | ᾰ̓πῃτημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | ᾰ̓πῃτημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | ᾰ̓πῃτημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | ᾰ̓πῃτημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | ᾰ̓πῄτησο | ᾰ̓πῃτήσθω | ᾰ̓πῄτησθον | ᾰ̓πῃτήσθων | ᾰ̓πῄτησθε | ᾰ̓πῃτήσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ᾰ̓πῃτηκέναι | ᾰ̓πῃτῆσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ᾰ̓πῃτηκώς | ᾰ̓πῃτημένος | ||||||||||
f | ᾰ̓πῃτηκυῖᾰ | ᾰ̓πῃτημένη | |||||||||||
n | ᾰ̓πῃτηκός | ᾰ̓πῃτημένον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Derived terms
- ᾰ̓νᾰπαίτητος (anapaítētos)
- ᾰ̓νταπαιτέω (antapaitéō)
- ᾰ̓παίτημᾰ (apaítēma)
- ᾰ̓παιτήσῐμον (apaitḗsimon)
- ᾰ̓παίτησῐς (apaítēsis)
- ᾰ̓παιτητέον (apaitētéon)
- ᾰ̓παιτητής (apaitētḗs)
- ᾰ̓παιτητῐκός (apaitētikós)
- ᾰ̓παιτῐ́ζω (apaitízō)
- προσᾰπαιτέω (prosapaitéō)
- σῠνᾰπαιτέω (sunapaitéō)
- ῠ̔περᾰπαιτέω (huperapaitéō)
Descendants
- Greek: απαιτώ (apaitó)
References
- “ἀπαιτέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀπαιτέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀπαιτέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπαιτέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G523 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible