Scaife ATLAS

αἰτέω to ask, beg, Od., etc. c. acc. rei, to ask for, crave, demand, Hom., etc.; ὁδὸν αἰτ. to beg oneʼs departure, i. e. ask leave to depart, Od.:—c. acc. pers. et rei, to ask a person for a thing, Hom., etc.; δίκας αἰτ. τινὰ φόνου to demand satisfaction from one for murder, Hdt. c. acc. pers. et inf. to ask one to do, Od., etc. Mid. to ask for oneself, to claim, Aesch., etc.:—but often used just like Act. Pass.: of persons, to have a thing begged of one, Hdt., Thuc. of things, to be asked, τὸ αἰτεόμενον Hdt., etc.

ShortDef

to ask, beg; postulate

Debugging

Headword:

αἰτέω

Headword (normalized):

αἰτέω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αιτεω

IDX:

936

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n936

Key:

ai)te/w

Data

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