ἀπόφημι

A. ἀπέφησα Pl. Tht. 166a, al.:—speak out, declare flatly or plainly, ἀντικρὺ δ’ ἀπόφημι γυναῖκα μὲν οὐκ ἀποδώσω κτλ. Il. 7.362:—Med., ἀγγελίην ἀπόφασθε 9.422.—In this sense only Ep.

II. say no, S. OC 317, etc.

2. c. acc., deny, οὔτε σὺ φὴ|ς ἃ ἐρωτῶ οὔτε ἀπόφῃς Pl. Prt. 360d, cf. X. Cyr. 6.1.32, Arist. APo. 71a14, al.; opp. κατάφημι, Id. Int. 17a31, al.; ἀ. τι κατά τινος, opp. καταφάναι, Id. Metaph. 1007b22; negative, τι Id. Rh. 1412b10, Po. 1457b31; μὴ γεγονέναι Plu. Alc. 23.