ἀρνέομαι

A. ‐ήσομαι A. Pr. 268, Ar. Ec. 365; also ἀρνηθήσομαι S. Ph. 527 (ἀπ‐), Ev.Luc. 12.9: aor. Pass. ἠρνήθην freq. in Att., Th. 6.60, etc.: also aor. Med. ἠρνησάμην Hom. (v. infr.), Hdt. 3.1; rare in Trag. and Att., E. Ion 1026, Aeschin. 2.69,3.324: 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, AP 7.473 (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. IA 966; 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 αν 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.