A.denying: ἔ. εἰμι or γίγνομαι, = ἐξαρνέομαι, abs., Ar. Nu.1230, Antipho5.51, And.1.12, etc.; “οὐ πώποτε ἔ. ἐγενόμην” Pl. Hp.Mi.372c; “ἔ. γίγνεσθαι περί τινος” D.23.176; “ὑπέρ τινος” D.H.7.34; also “ἔ. εἶναί τι” Lys.3.27, cf. Pl.Chrm.158c; “ἔ. ἦν τοῦ φόνου” J.AJ14.11.4: freq. folld. by μή c. inf., “ἔ. ἦν μὴ . . ἀποκτεῖναι Σμέρδιν” Hdt.3.67, cf. Ar.Pl.241; “ἔ. γεγονέναι τὸ παράπαν μηδ᾽ εἶναι ψεῦδος” Pl.Sph.260d; “τὸ καλὸν μὴ καλὸν εἶναι” Id.Hp.Ma.288c; by μὴ οὐ . ., Luc.DMort.14.1; also “ἔ. ἦ μὴν οὐκ ἐγερεῖσθαι τὸ τεῖχος” Polyaen.1.30.5; “ἔ. ἐγένετο ὡς οὐ . .” D.34.49.
ἔξαρν-ος , ον,