A.denial, negation, opp. κατάφασις, Pl.Sph.263e; ἀ. ἐστιν ἀπόφανσίς τινος ἀπό τινος a predication of one thing away from another, i.e. negation of it, Arist.Int.17a25, cf.APo. 72a14; ἀ. τινός negation, exclusion of a thing, Pl.Cra.426d; δύο ἀ. “μίαν κατάφασιν ἀποτελοῦσι” Luc.Gall.11.
ἀπόφα^σις (A), εως, ἡ, (ἀπόφημι)