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παραιτ-έομαι ,
A.beg of or from another, ask as a favour of him, “τινά τι” Pl.Ap.27b, etc.; τι Hdt.1.24,90: with inf. added, “ἓν δ᾽ αὐτοὺς παραιτησώμεθα, ἐπίδηλον ἡμῖν . . ποιεῖν, ἢν τοῖς ἔπεσι χαίρωσι” Ar.Eq.37: with inf. for acc., “θεοὺς παραιτοῦ τῶν σ᾽ ἔρως ἔχει τυχεῖν” A.Supp.521; Προμηθέα -εῖται Ἐπιμηθεὺς αὐτὸς νεῖμαι asks P. for permission to . . , Pl.Prt.320d, cf. Hdt.4.146: c. acc. cogn., “παραίτησιν π.” Pl.Criti. 107a.
2. παραιτησάμενος βασιλέα having obtained the king's leave, Hdt.6.24: generally, intercede with, appeal to a person, Id.3.132, 5.33; “κτεῖν᾽, οὐ παραιτοῦμαί σε” E.Heracl.1026, cf. Ar.V.1257; π. σφέας, ὡς ἄξουσι . . entreating them and saying that . . , Hdt.4.158: c. dupl. acc., beg one's pardon for . . , “σὲ παραιτοῦμαι τάδε” E.IA685: abs., “εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἀχθεσθήσεται, παραιτοῦμαι” And.3.21, cf. Plb.39.1.6.
3. c. acc. et inf., entreat one to . . , Hdt.1.90, 6.86. γ́, X.Mem.2.2.14, etc.; παραιτήσομαι “δ᾽ ὑμᾶς μηδὲν ἀχθεσθῆναί μοι” D.21.58; “π. σε συγγνώμην ἔχειν” Men.867: c. gen. pers. et inf., beg of . . , “παραιτήσῃ πατρὸς φυγὰς ἀφεῖναι” E.Med.1154: c. inf. only, “π. μηδὲν τούτων δρᾶν” Th.5.63.
II. c. acc. rei, avert by entreaty, deprecate, “τὴν ὀργήν” Aeschin.3.198; “τὰς ζημίας ὑπέρ τινος” Id.2.19, cf. D.21.5; “αἰκίαν” Plb.1.80.8; “τὸν φθόνον” Plu.Pomp.56; “τὸ ἀποθανεῖν” Act.Ap.25.11: abs., τοῖς . . παραιτουμένοις [πρᾷοί εἰσιν] Arist.Rh.1380a28, cf. PCair.Zen.482.14 (iii B. C.).
2. decline, deprecate, “χάριν” Pi.N.10.30; “τὴν διαίρεσιν τῶν ὀνομάτων” Pl. Prt.358a; “τοὺς πότους” Plu.Them.3; “τοὺς . . γραώδεις μύθους” 1 Ep.Ti. 4.7; π. [τὰ ὦτα] refuse to hear, Philostr.Her.11; refuse, “βρώσεις” Id.VA1.8, cf. Porph.Abst.4.7: c. inf., παλιλλογεῖν παρῄτηται Sch.Il.1.365; “παραιτοῦ φαγεῖν κάπρου κεφαλήν” Herm. in Rev.Phil.32.252; also τοὺς πολλοὺς χαρακτῆρας παρῃτημέναι εἰσὶν αἱ ἀντωνυμίαι do not admit . . , A.D.Synt.104.16; reject a theory, interpretation, or MS. reading, Theo Sm.p.200 H., Iamb.VP2.7, Sch. A.R. 2.127, Sch.Ar. Pax854; except, Hdn.Gr.2.929; reject the use of, avoid, “τὴν λογικήν” S.E.M.7.15, cf. Ptol.Tetr.107, etc.
b. demand exemption from, “τὴν εἰς τὸ μέλλον γεωργίαν” PLond.3.1231.3 (ii A. D.); “ἀρχήν” POxy. 1252v28 (iii A. D.).
3. c. acc. pers., ask him to excuse one, decline his invitation, Plb.5.27.3; παραιτησάμενος Ἔφορον, Lat. pace Ephori, Id.5.33.2: abs., Ev.Luc.14.18:—Pass., ἔχε με παρῃτημένον ibid.
4. π. γυναῖκα divorce her, Plu.2.206a; π. οἰκέτην dismiss him, D.L.6.82; “π. τινὰ τῆς οἰκίας” Luc.Abd.19:—Pass., “τὴν παραίτησιν ᾗ παρὰ τοῦ Καρακάλλου παρῄτητο” D.C.78.22.
5. of medicines, relieve, “ναυσίαν” Dsc.3.70; ὀδόντων ἀλγήματα ib.48.
III. c. acc. pers., intercede for, beg off, esp. from punishment, Hdt.3.119, Plb.4.51.1; “π. τινὰ τιμωρίας” Plu.Sull.31; Θεσσαλοὺς τοῦ Μηδισμοῦ π. excuse them from the charge of Medism, Id.2.868d; “π. περί τινων” X.An.6.6.29.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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