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αἰτέω

I.to ask, beg, Od., etc.
2.c. acc. rei, to ask for, crave, demand, Hom., etc.; ὁδὸν αἰτ. to beg one's departure, i. e. ask leave to depart, Od.:—c. acc. pers. et rei, to ask a person for a thing, Hom., etc.; δίκας αἰτ. τινὰ φόνου to demand satisfaction from one for murder, Hdt.
3.c. acc. pers. et inf. to ask one to do, Od., etc.
II.Mid. to ask for oneself, to claim, Aesch., etc.:—but often used just like Act.
III.Pass.:
1.of persons, to have a thing begged of one, Hdt., Thuc.
2.of things, to be asked, τὸ αἰτεόμενον Hdt., etc.

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