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αἰτέω, αἴτημι (“αἴτημι, αἰτέω, -εῖς; -έων”: impf. “αἴτει, αἴτεον”: fut. “αἰτήσων”: pass. “αἰτέομαι”)
a. ask, ask a question of c. dupl. acc., “τί ἔρδων φίλος σοί — εἴην, τοῦτ᾽ αἴτημί σε” fr. 155. 3.
b. ask for “Διὸς αἴτει πανδόκῳ ἄλσει σκιαρόν τε φύτευμα” O. 3.17 “ἐκάλεσσε Ποσειδᾶν᾽ εὐρυβίαν — αἰτέων λαοτρόφον τιμάν τιν̓ ἑᾷ κεφαλᾷ” O. 6.60 “θεῶν δ̓ ὄπιν ἄφθονον αἰτέω, <*>έναρκες, ὑμετέραις τύχαις” P. 8.72 ““ἔσσεταί τοι παῖς ὅν αἰτεῖς, ὦ Τελαμών”” I. 6.52 (“Ἀνταίου κούραν”）“: τὰν μάλα πολλοὶ ἀριστῆες ἀνδρῶν αἴτεον σύγγονοι” asked in marriage P. 9.107
c. ask c. inf., “ἔρχομαι — αἰτήσων” (sc. “Δία”) “πόλιν εὐανορίαισι τάνδε κλυταῖς δαιδάλλειν” O. 5.20 “μοῖραν δ̓ εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν, Ζεῦ πᾶτερ” N. 9.30 “τῶ καὶ ἐγώ, καίπερ ἀχνύμενος θυμόν, αἰτέομαι χρυσέαν καλέσαι Μοῖσαν” (pass.: “Σ”, Wil. contra med. interp.) I. 8.5
d. ask foll. by impv., “αἰτέω σε, — ἵλαος — δέξαι στεφάνωμα τόδ̓” P. 12.1
Lexicon to Pindar. William J. Slater. Berlin. De Gruyter. 1969.

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