A.“ἀπεῖπα” Hdt.3.153, S.Ant.405: fut. in use is ἀπερῶ, pf. ἀπείρηκα, mostly in signf. IV. 3:—Med., aor. I “ἀπειπάμην” Hdt.1.59, 5.56, Arist.EN1163b19, but never in correct Att.:—Pass., fut. “ἀπορρηθήσομαι” Lys.22.14: aor. “ἀπερρήθην” Pl.Lg.929a, D.33.21:—pres. and impf. are supplied by ἀπαυδάω, ἀπόφημι, and in Att. Prose by ἀπαγορεύω:—speak out, tell out, declare, “μῦθον” Il.9.309, cf.431; “ἀγγελίην” 7.416; “ἀληθείην” 23.361; “ἐφημοσύνην” Od.16.340; μνηστήρεσσιν ἀπειπέμεν (prob. μνηστῆρσ᾽ ἀποειπέμεν) to give them full notice, ib.1.91; “ἀπηλεγέως ἀποειπεῖν” Il. 9.309, cf. Od.1.373; ῥῆσιν ἀπερέοντα to deliver a verbal message, Hdt. 1.152: in aor. Med., “ἀπείπασθαι θανάτῳ ζημιοῦν τοὺς πλευσομένους” Arist.Mir.837a2.
II. deny, refuse, “ὑπόσχεο καὶ κατάνευσον, ἢ ἀπόειπ᾽” Il.1.515, cf.9.510,675; “σύμφαθι ἢ ἄπειπε” Pl.R.523a: c. acc., “βοήθειαν” Plu.Tim.2.
III. forbid (cf. “ἀπαγορεύω” 1), freq. in Prose, ἀ. τινι μὴ ποιεῖν forbid one to do, tell him not to do, Hdt.1.155, S.OC1760, Ar. Av.556; also without μή, Plb.2.52.8: with inf. omitted, “ἀπειπὼν εἴργει μελάθρων” A.Ag.1333, cf. S.Ant.405; ἀ. τινί τι forbid him the use of it, Arist.Pol.1264a21:—Pass., “ἀπειρῆσθαι γάρ οἱ . . μηδενὶ ἐπιδεικνύναι” Hdt.6.61; τὸ ἀπειρημένον a forbidden thing, Id.3.52, Antipho 3.2.7; “ἀπείρηται δὲ τοῦτο τῷ νόμῳ” Xenarch.7.7; ἀπειρημένον, abs., contrary to orders, Arist.Rh.1373b10.
IV. renounce, disown, give up, c. acc. rei, “ἀ. μῆνιν” Il.19.35; and not seldom in Prose, as “εἴτε . . ἀπερέουσι . . τὴν συμμαχίην” Hdt.7.205; ἀπειπεῖν . . κηρύκων ὕπο . . πατρῴαν ἑστίαν renounce it by public proclamation, E.Alc.737; “τὸν υἱὸν ὑπὸ κήρυκος ἀ.” Pl.Lg.928d; “πόνους” E.HF1354; “προξενίαν” Th.5.43, 6.89; “ὁμιλίαν” Lys.8.6; “ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἀπείποι τις ἄν” D.21.113; ἀ. τὴν στρατηγίαν to resign it, X.An.7.1.41; “τὴν ἀρχήν” Arist.Pol.1272b5; “ἐλπίδας” Plb.14.9.6; ἀ. γυναῖκα divorce her, Plu.Luc.38:—in Pass., αἱ σπονδαὶ οὐκ ἀπείρηντο had not been renounced, remained in force, Th.5.48; “τὰς σπονδὰς μέλλειν ἀπορρηθήσεσθαι” Lys.22.14:—in Med., “ἀπείπασθαι παῖδα” Hdt.1.59; “συμμαχίην” 4.120, 125; “φιλίαν” Plb.33.10.5; “ἀ. ὄψιν” averruncare, Hdt.5.56; ἀ. υἱόν, πατέρα, Arist.EN1163b19; ἀποϝειπάθθω (Cret. for ἀπειπάσθω) let him renounce the inheritance, Leg.Gort.11.11; ἀ. γνώμας withdraw, retract them, Plu.Caes. 8.
2. refuse, c. inf., Nonn.D.4.30.
3. intr., fail, tire, sink from exhaustion, “ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἀπεῖπε” S.Tr.789, cf. Ar.Pax306, Pl.Phdr.228b, etc.; “ἀπειρηκὸς σῶμα” Antipho 5.93; “γῆ ἀπειρηκυῖα” Thphr.CP3.20.3; οὐ γάρ που ἀπεροῦμέν γέ πω shall not give in yet, Pl.Tht.200d; “ἕως ἂν ἀπείπωσιν” D.54.25, cf. 27; “οἱ διὰ τὸν χρόνον ἀπειρηκότες” Arist.Pol. 1329a33; οὐδ᾽ ἀπεῖπεν . . φάτις was not unfulfilled, A.Th.840.
c. c. dat. rei, fail or fall short in a thing, “ἀπειρηκότων δὲ χρήμασι” now that they are bankrupt, D.3.8; “ἀ. σώμασι” Isoc.4.92, Lycurg.40; but,
d. ἀ. κακοῖς, ἄλγει, give way to, sink under them, E.Or.91, Hec.942; “ἀ. ὑπὸ πλήθους κακῶν” X.HG6.3.15.
f. c. pres. part., “ἀ. ταλαιπωρούμεναι” Ar.Lys.778; φέροντες ἀπεροῦσιν they will be tired of paying, Th.1.121; ἀ. λέγων give over speaking, Pl.Lg.769e; ἀπειρήκη τὰ ὄντα σκοπῶν I had failed to . ., Id.Phd.99d, etc.
