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.