παραιτέομαι
Infl. fut. ήσομαι
Infl. perf. -ῄτημαι
Dep.
I. "to beg from" another, "ask as a favour of" him, Lat. exorare, τί τινα Eur., Plat., etc.: to obtain by entreaty, τι Hdt.
2. π. τινα "to move by entreaty, obtain leave from", id=Hdt.: "to intercede with" a person, "prevail upon" him "by supplications", id=Hdt., Eur.
3. c. acc. et inf. "to entreat" one "to" do or be so and so, Hdt., Xen., etc.:—also c. gen. pers. et inf. "to beg of" a person to do a thing, Eur.:—c. inf. only, "to obtain leave to do", Hdt.
II. c. acc. rei, Lat. deprecari, to avert by entreaty, deprecate, τὴν ὀργήν, τὰς ζημίας Aeschin.
2. "to decline, deprecate", χάριν Pind.
3. c. acc. pers. "to ask" him "to excuse" one, "decline" his "invitation", Polyb.; absol., NTest.:—Pass., ἔχε με παρῃτημένον have me "excused", id=NTest.
4. π. γυναῖκα "to divorce" her, Luc.
III. c. acc. pers. "to intercede for, beg off", esp. from punishment, Hdt.; π. περί τινος Xen.