ἀπαιτῶν (apaiton)

ἀπαιτῶν is an Ancient Greek form of ἀπαιτέω, meaning “demand back”. It is the present active participle nominative singular masculine.

It can also be a form of ἐπαιτέω, “ask besides; ask for more”.

Found 37 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Pompey 33.6: καὶ μετʼ οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἔπεμψε Φραάτης ὁ Πάρθος ἀπαιτῶν μὲν τὸν νεανίσκον, ὡς αὐτοῦ γαμβρόν, ἀξιῶν δὲ τῶν ἡγεμονιῶν ὅρῳ χρῆσθαι τῷ Εὐφράτῃ. Πομπήϊος δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο τὸν μὲν Τιγράνην τῷ πατρὶ μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ πενθερῷ προσήκειν, ὅρῳ δὲ χρήσεσθαι τῷ δικαίῳ.

Aristophanes, Clouds 1247: ποῦ ʼσθʼ οὗτος ἁπαιτῶν με τἀργύριον; λέγε

All forms of ἀπαιτέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.