A.demand back, demand to have returned, esp. of things forcibly taken or rightfully belonging to one, Hdt.1.2; “εἰ μὲν βούλεσθε, αἰτῶ, εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλεσθε, ἀπαιτῶ” And.2.22; τὸ μισθάριον γὰρ ἂ<*> ἀπαιτῇς Diph.43.34; “τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ” BCH7.278 (Tralles); “τὴν ψυχήν” Ev.Luc.12.20; ἀ. τινά τι demand something of one, Hdt. 8.122, E.Hel.963, Ar.Av.554, D.1.22; “εὐθύνας ἀ. τινά” Id.18.245; also “ἀ. ὅπλα τοῦ πατρός” S.Ph.362; “χάριν ἀ. τινά” Pl.Phdr.241a, etc.; “τι παρά τινος” Arist. de An.408a18; also “ἀ. δίκην ἐξ ἀδίκων” A.Ch.398; “λόγον ἀ. τινὰ περί τινος” Pl.R.599b; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος ib.612d; “ἀ. ὑποσχέσεις” Arist.EN1164a17: c. inf., “ἀ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι” E.Supp.385.
c. of things, require, “νοῦσοι -έουσι σικύην” Aret.CA1.10; “περίοδος ἀ. μῆνα τρισκαιδέκατον” Plu.Agis16: abs., “ὅταν αἱ χρεῖαι -ῶσιν” Ael. Tact.15.1.
2. inquire, “ἀπαιτήσομεν αὐτὸν τίνες εἰσίν” Str.12.3.24.
II. Pass., of things, to be demanded in payment, Hdt.5.35.
2. of persons, have demanded of one, “ἀπαιτεῖσθαι εὐεργεσίαν” X.Ap.17; “τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς χρέος” LXX Wi.15.8; “ἀποδώσειν ὅταν ἀπαιτῆται” BGU1058.33 (i B.C.); yield to a request, οὐκ ἀπαιτούμεσθα, answering to ἀπαιτῶ σκῆπτρα, E.Ph.602.