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1896
Imperfect of Resistance or Refusal.—With a negative, the imperfect often denotes resistance or refusal (would not or could not). The aorist with a negative denotes unrestricted denial of a fact.
τὴν πρόκλησιν οὐκ ἐδέχεσθε
you would not accept the proposal
T. 3.64 (τὴν ἱκετεία_ν οὐκ ἐδέξαντο they did not receive the supplication 1. cross24), ὁ μὲν οὐκ ἐγάμει, ὁ δὲ ἔγημεν
the one would not marry, the other did
D. 44.17, οὐδὲ φωνὴν ἤκουον, εἴ τις ἄλλο τι βούλοιτο λέγειν
they would not even listen to a syllable if ever any one wished to say anything to the contrary
D. 18.43. So οὐκ εἴα_ he would not allow (he was not for allowing).
Herbert Weir Smyth [
n.d.],
A Greek Grammar for Colleges; Machine readable text [
info] [
word count] [
Smyth].
