athetize,v.|ˈæθɪtaɪz|[f.Gr.ἄθετος set aside + -ize: formed to renderGr.ἀθετεῖν to set aside, reject as spurious.]trans.To set aside (a passage) as spurious. Hence ˈathetizer.1886Jevons inJrnl.HellenicStud.VII. 306The solution is to athetize B 35–41[of the Iliad].1888LeafIliad II. 435The opening passage (1–30) contains an unusual number of lines which have been suspected on undeniably valid grounds since the time of Aristarchos, who athetized no less than fourteen.1889Athenæum 26 Oct. 553/1Dr. Leaf..controverts with success the athetizers and abjudicators of Homeric verses.1962Wace & StubbingsCompan.to Homer 223He used the obelus as Zenodotus had done, and he added other signs, especially the κεραύνιον..to mark groups of athetized lines.