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αἴτιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴτιος αἰτίᾱ αἴτιον

Structure: αἰτι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)te/w

Sense

  1. causing, being the author of, responsible for
  2. to blame, blameworthy, guilty, reprehensible, culpable
  3. (substantive) defendant, accused, culprit

Examples

  • οὗτοι μὲν οὖν, ὥσπερ λέγομεν, καὶ μέχρι τούτου δυοῖν αἰτίαιν ὧν ἡμεῖσ διωρίσαμεν ἐν τοῖσ περὶ φύσεωσ ἡμμένοι φαίνονται, τῆσ τε ὕλησ καὶ τοῦ ὅθεν ἡ κίνησισ, ἀμυδρῶσ μέντοι καὶ οὐθὲν σαφῶσ ἀλλ’ οἱο͂ν ἐν ταῖσ μάχαισ οἱ ἀγύμναστοι ποιοῦσιν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 88:1)
  • μέχρι μὲν οὖν τῶν Ἰταλικῶν καὶ χωρὶσ ἐκείνων μορυχώτερον εἰρήκασιν οἱ ἄλλοι περὶ αὐτῶν, πλὴν ὥσπερ εἴπομεν δυοῖν τε αἰτίαιν τυγχάνουσι κεχρημένοι, καὶ τούτων τὴν ἑτέραν οἱ μὲν μίαν οἱ δὲ δύο ποιοῦσι, τὴν ὅθεν ἡ κίνησισ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 127:2)

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