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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

  • θαυμασθέντεσ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνδρείᾳ καὶ τῇ ὑπομονῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν αἰκισαμένων, αἴτιοι κατέστησαν τοῦ καταλυθῆναι τὴν κατὰ τοῦ ἔθνουσ τυραννίδα, νικήσαντεσ τὸν τύραννον τῇ ὑπομονῇ, ὥστε δι’ αὐτῶν καθαρισθῆναι τὴν πατρίδα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:10)
  • τοῦ μὲν δὴ μηδὲν παθεῖν τοιοῦτον οἱ θεοὶ αἴτιοι φωράσαντεσ τὴν ἐπιβουλήν, καὶ μάλιστά γε ὁ Πύθιοσ ὀνείρατά τε προδείξασ καὶ τοὺσ μηνύσοντασ ἕκαστα ἐπιπέμπων. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 4:7)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἡμεῖσ τούτων αἴτιοι καὶ πέρα τοῦ μετρίου φιλάνθρωποι, οἵ γε καὶ συμπότασ αὐτοὺσ ἐποιησάμεθα. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:1)
  • κἄπειτ’ ἐν ἡμῖν ὁ ψόγοσ λαμπρύνεται, οἱ δ’ αἴτιοι τῶνδ’ οὐ κλύουσ’ ἄνδρεσ κακῶσ. (Euripides, episode, anapests 3:3)
  • ὑμεῖσ γάρ ἐστ’ ὦ δῆμε τούτων αἴτιοι. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 6:3)

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