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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

  • δέομαι δ’ ὑμῶν, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀκοῦσαί μου τῆσ κατηγορίασ διὰ τέλουσ καὶ μὴ ἄχθεσθαι ἐὰν ἄρξωμαι ἀπὸ τῶν τῇ πόλει τότε συμβάντων, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ αἰτίοισ ὀργίζεσθαι δι’ οὓσ ἀναγκάζομαι νῦν μεμνῆσθαι περὶ αὐτῶν. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 23:1)
  • Ἄντων ἦν ὄνομα τῷ ἐραστῇ τῷ δ’ ἐρωμένῳ Φίλιστοσ, ὡσ ἐν τοῖσ Αἰτίοισ Διονύσιοσ ὁ ποιητὴσ ἱστόρησε. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 17 10:1)
  • νόμῳ γὰρ ἥκειν κύριοσ γεγονὼσ συγγνώμην τε δεομένοισ δοῦναι καὶ δίκην, εἰ μὴ μετανοοῦσιν, ἐπιθεῖναι τοῖσ αἰτίοισ. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 29 3:3)
  • ἱστορεῖ δὲ ταῦτα ἐν φυτικοῖσ αἰτίοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 54)
  • ταῦτα τότε ἐνίκησεν καὶ τὸ δεύτερον ἐν Συρακοσίοισ λεγόμενα, καὶ μάλα ἀτόπῳ τε καὶ αἰσχρᾷ νίκῃ τοῖσ τῆσ νίκησ αἰτίοισ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 65:3)

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