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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

  • ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺσ τῶν βασιλέων ἐξήγειρε τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ Ἀντιόχου ἐπὶ τὸν ἀλιτήριον, καὶ Λυσίου ὑποδείξαντοσ τοῦτον αἴτιον εἶναι πάντων τῶν κακῶν, προσέταξεν, ὡσ ἔθοσ ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, προσαπολέσαι ἀγαγόντασ αὐτὸν εἰσ Βέροιαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:4)
  • τῶν περὶ θάνατον, καὶ τὸ εὐθαρσῆ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ, καὶ τὸ εὔτολμον πρὸσ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, καὶ τὸ μᾶλλον αἱρεῖσθαι τεθνάναι καλῶσ ἢ αἰσχρῶσ σωθῆναι, καὶ τὸ νίκησ αἴτιον εἶναι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 17:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τούτων ἁπάντων αἴτιον, ὅπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἔφημεν, ἡ ἄγνοια καὶ τὸ ἐν σκότῳ που εἶναι τὸν ἑκάστου τρόπον ὡσ εἴ γε θεῶν τισ ἀποκαλύψειεν ἡμῶν τοὺσ βίουσ, οἴχοιτο ἂν φεύγουσα ἐσ τὸ βάραθρον ἡ διαβολὴ χώραν οὐκ ἔχουσα, ὡσ ἂν πεφωτισμένων τῶν πραγμάτων ὑπὸ τῆσ ἀληθείασ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 31:5)
  • ἄλλοσ παρὰ τὸ ἀναίτιον ὡσ αἴτιον, οἱο͂ν τῷ ἅμα ἢ μετὰ τοῦτο γεγονέναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 123)
  • τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα πληγῶν αἴτιον καταστήσεταὶ μοι ὁρῶ γοῦν ἤδη τὸν μισθὸν τῆσ περιηγήσεωσ οὐκ ἀκόνδυλον παντάπασιν ἡμῖν ἐσόμενον. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 2:1)

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