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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

  • κρίνων κρίσεισ ἀδίκουσ καὶ τοὺσ μὲν ἀθῴουσ κατακρίνων, ἀπολύων δὲ τοὺσ αἰτίουσ, λέγοντοσ τοῦ Κυρίου. ἀθῷον καὶ δίκαιον οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Susanna 1:53)
  • καὶ ἀνέσπασεν αὐτόν, τοὺσ δὲ αἰτίουσ τῆσ ἀπωλείασ αὐτοῦ ἐνέβαλεν εἰσ τὸν λάκκον, καὶ κατεβρώθησαν παραχρῆμα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 12:54)
  • πλείστων μὲν οὖν ἀγαθῶν αἰτίουσ καὶ μεγίστων ἐπαίνων ἀξίουσ ἡγοῦμαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 14 1:1)
  • ἐνταῦθα γὰρ οὐ μόνον τῷ κώλῳ τὸ κῶλον ἴσον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τοῖσ ὀνόμασι, τῷ μὲν πλείστων τὸ μεγίστων, τῷ δ’ ἀγαθῶν τὸ ἐπαίνων, τῷ δὲ αἰτίουσ τὸ ἀξίουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 14 1:2)
  • μεταστειλάμενοσ τοὺσ αἰτίουσ καὶ λόγου μεταδοὺσ αὐτοῖσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐλέγχουσ παραγαγὼν καὶ σαφῶσ ἐξελέγξασ ἕκαστα, ἐπεὶ μηδ’ αὐτοὶ ἔτι ἔξαρνοι ἦσαν, ἠμυνόμην ἀγανακτῶν τὸ πλέον οὐχ ὅτι ἐπεβεβουλεύμην, ἀλλ’ ὅτι μὴ εἰάθην ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ προαιρέσει μεῖναι, ἣν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐνεστησάμην. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 6:2)

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