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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

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

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	αί̓τιος	αἰτίᾱ	αί̓τιον
	Genitive	αἰτίου	αἰτίᾱς	αἰτίου
	Dative	αἰτίῳ	αἰτίᾱͅ	αἰτίῳ
	Accusative	αί̓τιον	αἰτίᾱν	αί̓τιον
	Vocative	αί̓τιε	αἰτίᾱ	αί̓τιον
Dual	N/A/V	αἰτίω	αἰτίᾱ	αἰτίω
Dual	G/D	αἰτίοιν	αἰτίαιν	αἰτίοιν
Plural	Nominative	αί̓τιοι	αἰτίαι	αί̓τια
	Genitive	αἰτίων	αἰτιῶν	αἰτίων
	Dative	αἰτίοις	αἰτίαις	αἰτίοις
	Accusative	αἰτίους	αἰτίᾱς	αί̓τια
	Vocative	αί̓τιοι	αἰτίαι	αί̓τια

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	αί̓τιος αἰτίου	αἰτιότερος αἰτιοτέρου	αἰτιότατος αἰτιοτάτου
Adverb	αἰτίως	αἰτιότερον	αἰτιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

οὗτοσ δὲ ὁ τῶν ὅλων κατηγορῶν καὶ κελεύων ὑμᾶσ ἐμοὶ πικρῶσ ἔχειν ὡσ φόβων καὶ κινδύνων αἰτίῳ τῇ πόλει τῆσ μὲν εἰσ τὸ παρὸν τιμῆσ ἐμὲ ἀποστερῆσαι γλίχεται, τὰ δ’ εἰσ ἅπαντα τὸν χρόνον ἐγκώμια ὑμῶν ἀφαιρεῖται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 31 5:1)
φασὶ γὰρ ἄριστον μὲν εἶναι πάντων αὐτὸ τὸ ἀγαθόν, αὐτὸ δ’ εἶναι τὸ ἀγαθὸν ᾧ ὑπάρχει τό τε πρώτῳ εἶναι τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ τὸ αἰτίῳ τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ τοῦ ἀγαθὰ εἶναι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 1 85:3)
τὸν δὲ ἐπιμελητικοὺσ βουλόμενον ποιήσασθαί τινασ καὶ ἐφορατικὸν δεῖ εἶναι τῶν ἔργων καὶ ἐξεταστικὸν καὶ χάριν θέλοντα τῶν καλῶσ τελουμένων ἀποδιδόναι τῷ αἰτίῳ, καὶ δίκην μὴ ὀκνοῦντα τὴν ἀξίαν ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ ἀμελοῦντι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 12 20:3)
τοῦτο γὰρ ἐοίκεν αἰτίῳ τοῦ μὴ γίνεσθαι περὶ αὐτὰσ λήθην. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 110:2)
ἀδήλου δ’ ἔτι τοῖσ πολλοῖσ τῆσ διανοίασ αὐτῶν οὔσησ Ἄππιοσ μέν, οἱᾶ δὴ συγγινώσκων ἑαυτῷ τῆσ παρούσησ ταραχῆσ αἰτίῳ γεγονότι καὶ τῶν προσδοκωμένων δι’ αὐτὴν ἔσεσθαι κακῶν, οὐκέτι τῶν κοινῶν οὐδὲν ἠξίου πράττειν, ἀλλὰ κατ’ οἶκον ἔμενεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 44 5:1)
αἰτιῶ δ’ οὖν σεαυτὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 29:8)
τοῦ θανάτου δ’ ὦ παιδίον μόνην γυναικῶν αἰτιῶ τὴν μητέρα. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode5)
εἰ δὲ μή, αὐτὸσ σεαυτὸν αἰτιῶ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, iambics23)
κἄν τί σοι, πόλισ, γένηται, μὴ ἐμέ, τόνδε δ’ αἰτιῶ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, trochees 1:28)
Αἰτιῶ τοίνυν τὸν Μενέλαον, ὅστισ ὑμᾶσ ὑπὲρ τοιαύτησ γυναικὸσ ἐπὶ Τροίαν ἤγαγεν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:3)

παραίτιος (being in part the cause)
συναίτιος (being the cause of)
ἀναίτιος (not being the cause)
παρανόμημα (an illegal act)
δυστύχημα (a piece of ill luck)
δωροδόκος (taking presents or bribes)
παρανάλωμα (useless expense)
ἐναντίωμα (an obstacle)
ἔνστασις (a beginning)
ἀνομολογία (disagreement)
ἐπιλήθω (to cause to forget)
ἐπίληθος (causing to forget)
ἀμφίλογος (disputed)
φθαρτικός (destructive of)
συγχαίρω (to rejoice with)
φιλητός (to be loved)
συνέργημα (assistance)
πρατήρ (a dealer)
ἐκδοτέος (one must give up)
ἀγαθοποιός (doing good)
εἰκασμός (a conjecturing)
αὐτόπτης (seeing oneself)
ἀνεύθυνος (not having to render an account)
ἐξαιρετέος (to be taken out or removed)
δυσέλπιστος (unhoped for)
ἀγαπώντως ()
οὐδένεια (nothingness)
μνησίκακος (bearing malice)
εὐεργέτημα (a service done)
διχοστασία (a standing apart)

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