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ὑπεύθυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπεύθυνος ὑπεύθυνον

Structure: ὑπευθυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. liable to give account for, administration, accountable, responsible, had to submit their accounts
  2. responsible for, liable for, must pay for
  3. responsible to, dependent on

Examples

  • οὗτοι γάρ εἰσι μόνοι <οἱ> τοῖσ ὑπευθύνοισ λογιζόμενοι καὶ τὰσ εὐθύνασ εἰσ τὸ δικαστήριον εἰσάγοντεσ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 54 2:2)
  • ἦν δὲ ἑκατέρωθεν παρακέλευσίσ τε πάντων ἐσ ἀλλήλουσ καὶ φρόνημα ἐπὶ τῷ ἔργῳ μέγα καὶ θρασύτησ ν̔πὲρ λόγον ἀναγκαῖον, τοῖσ μὲν ὑπὸ δέουσ λιμοῦ, τοῖσ δὲ ὑπὸ αἰδοῦσ δικαίασ, βιασαμένοισ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἀναβαλλόμενον ἔτι, μὴ χείροσιν ὧν ὑπέσχοντο ὀφθῆναι μηδὲ ἀσθενεστέροισ ὧν ἐθρασύνοντο, μηδὲ προπετείασ ὑπευθύνοισ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀξιεπαίνοισ εὐβουλίασ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 16 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. responsible for

  2. responsible to

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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