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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

  • τὸ γὰρ ἐκ τῶν πρὸσ ἄλληλα τοῦτ’ ἔστιν, εἰ ὥσπερ τῷ δήμῳ τὸ δοῦναι, οὕτωσ καὶ τῷ ὑπευθύνῳ τὸ λαβεῖν τὸν στέφανον ἐξῆν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 12 3:4)
  • αἰνῶ δὲ πράσσειν ὡσ ὑπευθύνῳ τάδε. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 1:12)

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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