αἴτιος
Θησαυρός ἐστι τῶν κακῶν κακὴ γυνή → Ingens mali thesaurus est mulier mala → Ein Schatz an allem Schlechten ist ein schlechtes Weib
English (LSJ)
α, ον, more rarely ος, ον Ar.Pl.547: (v. αἰτία):—
A culpable, responsible, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι αἴτιοί εἰσιν Il.1.153, cf. B.10.34, Hdt.7.214: Comp. αἰτιώτερος Th.4.20: Sup., τοὺς αἰτιωτάτους the most guilty, Hdt.6.50; αἰ. τινος Id.3.52. 2 Subst., αἴτιος, ὁ, the accused, the culprit, A.Ch.70, etc.; οἱ αἴ. τοῦ πατρός they who have sinned against my father, ib.273:—c. gen. rei, οἱ αἴ. τοῦ φόνου ib.117, cf. S.Ph.590, Hdt.4.200. II responsible for, c. gen. rei, Hdt.1.1, etc. ; αἴτιός τινός τινι being the cause of a thing to a person, Lys.13.57, cf. D.23.54, Isoc.8.100: c. inf., αἴ. τὸν ἠέρα ξηρὸν εἶναι Hdt.2.26; τοῦ μὴ φαλακροῦσθαι Id.3.12, etc.; αἴ. θανεῖν S.Ant.1173; αἰ. πεμφθῆναι ἄγγελον Antipho 5.23, cf. Lys.13.82; αἴτιος τὸ σὲ ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl.La.190e: Comp., τοῦ . . ἐλευθέραν εἶναι . . αἰτιώτερον D.24.5, cf. 51.21: Sup. αἰτιώτατος, ἐν τῷ στενῷ ναυμαχῆσαι mainly instrumental in causing the sea-fight, Th.1.74; αἰ. τοῦ μὴ ἀποθανεῖν D.20.42; -ώτατόν τι καὶ τελέως δραστικόν Phld.D.1.23. 2 αἴτιον, τό, cause, Hp.VM6 (pl.), 21, Hdt.7.125, E.IA939, Th.4.26, etc.; τί ποτ' οὖν ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον τό . . μηδένα εἰπεῖν; D.8.56; freq. in Philos., τὸ δ' αἴ. τούτου εἶναι ὅτι . . Pl.Phd.11oe, etc.
