blame
μήτε δίκην δικάσῃς πρίν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς → do not give your judgement until you have heard a speech on both sides
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. μέμψις, ἡ, ψόγος, ὁ, αἰτία, ἡ, P. ἐπιτίμησις, ἡ, Ar. and V. μομφή, ἡ.
lay blame on: P. and V. αἰτίαν ἀναφέρειν (dat. or εἰς, acc.), P. ψόγον ἐπιφέρειν (dat.); see lay on, under lay.
Loxias will take the blame upon himself: Λοξίας γὰρ αἰτίαν εἰς αὑτὸν οἴσει (Eur., El. 1226).
v. trans.
P. and V. μέμφεσθαι (acc. or dat.), ψέγειν, ἐπαιτιᾶσθαι, αἰτιᾶσθαι, P. ἐπιτιμᾶν, (dat. of person, acc. of thing, or sometimes dat., vid. Dem. 246, 1231), κακίζειν, διʼ αἰτίας ἔχειν, καταμέμφεσθαι, Ar. and V. μωμᾶσθαι.
chide: V. ἐνίπτειν (Aesch., Ag. 590).
be blamed: P. and V. ψόγον ἔχειν, μέμψιν ἔχειν.
blame for a thing: P. and V. μέμφεσθαί (τί τινι, V. also τινός τινι), ἐπιπλήσσειν (τί τινι).
