blame

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substantive

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., Electra 1226).

verb transitive

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, δι' αἰτίας ἔχειν, καταμέμφεσθαι, Ar. and V. μωμᾶσθαι.

chide: V. ἐνίπτειν; (Aesch., Agamemnon 590).

be blamed: P. and V. ψόγον ἔχειν, μέμψιν ἔχειν.

blame for a thing: P. and V. μέμφεσθαι; (τί τινι, V. also τινός τινι), ἐπιπλήσσειν (τί τινι).