ἐπαιτιάομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. -άσομαι [ᾱ], Ion. -ήσομαι, [[bring a charge against]], [[accuse]], τινά [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.121.β, etc.; θεὸν ἐ. Hp.Aër.22; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά τινος</b> [[accuse]] one of a thing, Th.6.28, D.21.114; <b class="b3">ἦ κἀμὲ γάρ τι ξυμφοραῖς ἐπαιτιᾷ</b>; for your mishaps, A.''Pr.''974; also <b class="b3">κείνην ἐπαιτιῶμαι τοῦδε βουλεῦσαι τάφου</b> I [[accuse]] her of this burial, that she planned it, S.''Ant.''490: c. inf., ὧν ἐπαιτιᾷ με δρᾶν Id.''OT''645; ὃν.. με.. τρέφειν μιάστορα ἐπῃτιάσω Id.''El.''604; Αἴσωπον.. φιάλην ἐπῃτιῶντο κλέψαι Ar.''V.''1447, etc.; τὴν πρόμαντιν ἐ. αὐτὸν πεῖσαι Th.5.16; so ἐ. τινὰ ὅτι.. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.30, Th.2.70: c. acc. rei, [[lay the blame upon]], τὴν ξυμφορὰν τῆς φυγῆς Id.8.81; τὸ μῆκος τῆς πορείας Pl.''Ep.''329a: also c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">μέζονα ἐπαιτιώμενος</b> [[bringing]] heavier [[accusations]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.26; <b class="b3">τοῦτο ἐπαιτιῶμαι</b>, c. acc. inf., I [[complain of]] this, viz. that... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 497b: also c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">ἃ ἐπαιτιῶμαι τὴν γυναῖκα ταύτην</b> the charges which I [[bring against]] her, Antiph01.10; <b class="b3">τῷ μὲν νῷ οὐδὲν χρώμενον οὐδέ τινας αἰτίας ἐπαιτιώμενον</b> nor [[ascribing]] any [[causes]] to it, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 98b.