blame
μητέρα πολλῶν ἐτῶν κληροῦχον → mother having old age for her lot, mother heiress of many years
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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 (Euripides, 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).
