ἀνεύθυνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[not accountable]], [[irresponsible]], opp. ὑπεύθυνος, τῇ [μουναρχίῃ] ἔξεστι ἀνευθύνῳ ποιέειν τὰ βούλεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1271a5</span>; ὑπεύθυνον τὴν παραίνεσιν ἔχοντας πρὸς ἀνεύθυνον τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀκρόασιν <span class="bibl">Th.3.43</span>; [[free from liability]] or [[censure]], POxy.906.8 (ii/iii A. D.), <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.100</span>; [[not open to objection]], of a statement, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Top.</span>425.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[guiltless]], [[innocent]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Abd.</span>22</span>: c. gen., ἀ. ἁμαρτήματος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>9</span>; [[irreproachable]], <b class="b3">ἀ. τὸ ἰσχίον</b>, of athletes, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>48</span>. Adv. -νως <span class="bibl">Poll.3.139</span>, <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>8.12</span> <span class="title">Intr.</span>—In Att., [[ἀνυπεύθυνος]] was more common.</span>