αἴτιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, more rarely ος, ον Ar.''Pl.''547: (v. [[αἰτία]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[culpable]], [[responsible]], ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι αἴτιοί εἰσιν Il.1.153, cf. B.10.34, Hdt.7.214: Comp. αἰτιώτερος Th.4.20: Sup., <b class="b3">τοὺς αἰτιωτάτους</b> [[the most guilty]], Hdt.6.50; αἰ. τινος Id.3.52.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Subst., [[αἴτιος]], ὁ, [[the accused]], [[the culprit]], A.''Ch.''70, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ αἴ. τοῦ πατρός</b> [[they who have sinned against]] my father, ib.273:—c. gen. rei, <b class="b3">οἱ αἴ. τοῦ φόνου</b> ib.117, cf. S.''Ph.''590, Hdt.4.200.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[responsible for]], c. gen. rei, Hdt.1.1, etc.; <b class="b3">αἴτιός τινός τινι</b> being [[the cause of]] a thing [[to]] a person, Lys.13.57, cf. D.23.54, Isoc.8.100: c. inf., αἴ. τὸν ἠέρα ξηρὸν εἶναι Hdt.2.26; τοῦ μὴ φαλακροῦσθαι Id.3.12, etc.; αἴ. θανεῖν S.''Ant.''1173; αἰ. πεμφθῆναι ἄγγελον Antipho 5.23, cf. Lys.13.82; αἴτιος τὸ σὲ ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl.''La.''190e: Comp., τοῦ… ἐλευθέραν εἶναι… αἰτιώτερον D.24.5, cf. 51.21: Sup. <b class="b3">αἰτιώτατος, ἐν τῷ στενῷ ναυμαχῆσαι</b> [[mainly instrumental in causing]] the sea-fight, Th.1.74; αἰ. τοῦ μὴ ἀποθανεῖν D.20.42; αἰτιώτατόν τι καὶ τελέως δραστικόν Phld.''D.''1.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[αἴτιον]], τό, [[cause]], Hp.''VM''6 (pl.), 21, Hdt.7.125, E.''IA''939, Th.4.26, etc.; <b class="b3">τί ποτ' οὖν ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον τό… μηδένα εἰπεῖν</b>; D.8.56; freq. in Philos., τὸ δ' αἴ. τούτου εἶναι ὅτι… [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 11oe, etc.