ἀναίτιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀναίτιον, also α, ον Hdt.9.110, A.''Ch.''873:—in the best authors, only of persons,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[not being the fault]] or [[cause of]] a thing, [[guiltless]], ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι Il.13.775, cf. Od.20.135, etc.; αἰτία ἑλομένου, θεὸς ἀ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 617e; <b class="b3">ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοις</b> [[guiltless]] before the gods, Hes.''Op.''827, cf. E.''Med.''730; ἀ. παρά τινι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.10; ἀ. αἷμα ἐκχέαι ''SIG''1181.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. rei, [[guiltless of]] a thing, Hdt.1.129, 7.233, etc.; [[φόνου]], [[κακῶν]], A.''Ag.''1505, ''Ch.''873; κακίας Pl.''Ti.''42d; ἀφροσύνης [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1. 5.10: <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀναίτιόν ἐστι</b>, c. inf., [[it is blamable]] to do, ib.5.5.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[not being the cause]], τὸ ἀ. τιθέναι ὡς αἴτιον Arist.''APr.''65b16, cf. ''Rh.'' 1401b30; [[having no cause]], [[unjustifiable]], κολάσεις Phld.''Ir.''p.52 W. Adv. [[ἀναιτίως]] [[not in the form of a cause]], ἀ. τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχειν Plot.6.7.2; [[without assigning any reason]], ὁλοσχερῶς καὶ ἀ. λεκτέον Simp.''in Cael.''665.11.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[uncaused]]. Plot.3.1.1, Phlp. ''in Ph.''277.1: Sup., Sch.E.''Hipp.''672. Adv. [[ἀναιτίως]] = [[without a cause]], Gal. 10.36, S.E.''P.''3.67, Simp.''in Ph.''641.10; ἀ. γίγνεσθαι Alex.Aphr.''in Metaph.''309.15.