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|Definition=Thgn.797, etc.: impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐμέμφετο Batr.70: fut. μέμψομαι Hes.''Op.''186, etc.: aor. ἐμέμφθην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.77, 3.13, Pi.''N.''11.30 (κατα-), E.''Hipp.''1402, al., Th.4.85 (in pass. sense, Ph.1.301, A.D.''Synt.''67.22): but in Att. and Trag. commonly [[ἐμεμψάμην]], as [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1073 (anap.), And.4.3, Th.1.143, also in Mimn.14.5, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.24: pres. in pass. sense, D.L.6.47, Asp.''in EN''133.14: fut. μεμφθήσομαι Ps.-Men. in Meineke ''Fragm.Com.Gr.''iv p.337:—[[blame]], [[censure]], first in Hes. (though [[ἐπιμέμφομαι]] occurs in Hom.):<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc. pers., μέμψονται δ' ἄρα τούς Hes.''Op.''186, cf. Thgn.797, Pi.''N.''7.64, S.''El.''384, etc.; μ. τύχην A. ''Pr.''1073 (anap.); μ. τὸν θέντα τὸν νόμον And.4.3; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸ μαντήϊον οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὁ Κροῖσος μέμφεται</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸν Λοξίαν</b>) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.91; μ. τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς φίλους X.''Oec.''11.23; μ. τινὰ εἴς τι Id.''An.''2.6.30.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c.acc. rei, οἶνε, τὰ μέν σ' αἰνῶ, τὰ δὲ μέμφομαι Thgn.873; <b class="b3">μ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ δῶρα</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.207, 3.13; μ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν Pl.''Euthd.''305b; ἄλλο οὐδὲν μ. X. ''An.''7.6.39; μεμφθεὶς κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ἑωυτοῦ στράτευμα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.77; ταῦτα… προτ' ἐμὸν θυμὸν ἐμεμψάμαν Theoc.30.24.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, [[impute as blameworthy]], [[cast in one's teeth]], Sapph.''Supp.'' 14.7 (prob.), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.4,4.180, Ar.''Nu.''525, ''Av.''137, Th.1.143, etc.: also c. acc. cogn., τῷ Λοξίᾳ μέμψιν μ. Ar.''Pl.''10, etc.; <b class="b3">μ. τινὶ ὅτι</b>… [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.6, cf. 6.92; [[οὕνεκα]]… E.''Hel.''31; [[εἰ]]… Th.4.85: c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, οὔποτ' ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων μέμψει A.''Th.''652: c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, <b class="b3">ὃ μάλιστα μέμφονται ἡμῶν</b> which is the [[chief]] [[complaint]] they [[make]] against us, Th.1.84.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers. only, to [[be dissatisfied with]], [[find fault with]], A.''Th.''560, ''Pr.''63, S.''Tr.''470, E.''Or.''285, ''IA''899 (troch.), [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.5.20, ''Ep.Hebr.''8.8: with part.added, μ. ἡμῖν λογισαμένοις Luc.''Charid.''20; ὡς κακῶς βουλευομένοις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''234b, cf. ''Cri.''50d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen. rei only, [[complain of]], οὐ μάχης… μέμψει A. ''Fr.''199.3; εἴ τι μέμφῃ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπουσίας E.''Hec.''962; <b class="b3">τιμῆς ἐμέμφθη</b> of her [neglected] honour (cf. [[εὐχωλῆς]] ἐπιμέμφεται Il.1.93), E.''Hipp.'' 1402; μ. τῶν γεγενημένων Th.8.109.<br><span class="bld">5</span> c. inf. with <b class="b3">μή, μ. μὴ πολλάκις βουλεύεσθαι</b> [[object]] that one ought not... Id.3.42.<br><span class="bld">6</span> abs., [[find fault]], [[complain]], A.''Supp.''137 (lyr.); ὅτι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1162b18. in Law, <b class="b3">οἱ μεμφόμενοι</b> the [[plaintiffs]], ''GDI''4998 (Gortyn).