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adjective

accountable: P. and V. ὑπεύθυνος, P. ὑπαίτιος, ὑπόδικος, ὑπόλογος, ἔνοχος.

liable for the security: P. τῆς ἐγγύης ὑπόδικος.

be liable for: P. and V. ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.) (Euripides, Orestes 516).

liable to, accountable to: P. ὑπεύθυνος (dat.), ἔνοχος (dat.), ὑπόδικος (dat.).

liable to tribute: P. ὑποτελὴς φόρου.

liable to punishment: P. ζημία ἔνοχος.

be liable to: P. and V. ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.).

be liable to a charge of, v.: P. and V. ὀφλισκάνειν (acc.).

not liable to military service, adj.: Ar. and P. ἀστράτευτος.

be liable to (states of feeling, etc.), v.: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).

men's natures are liable to confusion: V. ἔχουσι γὰρ ταραγμὸν αἱ φύσεις βροτῶν (Euripides. Electra 368).

if a man envies or indeed fears us (for superiority is liable to be the target of both passions)…: P. εἴ τις φθονεῖ ἢ καὶ φοβεῖται, ἀμφότερα γὰρ τάδε πάσχει τὰ μείζω… (Thuc. 6, 78).

be liable to (do a thing) (with infin.); P. and V. φιλεῖν.

large armies are liable to be seized by unaccountable panics: P. φιλεῖ μεγάλα στρατόπεδα ἀσαφῶς ἐκπλήγνυσθαι (Thuc. 4. 125).

be inclined to: P. and V. φύεσθαι (infin.); see inclined.