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αἴτιος

αἴτιος, αἴτιος, αἰτίᾱ, αἴτιον, responsible (for), guilty (of) (+ gen)

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αἰτιώτερον masculine accusative singular comparative, neuter nominative singular comparative, neuter vocative singular comparative, neuter accusative singular comparative of αἴτιος

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αἴτι-ος, α, ον, more rarely ος, ον Ar. Pl. 547: (v. αἰτία):—
  • culpable, responsible, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι αἴτιοί εἰσιν Il. 1.153, cf. B. 10.34, Hdt. 7.214: Comp. αἰτιώτερος Th. 4.20: Sup., τοὺς αἰτιωτάτους the most guilty, Hdt. 6.50; αἰ. τινος Id. 3.52.
      • 2 Subst., αἴτιος, ὁ, the accused, the culprit, A. Ch. 70, etc.; οἱ αἴ. τοῦ πατρός they who have sinned against my father, ib. 273:—c. gen. rei, οἱ αἴ. τοῦ φόνου ib. 117, cf. S. Ph. 590, Hdt. 4.200.
    • II responsible for, c. gen. rei, Hdt. 1.1, etc.; αἴτιός τινός τινι 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. αἰτιώτατος, ἐν τῷ στενῷ ναυμαχῆσαι mainly instrumental in causing the sea-fight, Th. 1.74; αἰ. τοῦ μὴ ἀποθανεῖν D. 20.42; -ώτατόν τι καὶ τελέως δραστικόν Phld. D. 1.23.
      • 2 αἴτιον, τό, cause, Hp. VM 6 (pl.), 21, Hdt. 7.125, E. IA 939, Th. 4.26, etc.; τί ποτʼ οὖν ἐστι τὸ αἴτιον τό . . μηδένα εἰπεῖν; D. 8.56; freq. in Philos., τὸ δʼ αἴ. τούτου εἶναι ὅτι . . Pl. Phd. 110e, etc.

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