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εὔθυνα

εὔθυνα, a setting straight, correction, chastisement

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εὔθυνʼ Noun: feminine nominative plural, Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine nominative singular, Noun: feminine vocative singular of εὔθυνα

εὔθυνʼ Noun: masculine vocative singular of εὔθυνος

εὔθυνʼ Verb: aorist active indicative 1st singular, Verb: aorist active indicative 3rd singular, Verb: imperfect active indicative 3rd singular, Verb: present active imperative 2nd singular, Verb: aorist middle imperative 2nd singular of εὐθύνω

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εὔθῡνα (v. infr.), ἡ, gen. εὐθύνης, acc. εὔθυναν, nom. pl. εὔθυναι: (εὐθύνω): —
  • setting straight, correction, chastisement, Pl. Prt. 326e (pl.); calling to account, POxy. 1203.9 (i A.D.), etc.
    • II esp. at Athens, public examination of the conduct of officials, held on the expiration of their term of office (dist. fr. λόγος ‘rendering of accounts’, οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λόγον αὐτῶν, οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω αὐτῆς Lys. 24.26; λόγον διδόντων τῶν χρημάτων . . καὶ εὐθύνας διδόντων IG 1(2).91.27), used in sg. by Ar. V. 571, Lys. 10.27, al.; ἡ εὔ. βλάβη τις δικαία ἐστίν Arist. Rh. 1411b20: more freq. in pl., IG l.c., Ar. Eq. 825 (anap.), etc.; πρεσβείας εὔθυναι an account of oneʼs embassage, D. 19.82; [τῆς στρατηγίας] ἔμʼ ἀπαιτεῖς εὐθύνας Id. 18.245; opp. εὐθύνας διδόναι Ar. Pax 1187, And. 1.90; ὑποσχεῖν Lys. 30.3; κατηγορεῖν [τινος] εἰς τὰς εὐ. Antipho 6.43; τὰς εὐ. κατηγορεῖν, ἐπὶ τὰς εὐθύνας ἐλθεῖν, D. 19.81, 2; εὔθυνάν τινι ἐμβαλέσθαι Arist. Ath. 48.4, cf. Decr.ib. 39.6; εὐθύνας or εὔθυναν ὀφλεῖν to be convicted, or accused, of malversation, And. 1.73, Lys. 10.27; κλοπῆς ἕνεκα Aeschin. 3.10; εὐθύνας ἀποφυγεῖν, διαφυγεῖν, to be acquitted thereof, Pl. Lg. 946d, 947e; τῆς εὐθύνης ἀπολύειν τινά Ar. V. 571: metaph., τὰς εὐ. τὰς τοῦ βίου the accounts rendered of your life, Alex. 262.8, cf. Ph. 2.214, al. (On the accent see Hdn.Gr. 1.257.37: the later form εὐθύνη, nom. pl. εὐθῦναι is sts. found in codd. of early writers, as Lys. 10.27, Pl. Prt. 326e, but shd. prob. be corrected.)

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