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κατηγορέω

κατηγορέω, κατηγορέω, speak against, accuse (+ gen. of person accused)

κατηγορ-έω,
  • speak against, esp. before judges, accuse, opp. ἀπολογέομαι, c. gen., Hdt. 2.113, 8.60, Lys. 14.21, Ar. Pl. 1073, etc.; τῆς πόλεως Pl. Mx. 244e: less freq. κατά τινος X. HG 1.7.9; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, Pl. Euthphr. 2c; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, D. 21.134, cf. X. HG 7.1.38; κ. τινὸς ὅτι . . ib. 1.7.17; τῶν ἱππέων ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατηγόρει D. 21.197; τῆς ἐμῆς [τύχης] κατηγορεῖς Id. 18.266, cf. Isoc. 3.4.
      • 2 κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείνʼ ἔπη μου S. OT 514, cf. E. Or. 28, etc.; τῶν ἄλλων μωρίαν X. Mem. 1.3.4; ὃς ἐμοῦ Φιλιππισμὸν κατηγορεῖ D. 18.294; κ. τι κατά τινος Hyp. Eux. 23; τινὸς περί τινος And. 1.110, Th. 8.85: c. inf., κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι Pl. Grg. 482c: c. dupl. gen., παρανόμων κ. τινός D. 21.5.
      • 3 c. acc. rei only, allege in accusation, Hdt. 2.113; μωρίαν ἐμήν E. Heracl. 418; τὴν πονηρίαν τῶν γονέων Pl. Prt. 346a; τὰ γεγονότα κ. Antipho 1.10, cf. Ar. V. 932, Ra. 996 (lyr.), Lys. 13.31, D. 19.9:—Pass., to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μου; S. OT 529; ἀδικία πολλὴ κ. αὐτοῦ Th. 1.95; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, Pl. Ap. 18a, cf. Lys. 16.9; τὰ -ηθέντα Antipho 5.85, And. 1.24; τἀδικήμαθʼ ἃ κατηγορεῖται D. 21.136: impers., folld. by inf., σφέων . . κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that . ., Hdt. 7.205; κατηγορεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι X. HG 5.2.35; κατηγορουμένου δʼ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι . . a charge being brought against him, that . ., ib. 3.5.25.
        • b rarely in Pass., of the person, to be accused, οἱ κατηγορούμενοι And. 1.7, cf. Luc. Tim. 38 (s.v.l.).
      • 4 abs., to be an accuser, appear as prosecutor, Ar. V. 840, 842, Pl. 917, Pl. Ap. 18e, etc.
    • II signify, indicate, prove, c. acc. rei, [τὸ νεαρὸν] κ. τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν X. Cyr. 1.4.3, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.695d, Adam. 1.5, al.; ἀσθένειαν μᾶλλον ἢ δύναμιν Plot. 4.6.3; display, οἱ πολλὴν -οῦντες ἀπειροκαλίαν Luc. Nigr. 21: c. gen. pers., εὖ γὰρ φρονοῦντος ὄμμα σοῦ κατηγορεῖ A. Ag. 271, cf. E. Fr. 690, S. Aj. 907, etc.; ὠκύτητα κ. τοῦ κυνός Philostr. Im. 2.26.
      • 2 folld. by relat., declare, assert, αὐτὸ κατηγορέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡς ἔστι Ἑλληνικόν Hdt. 3.115; κ. ὅτι . . Id. 4.189, Pl. Phd. 73b (impers.): abs., make a definite assertion, Id. Tht. 208b.
    • III in Logic, predicate of a person or thing, τί τινος Arist. Cat. 3a19, al., Epicur. Fr. 250; κυρίως, καταχρηστικῶς κ., Phld. Po. 5.15; ἐναντίως ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν Id. Oec. p.60 J.: —more freq. in Pass., to be predicated of . ., τινος Arist. Cat. 2a21, APr. 26b9, al.; κατά τινος Id. Cat. 2a37; κατὰ παντὸς ἢ μηδενός Id. APr. 24a15: less freq. ἐπί τινος Id. Metaph. 998b16, 999a15; so later ἐφʼ ἑνὸς οἴονται θεοῦ ἑκάτερον τῶν ὀνομάτων -εῖσθαι D.H. 2.48; περί τινος Arist. Top. 140b37; τὸ κοινῇ -ούμενον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν Id. SE 179a8: abs., τὸ κατηγορούμενον the predicate, opp. τὸ ὑποκείμενον (the subject), Id. Cat. 1b11, cf. Metaph. 1043a6, al.; κατηγορεῖν καὶ -εῖσθαι to be subject and predicate, Id. APr. 47b1.
      • 2 affirm, opp. ἀπαρνέομαι, ib. 41a10. Adv. κατηγορουμένως categorically, roundly, Phld. Ir. p.90 W.

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