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συναίτιος

συναίτιος, being the cause of a thing jointly with another

συναίτιος, ον, also α, ον (v. infr. 2):
      • 1 c. gen. rei et dat. pers., being the joint or contributory cause of a thing which benefits another, σ. τινὶ ἀθανασίας helping him towards . ., Isoc. 5.33, cf. ib. 44; εἰ τῶν πεπραγμένων ἐκείνοις μηδὲν σ. ἐγενόμην if I had contributed nothing to their success, Id. 15.96; πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῦ σ. ὤν X. Cyr. 1.4.15, etc.
      • 2 c. gen. rei only, being joint-cause of, accessory to, contributing to, Pl. Plt. 281c, Grg. 519b, D. 18.64, Thphr. Sens. 27, etc.; σ. τούτου συνειπὼν Φιλοκράτει by acting as his advocate, D. 19.97: as Subst., ἡ ξυναιτία φόνου accomplice in murder, A. Ag. 1116 (lyr.); δοξάζεται . . οὐ συναίτια, ἀλλʼ αἴτια εἶναι τῶν πάντων Pl. Ti. 46d.
      • 3 abs., being a joint or concurrent cause, contributory, Id. Plt. 287b, Arist. de An. 416a14, Gal. 15.303, 19.393; ἀναγκαῖον λέγεται, οὗ ἄνευ οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ζῆν ὡς συναιτίου Arist. Metaph. 1015a21.

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