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  "headword": "αἰτία",
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          "definition": "<i>responsibility,</i> mostly in bad sense, <i>guilt, blame,</i> or the imputation thereof, i.e. <i>accusation,</i> first in Pi. O. 1.35 and Hdt., v. infr. ( Hom. uses αἴτιος):—Phrases: αἰτίαν ἔχειν bear <i>responsibility for,</i> τινός A. Eu. 579, S. Ant. 1312; but usu. <i>to be accused,</i> τινός <i>of</i> a crime, φόνου Hdt. 5.70: c. inf., Ar. V. 506; foll. by ὡς . . , Pl. Ap. 38c; by ὡς c. part., Id. Phdr. 249d; ὑπό τινος <i>by</i> some one, A. Eu. 99, Pl. R. 565b: reversely, αἰτία ἔχει τινά Hdt. 5.70, 71; αἰ. φεύγειν τινός S. Ph. 1404; ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι, Hp. Art. 67, X. Mem. 2.8.6; αἰτίαν ὑπέχειν lie under <i>a charge,</i> Pl. Ap. 33b, X. Cyr. 6.3.16; ὑπομεῖναι Aeschin. 3.139; φέρεσθαι Th. 2.60; λαβεῖν ἀπό τινος ib. 18; αἰτίαις ἐνέχεσθαι Pl. Cri. 52a; αἰτίαις περιπίπτειν Lys. 7.1; εἰς αἰτίαν ἐμπίπτειν Pl. Tht. 150a; αἰτίας τυγχάνειν D. Ep. 2.2; ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖν A. Pr. 332; ἐν αἰτίῃ ἔχειν hold one <i>guilty,</i> Hdt. 5.106; διʼ αἰτίας ἔχειν Th. 2.60, etc.; ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν S. OT 656; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρειν τινί impute <i>the fault</i> to one, Hdt. 1.26; αἰτίαν νέμειν τινί S. Aj. 28; ἐπάγειν D. 18.283; προσβάλλειν τινί Antipho 3.2.4; ἀνατιθέναι, προστιθέναι, Hp. VM 21, Ar. Pax 640, etc.; ἀπολύειν τινὰ τῆς αἰτίης to acquit of <i>guilt,</i> Hdt. 9.88, etc.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τινός",
                "ref": "A. Eu. 579",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "φόνου",
                "ref": "Hdt. 5.70",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3426",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰτία ἔχει τινά",
                "ref": "Hdt. 5.70",
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3427",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰ. φεύγειν τινός",
                "ref": "S. Ph. 1404",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc2:1404"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3428",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὑπομεῖναι",
                "ref": "Aeschin. 3.139",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc2:139"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "φέρεσθαι",
                "ref": "Th. 2.60",
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              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3430",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰτίαις ἐνέχεσθαι",
                "ref": "Pl. Cri. 52a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc2:52a"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3431",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰτίαις περιπίπτειν",
                "ref": "Lys. 7.1",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg007.perseus-grc2:1"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3432",
              "data": {
                "quote": "εἰς αἰτίαν ἐμπίπτειν",
                "ref": "Pl. Tht. 150a",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:150a"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3433",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰτίας τυγχάνειν",
                "ref": "D. Ep. 2.2",
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              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3434",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖν",
                "ref": "A. Pr. 332",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:332"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3435",
              "data": {
                "quote": "διʼ αἰτίας ἔχειν",
                "ref": "Th. 2.60",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.60"
              }
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3436",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν",
                "ref": "S. OT 656",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:656"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3437",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰτίαν νέμειν τινί",
                "ref": "S. Aj. 28",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:28"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3438",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐπάγειν",
                "ref": "D. 18.283",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc2:283"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3439",
              "data": {
                "quote": "προσβάλλειν τινί",
                "ref": "Antipho 3.2.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc2:2.4"
              }
            }
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>invective</i> without proof (opp. ἔλεγχος), D. 22.23, cf. 18.15.",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>the credit</i> is his, A. Th. 4; διʼ ὅντινα αἰτίαν ἔχουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι βελτίους γεγονέναι <i>are reputed</i> to have become better, Pl. Grg. 503b, cf. Alc. 1.119a, Arist. Metaph. 984b19; ὧν . . πέρι αἰτίαν ἔχεις διαφέρειν in which you <i>are reputed</i> to excel, Pl. Tht. 169a; οἳ . . ἔχουσι ταύτην τὴν αἰ. who have this <i>reputation,</i> Id. R. 435e, cf. And. 2.12; αἰτίαν λαμβάνειν Pl. Lg. 624a.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3440",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "αἰτίαν λαμβάνειν",
                        "ref": "Pl. Lg. 624a",
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                    }
                  ],
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>expostulation,</i> μὴ ἐπʼ ἔχθρᾳ τὸ πλέον ἢ αἰτίᾳ Th. 1.69.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3441",
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                        "quote": "μὴ ἐπʼ ἔχθρᾳ τὸ πλέον ἢ αἰτίᾳ",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.69",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>cause,</i> διʼ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν Hdt. Prooem., cf. Democr. 83, Pl. Ti. 68e, Phd. 97a sq., etc.; on the four causes of Arist. v. Ph. 194b16, Metaph. 983a26:—αἰ. τοῦ γενέσθαι or γεγονέναι Pl. Phd. 97a; τοῦ μεγίστου ἀγαθοῦ τῇ πόλει αἰτία ἡ κοινωνία Id. R. 464b:—dat. αἰτίᾳ <i>for the sake of,</i> κοινοῦ τινος ἀγαθοῦ Th. 4.87, cf. D.H. 8.29:—αἴτιον (cf. αἴτιος II.2) is used like αἰτία in the sense of <i>cause,</i> not in that of <i>accusation.</i>",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "διʼ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν",
                    "ref": "Hdt. Prooem.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3443",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "γεγονέναι",
                    "ref": "Pl. Phd. 97a",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τοῦ μεγίστου ἀγαθοῦ τῇ πόλει αἰτία ἡ κοινωνία",
                    "ref": "Id. R. 464b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:464b"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κοινοῦ τινος ἀγαθοῦ",
                    "ref": "Th. 4.87",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.87"
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            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>occasion, motive,</i> αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε gave them <i>a theme</i> for song, Pi. N. 7.11; αἰτίαν παρέχειν Luc. Tyr. 13.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3446",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "αἰτίαν παρέχειν",
                    "ref": "Luc. Tyr. 13",
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              ],
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            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>head, category</i> under which a thing comes, D. 23.75.",
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            },
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              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>case in dispute,</i> ἡ αἰ. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός Ev.Matt. 19.10.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3447",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ αἰ. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός",
                    "ref": "Ev.Matt. 19.10",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.10"
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                }
              ],
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