αἰτία
αἰτί-α,
ἡ,
A). responsibility, mostly in bad sense,
guilt, blame, or the imputation thereof, i.e.
accusation, first in
Pi. O. 1.35 and
Hdt., v. infr.(
Hom. uses
αἴτιος):—Phrases:
αἰτίαν ἔχειν bear
responsibility for,
τινός A. Eu. 579 ,
S. Ant. 1312 ; but usu.
to be accused,
τινός of 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 by 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
a charge,
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
guilty,
Hdt. 5.106 ;
δῑ αἰτίας ἔχειν Th. 2.60 , etc.;
ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν S. OT 656 ;
τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρειν τινί impute
the fault 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
guilt,
Hdt. 9.88 , etc.
2). in forensic oratory,
invective without proof (opp.
ἔλεγχος),
D. 22.23 , cf.
18.15 .
4). expostulation,
μὴ ἐπ’ ἔχθρᾳ τὸ πλέον ἢ αἰτίᾳ Th. 1.69 .
III). occasion, motive,
αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε gave them
a the me for song,
Pi. N. 7.11 ;
αἰτίαν παρέχειν Luc. Tyr. 13 .
IV). head, category under which a thing comes,
D. 23.75 .
V). case in dispute,
ἡ αἰ. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός Ev.Matt. 19.10 .
ShortDef
a charge, accusation
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
αἰτία
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αιτια
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-2765
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">αἰτί-α</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">responsibility</span>, mostly in bad sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">guilt, blame</span>, or the imputation thereof, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">accusation</span>, first in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.35 </a> and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span></span>, v. infr.(<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> uses <span class="foreign greek">αἴτιος</span>):—Phrases: <span class="foreign greek">αἰτίαν ἔχειν</span> bear <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">responsibility for</span>, <span class="quote greek">τινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:579" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:579/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 579 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1312" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1312/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1312 </a>; but usu. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be accused</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τινός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of</span> a crime, <span class="quote greek">φόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.70 </a> : c. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:506" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:506/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 506 </a>; foll. by <span class="foreign greek">ὡς .. ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:38c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:38c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 38c </a>; by <span class="foreign greek">ὡς</span> c. part., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:249d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:249d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 249d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὑπό τινος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by</span> some one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 99 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 565b </a>: reversely, <span class="quote greek">αἰτία ἔχει τινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.70 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:71/canonical-url/"> 71 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰ. φεύγειν τινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1404" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1404/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1404 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι</span> or <span class="foreign greek">γίγνεσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 67 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:8:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:8:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.8.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αἰτίαν ὑπέχειν</span> lie under <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a charge</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:33b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:33b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 33b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:3:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.3.16 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑπομεῖναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.139 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φέρεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.60 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λαβεῖν ἀπό τινος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> 18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίαις ἐνέχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:52a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:52a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 52a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίαις περιπίπτειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 7.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς αἰτίαν ἐμπίπτειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:150a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:150a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 150a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίας τυγχάνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:2.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 332 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν αἰτίῃ ἔχειν</span> hold one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">guilty</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.106 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δῑ αἰτίας ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.60 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:656" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:656/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 656 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρειν τινί</span> impute <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the fault</span> to one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.26 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίαν νέμειν τινί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 28 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπάγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:283" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:283/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.283 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">προσβάλλειν τινί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 3.2.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀνατιθέναι, προστιθέναι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VM</span> 21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:640" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:640/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 640 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἀπολύειν τινὰ τῆς αἰτίης</span> to acquit of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">guilt</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.88 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in forensic oratory, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">invective</span> without proof (opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἔλεγχος</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg022.perseus-grc1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg022.perseus-grc1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 22.23 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> 18.15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in good sense, <span class="foreign greek">εἰ .. εὖ πράξαιμεν, αἰτία θεοῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the credit</span> is his, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δῑ ὅντινα αἰτίαν ἔχουσιν Ἀθηναῖοι βελτίους γεγονέναι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are reputed</span> to have become better, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:503b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:503b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 503b </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1.119a </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:984b:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:984b.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 984b19 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὧν .. πέρι αἰτίαν ἔχεις διαφέρειν</span> in which you <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are reputed</span> to excel, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:169a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:169a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 169a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἳ .. ἔχουσι ταύτην τὴν αἰ.</span> who have this <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reputation</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:435e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:435e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 435e </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 2.12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίαν λαμβάνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:624a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:624a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 624a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">expostulation</span>, <span class="quote greek">μὴ ἐπ’ ἔχθρᾳ τὸ πλέον ἢ αἰτίᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.69 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cause</span>, <span class="quote greek">δῑ ἣν αἰτίην ἐπολέμησαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prooem.</span> </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 83 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:68e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:68e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 68e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:97a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:97a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 97a </a> sq., etc.; on the four causes of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> v. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:194b:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:194b.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 194b16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:983a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:983a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 983a26 </a>:—<span class="foreign greek">αἰ. τοῦ γενέσθαι</span> or <span class="quote greek">γεγονέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:97a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:97a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 97a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ μεγίστου ἀγαθοῦ τῇ πόλει αἰτία ἡ κοινωνία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:464b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:464b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 464b </a> :—dat. <span class="foreign greek">αἰτίᾳ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for the sake of</span>, <span class="quote greek">κοινοῦ τινος ἀγαθοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.87 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:8:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:8.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 8.29 </a>:—<span class="foreign greek">αἴτιον</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">αἴτιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a> ) is used like <span class="ref greek">αἰτία</span> in the sense of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cause</span>, not in that of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">accusation.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">occasion, motive</span>, <span class="foreign greek">αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε</span> gave them <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a the me</span> for song, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 7.11 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰτίαν παρέχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg051.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg051.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tyr.</span> 13 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">head, category</span> under which a thing comes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 23.75 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">case in dispute</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἡ αἰ. τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μετὰ τῆς γυναικός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 19.10 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}