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by which an event occurs, i.e. of the necessary and sufficient cause or motive ( τὸ μὴ π. τοῦτο γίνεσθαι τότε λέγομεν, ὅταν ἀναιρεθέντος τούτου μηδὲν ἧττον περαίνηται ὁ συλλογισμός Arist. APr. 65b6, cf. 48a24, al.), κεινὰν π. δίαιταν just for the sake of unsatisfying food, Pi. O. 2.65; ἕκαστος οὐ π. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀμέλειαν οἴεται βλάψειν each thinks that his own negligence will not suffice to cause injury, Th. 1.141, cf. Isoc. 3.48; π. τὴν αὑτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν all through his own fault, Antipho 3.4.5, cf. Isoc. 6.52, D. 4.11, 18.232; πολλὰ . . ἐστιν αἴτια τούτων, καὶ οὐ παρʼ ἓν οὐδὲ δύʼ εἰς τοῦτο τὰ πράγματʼ ἀφῖκται not from one or two causes only, Id. 9.2; οὐ π. τοῦτο οὐκ ἔστι it does not follow that it is not . . , 1 Ep.Cor. 12.15; π. τὸ τὴν ἀρίθμησιν ποιήσασθαι ἐξ ἑτοίμου τοὺς ἐργώνας οὐκ ὀλίγα χρήματα περιεποίησε τῇ πόλει by the simple fact of prompt payment, IPE 12.32 B35 ( Olbia, iii B. C.); οὐδὲν ἂν παρʼ ἕνα ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο τούτων Lycurg. 63, cf. Plb. 3.103.2, 18.28.6, al.; οὐδεὶς παρʼ ἑαυτόν ἐστι βασιλεύς thanks to himself alone, Aristeas 224; παρʼ αὑτὸν ἀτυχεῖ Arr. Epict. 3.24.2, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.16 S.; παρʼ ἡμᾶς ἡ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπόστασις Hierocl. in CA 25p.477M.; εἶναι π. τοῦτο σωτηρίαν τε πόλει καὶ τοὐναντίον, i.e. on this depends . . , Pl. Lg. 715d, cf. X. Eq.Mag. 1.5, D.C. Fr. 36.5; π. μίαν ἡμέραν καὶ ἓν πρᾶγμα καὶ ἀπόλλυται προκοπὴ καὶ σῴζεται Epict. Ench. 51.2; π. τὸ Ἕλληνά με εἶναι just because I am a Greek, UPZ 7.13 (ii B. C.); π. τὸ ἀγαπᾶν αὐτὸν αὐτήν LXX Ge. 29.20, cf. Ex. 14.11; later more loosely, because of . . , Phld. Rh. 1.158 S., Gem. 6.24, etc.; οὐδὲν π. σὲ γέγονε it is no fault of yours, PRyl. 243.6 (ii A. D.), cf. POxy. 1420.7 (ii A. D.).
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Adv., with reference to evil, used for κακῶς or κακὰ π. , μάλα πόλλʼ ἔπαθον καὶ πόλλʼ ἐμόγησα Od. 5.223, cf. Il. 23.607 ; εἴ κεν μάλα πολλὰ πάθοι 22.220 ; ὁτιοῦν π. suffer anything whatever, Isoc. 12.133, etc. : abs. , παθὼν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω by hard experience, Hes. Op. 218, cf. S. OT 403 ; ὁ παθών the injured party, Pl. Lg. 730a, 878c :—Phrases : μή τι πάθῃς or πάθοι, lest thou, lest he suffer any ill, Od. 17.596, Il. 5.567, cf. 11.470, etc. ; μή τι πάθωμεν 13.52 : hence εἴ τι πάθοιμι or ἤν τι πάθω, as euphemism, if aught were to happen to me, i.e. if I were to die, Callin. 1.17, Hdt. 8.102, Ar. Ec. 1105, V. 385, Lys. 19.51, Theoc. 8.10 ; ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ D. 4.11 ; ἐάν τινα ἀνθρώπινα πάσχῃ IG 3.74.13 ; so εἴ τι πείσεται . . ἅδε γᾶ E. Ph. 244 (lyr.) ; ἤν τι ναῦς πάθῃ Id. IT 755, cf. Syngr. ap. D. 35.13.
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create, bring into existence, γένος ἀνθρώπων χρύσεον Hes. Op. 110, cf. Th. 161, 579, etc.; ὁ ποιῶν the creator, Pl. Ti. 76c; ἕτερον Φίλιππον ποιήσετε D. 4.11:— Med., beget, υἱόν And. 1.124; ἔκ τινος Id. 4.22; παῖδας ποιεῖσθαι, = παιδοποιεῖσθαι, X. Cyr. 5.3.19, D. 57.43; conceive, παιδίον π. ἔκ τινος Pl. Smp. 203b:— Act. in this sense only in later Gr., Plu. Par.min. 2.312a; of the woman, παιδίον ποιῆσαι ib. Coniug. 145d.
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οὐκ ἔφασαν ἰέναι, ἐὰν μή τις χρήματα διδῷ (i.e. Cyrus) Id. An. 1.4.12, cf. Ar. Ra. 552, Theoc. 5.122; so also euphem. for something bad, ἤν τι ποιῶμεν Th. 2.74; ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ D. 4.11: hence for the 1st or 2nd pers. Pron., ἅ τινʼ οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω Il. 1.289, cf. S. Ant. 751; ποῖ τις τρέψεται; for ποῖ τρέψομαι; Ar. Th. 603, cf. S. Aj. 245 (lyr.), 1138, Th. 4.59, X. An. 3.4.40, 5.7.31, etc.