κατηγορέω
kategoreo
speak against
Appears 370 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κατηγορέω, A. speak against, esp. before judges, accuse, opp. ἀπολογέομαι, c. gen., 2.113, 8.60, 14.21, Pl. 1073, etc.; τῆς πόλεως Mx. 244e: less freq. κατά τινος HG 1.7.9; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, Euthphr. 2c; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, 21.134, cf. HG 7.1.38; κ. τινὸς ὅτι . . ib.1.7.17; τῶν ἱππέων ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατηγόρει 21.197; τῆς ἐμῆς [τύχης] κατηγορεῖς 18.266, cf. 3.4. 2. κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείνʼ ἔπη μου OT 514, cf. Or. 28, etc.; τῶν ἄλλων μωρίαν Mem. 1.3.4; ὃς ἐμοῦ Φιλιππισμὸν κατηγορεῖ 18.294; κ. τι κατά τινος Eux. 23; τινὸς περί τινος 1.110, 8.85: c. inf., κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι Grg. 482c: c. dupl. gen., παρανόμων κ. τινός 21.5. 3. c. acc. rei only, allege in accusation, 2.113; μωρίαν ἐμήν Heracl. 418; τὴν πονηρίαν τῶν γονέων Prt. 346a; τὰ γεγονότα κ. 1.10, cf. V. 932, Ra. 996 (lyr.), 13.31, 19.9:—Pass., to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μου; OT 529; ἀδικία πολλὴ κ. αὐτοῦ 1.95; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, Ap. 18a, cf. 16.9; τὰ -ηθέντα 5.85, 1.24; τἀδικήμαθʼ ἃ κατηγορεῖται 21.136: impers., folld. by inf., σφέων . . κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that . . , 7.205; κατηγορεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι 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 1.7, cf. Tim. 38 (s.v.l.). 4. abs., to be an accuser, appear as prosecutor, V. 840, 842, Pl. 917, Ap. 18e, etc. II. signify, indicate, prove, c.acc.rei, [τὸ νεαρὸν] κ. τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν Cyr. 1.4.3, cf. 2.695d, 1.5,al.; ἀσθένειαν μᾶλλον ἢ δύναμιν 4.6.3; display, οἱ πολλὴν -οῦντες ἀπειροκαλίαν Nigr. 21: c. gen. pers., εὖ γὰρ φρονοῦντος ὄμμα σοῦ κατηγορεῖ Ag. 271, cf. Fr. 690, Aj. 907, etc.; ὠκύτητα κ. τοῦ κυνός Im. 2.26. 2. folld. by relat., declare, assert, αὐτὸ κατηγορέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡς ἔστι Ἑλληνικόν 3.115; κ. ὅτι . . 4.189, Phd. 73b (impers.): abs., make a definite assertion, Tht. 208b. III. in Logic, predicate of a person or thing, τί τινος Cat. 3a19,al., Fr. 250; κυρίως, καταχρηστικῶς κ., Po. 5.15; ἐναντίως ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν Oec.p.60 : —more freq. in Pass., to be predicated of . . , τινος Cat. 2a21, APr. 26b9, al.; κατά τινος Cat. 2a37; κατὰ παντὸς ἢ μηδενός APr. 24a15: less freq. ἐπί τινος Metaph. 998b16, 999a15; so later ἐφʼ ἑνὸς οἴονται θεοῦ ἑκάτερον τῶν ὀνομάτων -εῖσθαι 2.48; περί τινος Top. 140b37; τὸ κοινῇ -ούμενον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν SE 179a8: abs., τὸ κατηγορούμενον the predicate, opp. τὸ ὑποκείμενον (the subject), Cat. 1b11, cf.Metaph. 1043a6, al.; κατηγορεῖν καὶ -εῖσθαι to be subject and predicate, APr. 47b1. 2. affirm, opp. ἀπαρνέομαι, ib.41a10. Adv.κατηγορουμένως categorically, roundly, Ir.p.90 W.
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