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αἰτιάομαι

aitiaomai

accuse, censure

Appears 45 times across Plato's dialogues.

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αἰτιάομαι, used by Hom. only in Ep. forms, 3pl. αἰτιόωνται, opt. αἰτιόῳο, -ῳτο, inf. αἰτιάασθαι, impf. ἠτιάασθε, -όωντο: Aeol. impf. 2sg. αἰτίαο Lyr.Adesp. 66: fut. -άσομαι Ar. Nu. 1433, Pl. Phd. 85d: aor. ᾐτιᾱσάμην E. Fr. 254, Th. 1.120, etc., Ion. -ησάμενος Hdt. 4.94, -ήσασθαι Hp. de Arte 4: pf. ᾐτίᾱμαι D. 19.215, Ion. -ίημαι Hp. Ep. 17 (also in pass. sense, and aor. ᾐτιάθην always so, v. infr. Ι.1): (αἰτία):—A. accuse, censure, c. acc. pers., τάχα κεν καὶ ἀναίτιον αἰτιόῳτο Il. 11.654, cf. Od. 20.135; ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι Il. 13.775; θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται Od. 1.32, cf. E. Fr. 254; καί μʼ τιάασθε ἕκαστος Il. 16.202, cf. S. OT 608, Lys. 7.38, etc.; αἰ. ὡς μιαρούς Pl. R. 562d; αἰ. τινά τινος to accuse of a thing, Hdt. 5.27, Pl. R. 619c, D. 21.104, etc.: c. inf., αἰ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι accuse one of doing, Hdt. 5.27, Pl. Criti. 120c, X. Mem. 1.1.2; οὐ τὰ ὑμέτερα αἰτιασόμεθα μὴ οὐχ ἕτοιμα εἶναι Pl. La. 189c; αἰ. τινὰ ὡς . . or ὅτι . . , Th. 1.120, X. An. 3.1.7; αἰ. τινὰ περί τινος X. HG 1.7.6: c. acc. cogn., αἰ. αἰτίαν κατά τινος bring a charge against one, Antipho 6.27:— Pass., to be accused, aor. 1 ᾐτιάθην (always) Th. 6.53, 8.68, X. HG 2.1.32: pf. ᾐτίαμαι Th. 3.61: fut. αἰτιαθήσομαι D.C. 37.56. b. in good sense, give one the credit of being, σὲ τίς αἰτιᾶται νομοθέτην ἀγαθὸν γεγονέναι; Pl. R. 599e, cf. 379c, Cra. 396d. 2. c. acc. rei, lay to oneʼs charge, impute, τοῦτο αἰ. X. Cyr. 3.1.39; ταῦτα D. 19.215: c. dupl. acc., τί ταῦτα τοὺς Λάκωνας αἰτιώμεθα ; Ar. Ach. 514. 3. injure, ὁπλήν Hippiatr. 105. II. allege as the cause, οὐ τὸ αἴτιον αἰ. not to allege the real cause, Pl. R. 329b; τίνα ἔχεις αἰτιάσασθαι . . τούτου κύριον; ib.508a; φωνάς τε . . καὶ ἄλλα μυρία αἰ. Id. Phd. 98e; τἀναίτια Id. Ti. 88a; ὧν τὴν πενίαν αἰτιάσαιτʼ ἄν τις D. 18.263; τὴν δίνην Arist. Cael. 295a32; τὸ αὐτόματον Id. Ph. 196a25. 2. c. inf., allege, τὸν λόγον αἰ. δυσχερῆ εἶναι Pl. Prt. 333d, cf. Men. 93d; αἰ. τι αἴτιον εἶναι Grg. 518d; ἰλίγγους ἐκ φιλοσοφίας ἐγγίγνεσθαι allege by way of accusation that . . , Id. R. 407c; τῆς ἱερᾶς χώρας ᾐτιᾶτο εἶναι he alleged that it was part of . . , D. 18.150, cf. 37.12. (Late in Act., POxy. 1032.51 (ii A. D.).)
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