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ἀναίτιος

anaitios

not being the fault

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀναίτιος, ον, also α, ον Hdt. 9.110, A. Ch. 873:—in the best authors, only of persons, A. not being the fault or cause of a thing, guiltless, ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι Il. 13.775, cf. Od. 20.135, etc.; αἰτία ἑλομένου, θεὸς ἀ. Pl. R. 617e; ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοις guiltless before the gods, Hes. Op. 827, cf. E. Med. 730; ἀ. παρά τινι X. Cyr. 1.6.10; ἀ. αἷμα ἐκχέαι SIG 1181.6. 2. c. gen. rei, guiltless of a thing, Hdt. 1.129, 7.233, etc.; φόνου, κακῶν, A. Ag. 1505, Ch. 873; κακίας Pl. Ti. 42d; ἀφροσύνης X. Cyr. 1. 5.10: οὐκ ἀναίτιόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is blamable to do, ib.5.5.22. II. not being the cause, τὸ ἀ. τιθέναι ὡς αἴτιον Arist. APr. 65b16, cf. Rh. 1401b30; having no cause, unjustifiable, κολάσεις Phld. Ir.p.52 W. Adv. -ως not in the form of a cause, ἀ. τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχειν Plot. 6.7.2; without assigning any reason, ὁλοσχερῶς καὶ ἀ. λεκτέον Simp. in Cael. 665.11. III. uncaused. Plot. 3.1.1, Phlp. in Ph. 277.1: Sup., Sch.E. Hipp. 672. Adv. -ως without a cause, Gal. 10.36, S.E. P. 3.67, Simp. in Ph. 641.10; ἀ. γίγνεσθαι Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 309.15.
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