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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: prôtogunaikes 2: sôlênistês 3: antiphônêtês 4: sôlênothêras 5: sitometrosakkophoros
Latin1: reus 2: hepaticus 3: Amphimedon 4: murilegulus 5: agripeta
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Words That Regularly Appear With aitios
In Perseus Texts:gignomaikakoôagathoskakêdio
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aiti-os, a, on, more rarely os, on Aristoph. Pl. 547: (v. aitia ):--

  • culpable, responsible, epei ou ti moi aitioi eisin Hom. Il. 1.153, cf. Bacchyl. 10.34, Hdt. 7.214: Comp. aitiôteros Thuc. 4.20: Sup., tous aitiôtatous the most guilty, Hdt. 6.50; ai. tinos IDEM=Hdt. 3.52.

    2. Subst., aitios, ho, the accused, the culprit,     Aesch. Lib. 70, etc.; hoi ai. tou patros they who have sinned against my father, IBID=au=Aesch. Lib. 273:--

  • c. gen. rei, hoi ai. tou phonou IBID=au=Aesch. Lib. 117, cf. Soph. Phil. 590, Hdt. 4.200.

    II. responsible for, c. gen. rei,     Hdt. 1.1, etc. ; aitios tinos tini being the cause of a thing to a person, Lys. 13.57, cf. Dem. 23.54, Isoc. 8.100: c. inf., ai. ton êera xêron einai Hdt. 2.26; tou mê phalakrousthai IDEM=Hdt. 3.12, etc.; ai. thanein Soph. Ant. 1173; ai. pemphthênai angelon Antiph. 5.23, cf. Lys. 13.82; aitios to se apokrinasthai Plat. Lach. 190e: Comp., tou . . eleutheran einai . . aitiôteron Dem. 24.5, cf. au=Dem. 51.21: Sup. aitiôtatos, en tôi stenôi naumachêsai mainly instrumental in causing the sea-fight, Thuc. 1.74; ai. tou mê apothanein Dem. 20.42; -ôtaton ti kai teleôs drastikon Phld.D.1.23.