not being the fault
ἀναίτιος,ον, alsoα,ον
Hdt. 9.110 , A. Ch. 873 :—in the best authors, only of persons,
A. not being the faultorcause ofa thing,guiltless,
ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι
Il. 13.775
, cf. Od. 20.135 , etc.; αἰτία ἑλομένου, θεὸς ἀ.
Pl. R. 617e
;ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοις guiltlessbefore 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 ofa 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 blamableto 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
.
