αἰτί-α, ἡ,
responsibility, mostly in bad sense, guilt, blame, or the imputation thereof, i.e. accusation, first in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.35 and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, see below (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses αἴτιος):] Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: αἰτίαν ἔχειν bear responsibility for, τινός[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 579, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1312] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but usually to be accused, τινός of a crime, φόνου[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506] Refs 5th c.BC+]; followed by ὡς.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38c] Refs 5th c.BC+]; by ὡς with participle, [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 249d] Refs]; ὑπό τινος by some one, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 99, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565b: reversely, αἰτία ἔχει τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.70, 71; αἰ. φεύγειν τινός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1404] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.6] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰτίαν ὑπέχειν lie under a charge, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 33b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.16; ὑπομεῖναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.139; φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαβεῖν ἀπό τινος[[ [prev. work] 18; αἰτίαις ἐνέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52a; αἰτίαις περιπίπτειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.1; εἰς αἰτίαν ἐμπίπτειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 150a; αἰτίας τυγχάνειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.2; ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κυρεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν αἰτίῃ ἔχειν hold one guilty, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106; δι᾽ αἰτίας ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.; ἐν αἰτίᾳ βάλλειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 656] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπιφέρειν τινί impute the fault to one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26; αἰτίαν νέμειν τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 28; ἐπάγειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283; προσβάλλειν τινί 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.4] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνατιθέναι, προστιθέναι, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 640, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολύειν τινὰ τῆς αἰτίης to acquit of guilt, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]