κατηγορ-έω,
speak against, especially before judges, accuse, opposed to ἀπολογέομαι, with genitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, 8.60, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1073, etc.; τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244e: less frequently κατά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὸς ὅτι[[.. [prev. work] 1.7.17; τῶν ἱππέων ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατηγόρει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.197; τῆς ἐμῆς [τύχης] κατηγορεῖς [prev. author] 18.266, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείν᾽ ἔπη μου [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 514, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 28, etc.; τῶν ἄλλων μωρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.4; ὃς ἐμοῦ Φιλιππισμὸν κατηγορεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.294; κ. τι κατά τινος 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 23; τινὸς περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.85 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482c: with double _genitive_, παρανόμων κ. τινός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative of things only, allege in accusation, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113; μωρίαν ἐμήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 418; τὴν πονηρίαν τῶν γονέων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346a; τὰ γεγονότα κ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 932, “Ra.” 996 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.31, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μο; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 529; ἀδικία πολλὴ κ. αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18a, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.9; τὰ -ηθέντα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.24; τἀδικήμαθ᾽ ἃ κατηγορεῖται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.136: _impersonal_, followed by ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, σφέων.. κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205; κατηγορεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηγορουμένου δ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι.. a charge being brought against him, that.., [[[prev. work] 3.5.25. ] Refs]