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ὑπαίτιος

upaitios

under accusation, called to account

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Where it lives

  • Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
  • Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

under accusation, called to account, for, responsible to, liable to be called to account by, reprehensible, blameworthy, guilty, hurtful

under accusation, called to account, τινος or ὑπέρ τινος for a thing, Antipho 4.1.4, 2.2.6; ὑ. τινί responsible to one, liable to be called to account by him, X. Mem. 2.8.5; ὑποπτεύσας μή τι πρὸς τῆς πόλεως ὑπαίτιον εἴη Κύρῳ φίλον γενέσθαι that it might be reprehensible in the eyes of the state, Id. An. 3.1.5; blameworthy, τῆς ψυχῆς ἡ ἄλογος καὶ παρὰ φύσιν κίνησις ὑ. Ph. 2.348, cf. 1.19, 136, 2.291; guilty, Agatharch. 18; ὑπαίτια ζῴδια hurtful signs of the Zodiac, Ptol. Tetr. 150; τὸ ὑ. πάθος Aë

2 exposed

ἵνα μὴ ὑ. γενώμεθα κινδύνῳ exposed to danger, POxy. 1033.18 (iv A.D.).

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