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ὑπεύθῡνος

upeuthunos

liable to give account for

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Where it lives

On the Crown 13 · 6.69/10k
Against Stephanus 1 3 · 5.3/10k
Against Androtion 2 · 3.65/10k
Against Macartatus 2 · 3.23/10k
The Erotic Essay 1 · 2.73/10k
Against Pantaenetus 1 · 2.69/10k
Against Leochares 1 · 2.43/10k
On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
Against Eubulides 1 · 2.18/10k
Apollodorus Against Polycles 1 · 2.18/10k
Against Timocrates 3 · 2.06/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπεύθῡνος · hypeuthynos — LSJ

liable to give account for, administration, responsible, responsible, had to give an account

liable to give account for oneʼs administration of an office, responsible, ὑ. ἀρχή, opp. μουναρχίη, Hdt. 3.80; τραχὺς μόναρχος, οὐδʼ ὑ. κρατεῖ A. Pr. 326, cf. Ch. 715; οὐχ ὑπεύθυνος πόλει Id. Pers. 213; ὑ. τὴν παραίνεσιν ἔχοντας πρὸς ἀνεύθυνον τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀκρόασιν we who advise are responsible, while you who hear are irresponsible, Th. 3.43; οἱ ὑ., at Athens, magistrates who, on quitting office, had to give an account of their administration to examiners (εὔθυνοι) and (if they had handled publi

2 under liability for, answerable for, liable for, must pay for, held responsible for

c. gen., under liability for, answerable for, ὑ. ἑτέρας ἀρχῆς Jusj. ap. D. 24.150; προκλήσεως Id. 45.43; of slaves, σῶμα ὑ. ἀδικημάτων their body is liable for their misdeeds, i.e. they must pay for them with their body, Id. 22.55; τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑ. held responsible for it, Id. 18.196; τῆς φωνῆς Luc. Salt. 27.

3 responsible to, dependent on

c. dat., ὑ. κινδύνῳ, ὑ. τιμωρίᾳ, Lycurg. 129, 148, cf. BCH 17.242 (Phrygia): c. dat. pers., responsible to another, dependent on him, ὑ. ὢν οὐδενί D. 18.235; διδόναι ἑαυτὸν ὑ. τῇ τύχῃ, etc., ib. 189, cf. Aeschin. 2.170; τῇ γνώμῃ τῶν πολλῶν Phld. Ind.Sto. 21.

Adv. -νως Poll. 3.139.

In the wild

ὑπευθύνῳ · hypeuthynōi Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 715
ὑπεύθυνος · hypeuthynos Aeschylus, Persians 211–214
ὑπεύθυνος · hypeuthynos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 324–326
ὑπευθύνους · hypeuthynous Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 722)
ὑπευθύνους · hypeuthynous Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 242)
ὑπευθύνων · hypeuthynōn Aristophanes, Wasps 100 (DIORISIS sentence 71)

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