A.“αἰτίαο” Lyr.Adesp.66: fut. “-άσομαι” Ar.Nu.1433, Pl.Phd.85d: aor. “ᾐτια_σάμην” E.Fr.254, Th.1.120, etc., Ion. “-ησάμενος” Hdt.4.94, “-ήσασθαι” Hp.de Arte 4: pf. “ᾐτία_μαι” D.19.215, Ion. “-ίημαι” Hp.Ep.17 (also in pass. sense, and aor. ᾐτιάθην always so, v. infr. 1.1): (αἰτία):—accuse, censure, c. acc. pers., “τάχα κεν καὶ ἀναίτιον αἰτιόῳτο” Il.11.654, cf. Od. 20.135; “ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι” Il.13.775; “θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται” Od. 1.32, cf. E.Fr.254; “καί μ᾽ ἠ̔τιάασθε ἕκαστος” Il.16.202, cf. S.OT608, Lys.7.38, etc.; “αἰ. ὡς μιαρούς” Pl.R.562d; αἰ. τινά τινος to accuse of a thing, Hdt.5.27, Pl.R.619c, D.21.104, etc.: c. inf., αἰ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι accuse one of doing, Hdt.5.27, Pl.Criti.120c, X.Mem.1.1.2; “οὐ τὰ ὑμέτερα αἰτιασόμεθα μὴ οὐχ ἕτοιμα εἶναι” Pl.La.189c; αἰ. τινὰ ὡς . . or ὅτι . . , Th.1.120, X.An.3.1.7; “αἰ. τινὰ περί τινος” X.HG1.7.6: c. acc. cogn., αἰ. αἰτίαν κατά τινος bring a charge against one, Antipho 6.27:— Pass., to be accused, aor. 1 ᾐτιάθην (always) Th.6.53, 8.68, X.HG2.1.32: pf. “ᾐτίαμαι” Th.3.61: fut. “αἰτιαθήσομαι” D.C.37.56.
b. in good sense, give one the credit of being, σὲ τίς αἰτιᾶται νομοθέτην ἀγαθὸν γεγονέναι; Pl.R.599e, cf. 379c, Cra.396d.
2. c. acc. rei, lay to one's charge, impute, “τοῦτο αἰ.” X.Cyr.3.1.39; “ταῦτα” D.19.215: c. dupl. acc., “τί ταῦτα τοὺς Αάκωνας αἰτιώμεθα” ; Ar.Ach.514.
3. injure, “ὁπλήν” Hippiatr.105.
II. allege as the cause, οὐ τὸ αἴτιον αἰ. not to allege the real cause, Pl.R. 329b; τίνα ἔχεις αἰτιάσασθαι . . τούτου κύριον; ib.508a; “φωνάς τε . . καὶ ἄλλα μυρία αἰ.” Id.Phd.98e; “τἀναίτια” Id.Ti.88a; “ὧν τὴν πενίαν αἰτιάσαιτ᾽ ἄν τις” D.18.263; “τὴν δίνην” Arist.Cael.295a32; “τὸ αὐτόματον” Id.Ph.196a25.
2. c. inf., allege, “τὸν λόγον αἰ. δυσχερῆ εἶναι” Pl.Prt. 333d, cf. Men.93d; “αἰ. τι αἴτιον εἶναι” Grg.518d; ἰλίγγους ἐκ φιλοσοφίας ἐγγίγνεσθαι allege by way of accusation that . . , Id.R. 407c; τῆς ἱερᾶς χώρας ᾐτιᾶτο εἶναι he alleged that it was part of . . , D. 18.150, cf. 37.12. (Late in Act., POxy.1032.51 (ii A. D.).)