A.“ὠφλίσκανον” D.30.2: fut. “ὀφλήσω” S.OT511 (lyr.), E.Hec.327, Ar.Pax172, Pl. Phd.117a: pf. “ὤφληκα” Ar.Nu.34, etc.; Arc. part. dat. pl. “Ϝοφληκόσι” IG5(2).262.18 (Mantinea, v B. C.), and 3pl. Ϝοφλέασι prob. in ib.1: aor. “ὤφλησα” Lys.13.65 codd. (ὦφλεν Sauppe), Aristid.2.143 J., Sopat. in Rh.8.243 W., (προσ-) Alciphr.3.26; in correct writers the aor. is ὦφλον, Hdt.8.26, And.1.73, etc.; inf. “ὀφλεῖν” Th.5.101, etc.; part. “ὀφλών” IG12.6.31, Th.3.70, etc.: sts. wrongly written ὄφλειν, ὄφλων, as if there were an Att. pres. ὄφλω; but this pres., though quoted by Hdn. Gr.1.448, occurs only in late writers as D.Chr.31.143, 153(f.l.): ὀφλέω is a still more doubtful form; for in Hsch. ὀφλεῖ shd. be corrected ὄφλει; ὤφλεε in Hdt.8.26 is an error for ὦφλε (which is given by some codd.): pres. ὀφλίσκω is cited by Suid.; ὀφλάνω by Phot. and Hsch.; and 3sg. fut. ὀφλανεῖ from Sol. by Sch.Gen.Il.21.282. (From same root as ὀφείλω, q. v.; origin doubtful: ὀφλισκάνω and ὀφλήσω may be recent formations from ὦφλον, ὤφληκα.):—become a debtor, prop. of one condemned to pay a fine, become liable to pay, “ζημίαν” E.Med.581, etc.; “χρήματα” Lys.20.14; “πέντε τάλαντα” Ar.Pax 172; “χιλίας δραχμάς” Pl.Ap.36a; “τὸ μείωμα εἴκοσι μνᾶς” X.An.5.8.1; “τὴν ἐπωβελίαν” Isoc.18.12.
2. δίκην ὀφλεῖν to be cast in a suit, lose one's cause, “δίκας ὤφληκα” Ar.Nu.34, cf. Av.1457; “ἤν τις ὄφλῃ παρὰ τοῖς ἄρχουσι δίκην τῳ” Id.Ec.655; ὀφλεῖν δίαιταν to lose in an arbitration, Is.12.12 (prob. cj. for ὤφειλον codd.), D.29.58, etc.; ἐρήμην ὀ. τὴν δίκην to let judgement go against one by default, Antipho 5.13; “ἐξούλας ἢ γραφὰς ἢ ἐπιβολάς” And.1.73; “κλοπῆς ἕνεκα τὰς εὐθύνας ὀ.” Aeschin.3.10.
3. abs., to be cast, to be the losing party, “μέλλων ὀφλήσειν” Ar.Nu.777; “κᾆτ᾽ ὀφλὼν ἀπέρχεται” Id.Ach.689, cf. Th.3.70, Pl.Lg.745a, PHal.1.200 (iii B. C.); ὀφλεῖν τῷ δημοσίῳ ἐπί τινι for an offence, D.39.14.
4. c. gen. criminis, “ὀφλὼν ἁρπαγῆς τε καὶ κλοπῆς δίκην” A.Ag.534: without “δίκην, ὠφληκὼς φόνου” Pl.Lg.874b; ὀ. τραύματος ἐκ προνοίας ib.877c; “ὀψὲ ὁδοῦ” Id.Cra.433a(s.v.l.); ὀ. κλοπῆς, δώρων, And.1.74; ἀστρατείας, ἀποστασίου, D.24.103, 25.65; butalso
d. c. part., “ἄν τις ὄφλῃ φαρμακείαις τισὶ βλάπτων” Pl.Lg.845e.
II. generally, of anything which one deserves or brings on oneself, αἰσχύνην, βλάβην ὀ., incur them, E.Hel.67, Andr.188; ὀ. γέλωτα to be laughed at, Id.Med. 404, Ar.Nu.1035; τινι by one, E.Ba.854; παρά τινι, πρός τινα, Pl. Phd.117a, Hp.Ma.282a.
2. δειλίαν ὀ. incur a charge of cowardice, get a character for cowardice, δειλίην ὦφλε (v.l. ὤφλεε) πρὸς βασιλέος he drew upon himself the reproach of cowardice from the king, Hdt.8.26, cf. E.Heracl.985; “μώρῳ μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνω” S.Ant.470, cf. E.Med. 1227, etc.; αὐθαδία τοι σκαιότητ᾽ ὀ. S.Ant.1028; “ἀπ᾽ ἐμᾶς φρενὸς οὔποτ᾽ ὀφλήσει κακίαν” Id.OT511 (lyr.); “ἀμαθίαν ὀφλήσομεν” E.Hec.327, cf. Ion443; “μοχθηρίαν καὶ ἀδικίαν” Pl.Ap.39b; “ἄνοιαν” D.1.26; “αἰσχύνην” Id.2.3.