Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 1378. ἁλίσκεσθαι (ἁλῶναι) be convicted, ὀφλισκάνειν lose a suit, φεύγειν be prosecuted are equivalent to passives: ““ἐά_ν τις ἁλῷ κλοπῆς . . . κἂ_ν ἀστρατεία_ς τις ὄφλῃ” if any one be condemned for theft . . . and if any one be convicted of desertion” D. 24.103, ““ἀσεβεία_ς φεύγοντα ὑπὸ Μελήτου” being tried for impiety on the indictment of Meletus” P. A. 35d. ὀφλισκάνειν may take δίκην as a cognate accus. (““ὠφληκέναι δίκην” to be cast in a suit” Ar. Av. 1457); the crime or the penalty may stand in the genitive (with or without δίκην), or in the accusative: ““ὁπόσοι κλοπῆς ἢ δώρων ὄφλοιεν” all who had been convicted of embezzlement or bribery” And. 1.74, ὑφ᾽ ὑ_μῶν θανάτου δίκην ὀφλών having incurred through your verdict the penalty of death, ““ὑπὸ τῆς ἀληθεία_ς ὠφληκότες μοχθηρία_ν” condemned by the truth to suffer the penalty of wickedness” P. A. 39b.