1.
of persons,
to have a thing begged of
one,
Hdt.
,
Thuc.
2.
of things,
to be asked,
to; aijteovmenon
Hdt
.,
etc.
Hence
ai[thma
ai[thma
ai[thma , ato", tov , a request, demand, Plat ., N.T.
aji?th"
aji?th" , Ion. for aji?ta" .
ai[thsi" , ew", hJ , ( aijtevw ) a request, demand, Hdt.
aijthtevon
aijthtevon , verb. Adj. of aijtevw , one must ask, Xen.
aijthtikov"
aijthtikov" , hv, ovn , ( aijtevw ) fond of asking, c. gen ., Arist.
aijthtov"
aijthtov" , ovn , verb. Adj. of aijtevw , asked for, Soph.
aijtiva
aijtiva , hJ , ( aijtevw ) a charge, accusation, Lat. crimen , and then the guilt or fault implied in such accusation, Pind ., Hdt. :—Phrases: aijtivan e[cein to be accused, tinov" of a thing, Id., etc. ;—reversely, aijtiva e[cei me Id.; ejn aijtiva/ ei\nai or givgnesqai Xen ., etc. ; aijtivan uJpevcein to lie under a charge, Plat. ; aijtivan fevresqai Thuc .; aijtivai" ejnevcesqai Plat .: —opp. to these are ejn aijtiva/ e[cein or diÆ aijtiva" to hold one guilty, accuse, Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. ; ejn aijtiva/ bavllein Soph .; aijtivan nevmein tiniv Id., etc.
2. in good sense, eij eu\ pravxaimen, aijtiva qeou` the credit is his, Aesch. ; oi} e[cousi tauvthn th;n aijtivan who have this as their characteristic, Plat.
3.
expostulation,
mh; ejpÆ e[cqra/ to; plevon h] aijtiva/
Thuc.
II.
a cause,
Lat.
causa
,
Plat
.,
etc.
;
dat.
aijtiva/
, like
Lat.
causa»
, for the sake of,
koinou` ajgaqou`
Thuc.
III.
an occasion, opportunity,
aijtivan parevcein
Luc.
IV.
the head
under which a thing comes,
Dem.
aijtiavasqai
aijtiavasqai , Ep. inf. of aijtiavomai .
aijtiavzomai
aijtiavzomai , ( aijtiva ) Pass. to be accused, Xen.
aijtivama
aijtiva<Eth>ma , ato", tov , a charge, guilt imputed, labei`n ejpÆ aijtiavmativ tina Aesch .; toioi`sde ejpÆ aijtiavmasin on such charges, Id. From aijtiavomai