Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
αἰτία. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
αἰτία, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
αἰτία in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
αἰτία you have here. The definition of the word
αἰτία will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
αἰτία, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Either a derivative of αἴτῐος (aítios, “causing; guilty”) or directly from unattested *αἶτος (*aîtos, “share”). In either case, from *h₂ey- (“to give”), whence also αἰτέω (aitéō, “to ask”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯.tí.aː/ → /ɛˈti.a/ → /eˈti.a/
Noun
αἰτῐ́ᾱ • (aitíā) f (genitive αἰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- charge, accusation, imputation, blame, guilt, fault
- (in a good sense) credit
- expostulation, admonition
- (philosophy) cause
- occasion, opportunity, motive
- category
Inflection
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “αἰτία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰτία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰτία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰτία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “αἰτία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G156 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accusation idem, page 8.
- allegation idem, page 25.
- blame idem, page 81.
- cause idem, page 118.
- censure idem, page 122.
- complaint idem, page 151.
- crime idem, page 184.
- criminality idem, page 184.
- culpability idem, page 188.
- denunciation idem, page 211.
- foundation idem, page 341.
- ground idem, page 375.
- guilt idem, page 378.
- implication idem, page 422.
- matter idem, page 518.
- objurgation idem, page 565.
- obloquy idem, page 566.
- origin idem, page 579.
- principle idem, page 641.
- reason idem, page 676.
- reprehension idem, page 697.
- reproach idem, page 698.
- reproof idem, page 699.
- responsibility idem, page 704.
- starting point idem, page 812.
- “αἰτία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011