αἴτιος

See also: αίτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *αἶτος (*aîtos, “share”) +‎ -ιος (-ios), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éy-ti-s, from *h₂ey- (“to give”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (aēta).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ti.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ti.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ti.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ti.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ti.os/

Adjective

αἴτῐος • (aítios) m (feminine αἰτῐ́ᾱ, neuter αἴτῐον); first/second declension

causing, being the author of, responsible for
to blame, blameworthy, guilty, reprehensible, culpable
(substantive) defendant, accused, culprit

Inflection

First and second declension of αἴτῐος; αἰτῐ́ᾱ; αἴτῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἴτῐος aítios	αἰτῐ́ᾱ aitíā	αἴτῐον aítion	αἰτῐ́ω aitíō	αἰτῐ́ᾱ aitíā	αἰτῐ́ω aitíō	αἴτῐοι aítioi	αἴτῐαι aítiai	αἴτῐᾰ aítia
Genitive	αἰτῐ́ου aitíou	αἰτῐ́ᾱς aitíās	αἰτῐ́ου aitíou	αἰτῐ́οιν aitíoin	αἰτῐ́αιν aitíain	αἰτῐ́οιν aitíoin	αἰτῐ́ων aitíōn	αἰτῐ́ων aitíōn	αἰτῐ́ων aitíōn
Dative	αἰτῐ́ῳ aitíōi	αἰτῐ́ᾳ aitíāi	αἰτῐ́ῳ aitíōi	αἰτῐ́οιν aitíoin	αἰτῐ́αιν aitíain	αἰτῐ́οιν aitíoin	αἰτῐ́οις aitíois	αἰτῐ́αις aitíais	αἰτῐ́οις aitíois
Accusative	αἴτῐον aítion	αἰτῐ́ᾱν aitíān	αἴτῐον aítion	αἰτῐ́ω aitíō	αἰτῐ́ᾱ aitíā	αἰτῐ́ω aitíō	αἰτῐ́ους aitíous	αἰτῐ́ᾱς aitíās	αἴτῐᾰ aítia
Vocative	αἴτῐε aítie	αἰτῐ́ᾱ aitíā	αἴτῐον aítion	αἰτῐ́ω aitíō	αἰτῐ́ᾱ aitíā	αἰτῐ́ω aitíō	αἴτῐοι aítioi	αἴτῐαι aítiai	αἴτῐᾰ aítia
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰτῐ́ως aitíōs			αἰτῐώτερος aitiṓteros			αἰτῐώτᾰτος aitiṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

αἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitíā)

Related terms

αἰτέω (aitéō)