1. to charge, accuse, censure, blame , with accusative pers. τάχα κεν καὶ ἀναίτιον αἰτιόωιτο (Iliad by Homer); αἰτ. τινά τινος to accuse of a thing, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.;—;with infinitive, αἰτ. τινα ποιεῖν τι to accuse one of doing, (Herdotus Historicus):—;in this signification, certain tenses are used in passive sense, to be accused , aor1 ἠιτιάθην (Thucydides); perfect ἠιτίαμαι (Thucydides)

2. with accusative rei, to lay to one's charge, impute , τοῦτο αἰτ. (Xenophon Historicus); ταῦτα (Demosthenes Orator); with double accusative, τί ταῦτα τοὺς Λάκωνας αἰτιώμεθαa (Aristophanes Comicus)

3. to allege as the cause , αἰτ. τινα αἴτιον (Plato Philosophus); φωνάς τε καὶ ἄλλα μυρία αἰτ. (Plato Philosophus); τῆς ἱερᾶς χώρας ἠιτιᾶτο εἶναι he alleged that it was part of the sacred territory, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)