ἐπαίτιος

A. blamed for a thing, blameable, blameworthy:

1. of persons, οὔ τί μοι ὔμμες ἐπαίτιοι Il. 1.335; τινός for a thing, A. Eu. 465, E. Hipp. 1383 (lyr.); accused of a thing, Th. 6.61; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν πρός τινας Plu. Comp.Dion.Brut. 2.

2. of things, ἀναχωρησις Th. 5.65; ἐπαιτιώτατοι τῶν κινδύνων Lys. 7.39.

II. ἐπαίτια,τά, legal punishments, = προστιμήματα, Solon ap.Poll. 8.22, Lexap.D. 24.105.