A.speak against, esp. before judges, accuse, opp. ἀπολογέομαι, c. gen., Hdt.2.113, 8.60, Lys.14.21, Ar.Pl.1073, etc.; “τῆς πόλεως” Pl.Mx.244e: less freq. “κατά τινος” X.HG1.7.9; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, Pl.Euthphr.2c; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, D.21.134, cf. X.HG7.1.38; κ. τινὸς ὅτι . . ib.1.7.17; “τῶν ἱππέων ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατηγόρει” D.21.197; “τῆς ἐμῆς [τύχης] κατηγορεῖς” Id.18.266, cf. Isoc.3.4.
2. κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, “δείν᾽ ἔπη μου” S.OT514, cf. E.Or.28, etc.; “τῶν ἄλλων μωρίαν” X.Mem.1.3.4; “ὃς ἐμοῦ Φιλιππισμὸν κατηγορεῖ” D.18.294; “κ. τι κατά τινος” Hyp.Eux.23; “τινὸς περί τινος” And.1.110, Th.8.85: c. inf., “κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι” Pl.Grg.482c: c. dupl. gen., “παρανόμων κ. τινός” D.21.5.
3. c. acc. rei only, allege in accusation, Hdt. 2.113; “μωρίαν ἐμήν” E.Heracl.418; “τὴν πονηρίαν τῶν γονέων” Pl.Prt. 346a; “τὰ γεγονότα κ.” Antipho 1.10, cf.Ar.V.932, Ra.996 (lyr.), Lys. 13.31, D.19.9:—Pass., to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μου; S.OT529; “ἀδικία πολλὴ κ. αὐτοῦ” Th.1.95; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, Pl.Ap.18a, cf. Lys.16.9; “τὰ -ηθέντα” Antipho 5.85, And.1.24; “τἀδικήμαθ᾽ ἃ κατηγορεῖται” D.21.136: impers., folld. by inf., σφέων . . κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that . . , Hdt.7.205; “κατηγορεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι” X.HG5.2.35; κατηγορουμένου δ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι . . a charge being brought against him, that . . , ib.3.5.25.
b. rarely in Pass., of the person, to be accused, “οἱ κατηγορούμενοι” And.1.7, cf. Luc.Tim.38 (s.v.l.).
II. signify, indicate, prove, c.acc.rei, [“τὸ νεαρὸν] κ. τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν” X.Cyr.1.4.3, cf. Plu.2.695d, Adam.1.5,al.; “ἀσθένειαν μᾶλλον ἢ δύναμιν” Plot.4.6.3; display, “οἱ πολλὴν -οῦντες ἀπειροκαλίαν” Luc.Nigr. 21: c. gen. pers., “εὖ γὰρ φρονοῦντος ὄμμα σοῦ κατηγορεῖ” A.Ag.271, cf. E.Fr.690, S.Aj.907, etc.; “ὠκύτητα κ. τοῦ κυνός” Philostr.Im.2.26.
2. folld. by relat., declare, assert, “αὐτὸ κατηγορέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡς ἔστι Ἑλληνικόν” Hdt.3.115; κ. ὅτι . . Id.4.189, Pl.Phd.73b (impers.): abs., make a definite assertion, Id.Tht.208b.
III. in Logic, predicate of a person or thing, “τί τινος” Arist.Cat.3a19,al., Epicur.Fr.250; κυρίως, καταχρηστικῶς κ., Phld.Po.5.15; “ἐναντίως ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν” Id.Oec.p.60 J.: —more freq. in Pass., to be predicated of . . , τινος Arist.Cat.2a21, APr. 26b9, al.; “κατά τινος” Id.Cat.2a37; “κατὰ παντὸς ἢ μηδενός” Id.APr.24a15: less freq. “ἐπί τινος” Id.Metaph.998b16, 999a15; so later “ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς οἴονται θεοῦ ἑκάτερον τῶν ὀνομάτων -εῖσθαι” D.H.2.48; “περί τινος” Arist. Top.140b37; “τὸ κοινῇ -ούμενον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν” Id.SE179a8: abs., τὸ κατηγορούμενον the predicate, opp. τὸ ὑποκείμενον (the subject), Id.Cat.1b11, cf.Metaph.1043a6, al.; κατηγορεῖν καὶ -εῖσθαι to be subject and predicate, Id.APr.47b1.
