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μέμφομαι

μέμφομαι, μέμφομαι, blame, criticise, find fault with (verb)

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μεμφομένοις present middle participle masculine dative plural, present middle participle neuter dative plural of μέμφομαι

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μέμφομαι, Thgn. 797, etc.: impf. ἐμέμφετο Batr. 70: fut. μέμψομαι Hes. Op. 186, etc.: aor. ἐμέμφθην Hdt. 1.77, 3.13, Pi. N. 11.30 (κατα-), E. Hipp. 1402, al., Th. 4.85 (in pass. sense, Ph. 1.301, A.D. Synt. 67.22): but in Att. and Trag. commonly ἐμεμψάμην, as A. Pr. 1073 (anap.), And. 4.3, Th. 1.143, also in Mimn. 14.5, Hdt. 2.24: pres. in pass. sense, D.L. 6.47, Asp. in EN 133.14: fut. μεμφθήσομαι Ps.-Men. in Meineke Fragm.Com.Gr. iv p.337:—
  • blame, censure, first in Hes. (though ἐπιμέμφομαι occurs in Hom.):
      • 1 c. acc. pers., μέμψονται δʼ ἄρα τούς Hes. Op. 186, cf. Thgn. 797, Pi. N. 7.64, S. El. 384, etc.; μ. τύχην A. Pr. 1073 (anap.); μ. τὸν θέντα τὸν νόμον And. 4.3; κατὰ τὸ μαντήϊον οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὁ Κροῖσος μέμφεται (sc. τὸν Λοξίαν) Hdt. 1.91; μ. τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς φίλους X. Oec. 11.23; μ. τινὰ εἴς τι Id. An. 2.6.30.
        • b c. acc. rei, οἶνε, τὰ μέν σʼ αἰνῶ, τὰ δὲ μέμφομαι Thgn. 873; μ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ δῶρα, Hdt. 1.207, 3.13; μ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν Pl. Euthd. 305b; ἄλλο οὐδὲν μ. X. An. 7.6.39; μεμφθεὶς κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ἑωυτοῦ στράτευμα Hdt. 1.77; ταῦτα . . προτʼ ἐμὸν θυμὸν ἐμεμψάμαν Theoc. 30.24.
      • 2 c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, impute as blameworthy, cast in oneʼs teeth, Sapph. Supp. 14.7 (prob.), Hdt. 3.4, 4.180, Ar. Nu. 525, Av. 137, Th. 1.143, etc.: also c. acc. cogn., τῷ Λοξίᾳ μέμψιν μ. Ar. Pl. 10, etc.; μ. τινὶ ὅτι . . Hdt. 9.6, cf. 6.92; οὕνεκα . . E. Hel. 31; εἰ . . Th. 4.85: c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, οὔποτʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων μέμψει A. Th. 652: c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, ὃ μάλιστα μέμφονται ἡμῶν which is the chief complaint they make against us, Th. 1.84.
      • 3 c. dat. pers. only, to be dissatisfied with, find fault with, A. Th. 560, Pr. 63, S. Tr. 470, E. Or. 285, IA 899 (troch.), X. Mem. 3.5.20, Ep.Hebr. 8.8: with part.added, μ. ἡμῖν λογισαμένοις Luc. Charid. 20; ὡς κακῶς βουλευομένοις Pl. Phdr. 234b, cf. Cri. 50d.
      • 4 c. gen. rei only, complain of, οὐ μάχης . . μέμψει A. Fr. 199.3; εἴ τι μέμφῃ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπουσίας E. Hec. 962; τιμῆς ἐμέμφθη of her [neglected] honour (cf. εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται Il. 1.93), E. Hipp. 1402; μ. τῶν γεγενημένων Th. 8.109.
      • 5 c. inf. with μή, μ. μὴ πολλάκις βουλεύεσθαι object that one ought not . ., Id. 3.42.
      • 6 abs., find fault, complain, A. Supp. 137 (lyr.); ὅτι Arist. EN 1162b18. in Law, οἱ μεμφόμενοι the plaintiffs, GDI 4998 (Gortyn).

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