Liable

Liable
adj.
Accountable: P. and V. ὑπεύθυνος, P. ὑπαίτιος, ὑπόδικος, ὑπόλογος, ἔνοχος.
Liable for the security: P. τῆς ἐγγύης ὑπόδικος.
Be liable for: P. and V. ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.) (Eur., Or. 516).
Liable to, accountable to: P. ὑπεύθυνος (dat.), ἔνοχος (dat.), ὑπόδικος (dat.).
Liable to tribute: P. ὑποτελὴς φοροῦ.
Liable to punishment: P. ζημία ἔνοχος.
Be liable to: P. and V. ἐνέχεσθαι (dat.).
Be liable to a charge of, v.: P. and V. ὀφλισκάνειν (acc.).
Not liable to military service, adj.: Ar. and P. ἀστράτευτος.
Be liable to (states of feeling, elc.), v.: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
Men's natures are liable to confusion: V. ἔχουσι γὰρ ταραγμὸν αἱ φύσεις βροτῶν (Eur.. El. 368).
If a man envies or indeed fears us (for superiority is liable to be the target of both passions) . . .: P. εἴ τις φθονεῖ ἢ καὶ φοβεῖται, ἀμφότερα γὰρ τάδε πάσχει τὰ μείζω ... (Thuc. 6, 78).
Be liable to (do a thing) (with infin.); P. and V. φιλεῖν.
Large armies are liable to be seized by unaccountable panics: P. φιλεῖ μεγάλα στρατόπεδα ἀσαφῶς ἐκπλήγνυσθαι (Thuc. 4. 125).
Be inclined to: P. and V. φύεσθαι (infin.); see {{U}}Inclined.

Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.

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