Accusing

The verbs of accusing and condemning (cp. 1375) containing κατά in composition (καταγιγνώσκειν decide against, καταδικάζειν adjudge against, καταψηφίζεσθαι vote against, κατακρῑ́νειν give sentence against) take a genitive of the person, and an accusative of the penalty. κατηγορεῖν accuse, καταγιγνώσκειν and καταψηφίζεσθαι take a genitive of the person, an accusative of the crime: καταγνῶναι δωροδοκίᾱν ἐμοῦ to pronounce me guilty of bribery L. 21.21, τούτου δειλίᾱν καταψηφίζεσθαι to vote him guilty of cowardice 14. 11, τῶν διαφυγόντων θάνατον καταγνόντες having condemned the fugitives to death T. 6.60; person, crime, and penalty: πολλῶν οἱ πατέρες μηδισμοῦ θάνατον κατέγνωσαν our fathers passed sentence of death against many for favouring the Persians I. 4.157. The genitive is rarely used to express the crime or the penalty: παρανόμων αὐτοῦ κατηγορεῖν to accuse him of proposing unconstitutional measures D. 21.5; cp. ἀνθρώπων καταψηφισθέντων θάνατον men who have been condemned to death P. R. 558a.