ευθύνη

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek εὐθύνη (euthúnē, “public control of the actions of rulers”), from Ancient Greek εὔθυνα (eúthuna), from εὐθύνω (euthúnō, “to guide straight; to examine one's conduct”), with semantic loan from French responsabilité.

Noun

ευθύνη • (efthýni) f (plural ευθύνες)

1. liability
2. responsibility

Declension

Declension of ευθύνη

	singular	plural
nominative	ευθύνη •	ευθύνες •
genitive	ευθύνης •	ευθυνών •
accusative	ευθύνη •	ευθύνες •
vocative	ευθύνη •	ευθύνες •

Derived terms

• εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης f (etaireía periorisménis efthýnis, “limited liability company”)