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υπεύθυνος
person in charge / the one responsible /ipˈef.θi.nos/
nounA2#817 most common
Also: supervisor, manager, head, accountable / liable party, the responsible one
Example sentences
Ποιος είναι ο υπεύθυνος;
Who is the person in charge?
Ο υπεύθυνος του καταστήματος δεν είναι εδώ σήμερα.
The store manager isn't here today.
Θέλω να μιλήσω με τον υπεύθυνο για ένα πρόβλημα.
I want to speak with the person in charge about a problem.
Ως υπεύθυνος της ομάδας, οφείλω να λογοδοτώ για τα αποτελέσματα.
As the team's head, I must answer for the results.
Διορίστηκε υπεύθυνος του έργου παρά την έλλειψη εμπειρίας του.
He was appointed head of the project despite his lack of experience.
Ο εκάστοτε υπεύθυνος του τμήματος φέρει ακέραιη την ευθύνη για τυχόν παραλείψεις.
Whoever is the department head at any given time bears full responsibility for any omissions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | υπεύθυνος | υπεύθυνοι |
| Genitive | υπεύθυνου | υπεύθυνων |
| Accusative | υπεύθυνο | υπεύθυνους |
| Vocative | υπεύθυνε | υπεύθυνοι |
Word family
υπευθυνότηταresponsibility, accountability
ανεύθυνοςirresponsible, unaccountable
ευθύνηresponsibility, liabilityυπεύθυναresponsibly
υπευθύνωςresponsibly (formal register)
Etymology
Υπεύθυνος is built from the ancient preposition/prefix ὑπό ('under') and εὔθυνα/εὐθύνη ('the rendering of accounts, audit') — the formal examination an Athenian magistrate underwent at the end of his term. So one who is υπεύθυνος is literally 'subject to giving an account', i.e. answerable or liable. The root εὐθυν- goes back through εὐθύνω ('to set straight, to call to account') to εὐθύς ('straight'), whose deeper origin is uncertain.
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