Ἀλείτης
sinner
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Apr 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλείτης· τὸ μὲν διὰ διφθόγγου σημαίνει τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν, τὸ δὲ διὰ τοῦ η σημαίνει τὸν πλανήτην. Ἀλιτρὸς δὲ διὰ τοῦ ι.
Betacode
*)alei/ths: to\ me\n dia\ difqo/ggou shmai/nei to\n a(martwlo/n, to\ de\ dia\ tou= h shmai/nei to\n planh/thn. *)alitro\s de\ dia\ tou= i.
Notes (3)
- Similar material, variously, in other lexica; references at Photius alpha911 Theodoridis.↩
- 1cf. alpha 1162. ↩
- 2cf. alpha 1200, alpha 1201, alpha 1202. ↩
- 3The adjective "sinful."
Linked from4 entries
- α1162Ἀλειτείαsinning[Meaning] sin.
- α1200ἈλητεύωI roam[Meaning] I wander. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)lhtei/a ["a roaming"], [meaning] a wandering.
- α1201Ἀλῆταιvagabonds[Meaning] wanderers. Aelian [writes]: "those who had been destroyed by the Romans were dispersed, ending their lives as vagabonds hither and thither".
- α1202Ἀλήτηςvagabond[Meaning a] wanderer. "[He] gathered those living a vagabond life." And elsewhere: "[they were] exposing fugitives and vagabonds." But a)lh=tis [is the equivalent of] feminine planh=tis.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 31 May 2015
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict