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Ἀλιταίνω · I transgress (α 1252) · Suda

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Near α1252

α1248they might be mustered
α1249having been mustered
α1250you are captured, you are caught, you stand convicted
α1251mustered
α1252I transgress
α1253shallow
α1254I offend
α1255wrong
α1256(?)witless

Suda/Α alpha/α1252

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Ἀλιταίνω

I transgress

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
ethics
religion

3 words

Translation

[Meaning] I sin.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀλιταίνω· ἁμαρτάνω.

Betacode

*)alitai/nw: a(marta/nw.

Notes

Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
cf. alpha 1254, alpha 1255, eta 249.

Linked from4 entries

α1254ἈλιτεύωI offendThe [verb that means] I sin.
α1255Ἀλίτημαwrong[Meaning a] sin. Also [sc. attested is the related term] a)lith/mwn, [meaning] the sinner. And it shortens.
α1258Ἀλιτήριοιsinners[Meaning] offenders, but they used to be called a)lith/rioi ["sinners"] for the following reason: once famine gripped the Athenians, and the poor were seizing the flour [a)/leura] from those milling [it] [a)lou=ntes].…
η249Ἤλιτενoffended[Meaning he/she/it] sinned. Also [sc. attested is the participle] h)li/thsas ["[he] having offended"] [used] likewise.

Neighbouring entries

α1250Ἁλίσκειyou are captured, you are caught, you stand convicted α1251Ἁλισμένοιmustered α1252ἈλιταίνωI transgress α1253Ἁλιτενήςshallow α1254ἈλιτεύωI offend

Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Jun 2015

4 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
6 Feb 2012another note — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2006Revised — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2006added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
18 Jun 2002added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 May 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀλιταίνω (Adler number alpha 1252), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 11 May 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1252

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗