Ἑπέται

followers

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

15 words

[Meaning] attendants, from the [verb] e(/pesqai ["to follow"]. But [proparoxytone] e(/petai ["follows"] [means he/she/it] accompanies.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑπέται· οἱ θεράποντες, παρὰ τὸ ἕπεσθαι. Ἕπεται δὲ ἀκολουθεῖ.

Betacode

*(epe/tai: oi( qera/pontes, para\ to\ e(/pesqai. *(/epetai de\ a)kolouqei=.

Same material, variously, in other lexica (inc. Hesychius epsilon4472-3). The entry distinguishes a noun and a verb which differ only in accent. For the second element cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 6.276.