Κλέπτειν
to steal
Translated by David Whitehead27 Oct 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] surreptitiously removing other people's property, acting fraudulently.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλέπτειν· αἰτιατικῇ. τὸ τὰ ἀλλότρια λάθρα ἀφαιρεῖσθαι, τὸ παραλογίζεσθαι.
Betacode
*kle/ptein: ai)tiatikh=|. to\ ta\ a)llo/tria la/qra a)fairei=sqai, to\ paralogi/zesqai.
Notes
- cf. kappa 1738 (and kappa 1739, kappa 1740).
Linked from4 entries
- κ1248Κεκλοφέναιto have stolen[Meaning] to steal, to purloin.
- κ1738Κλέπτηςthief[Meaning] he who takes away others' belongings, from the [verb] kle/ptw [meaning] I covet. Also [sc. attested is] kle/ptw ["I steal"], [meaning] I cheat. Homer [writes]: "do not cheat in your mind." But kle/pths [comes]…
- κ1739Κλεπτόμενοιbeing cheated[Meaning rhey] being deceived. "He kept sending [or: he tried to send] gifts to him, knowing that he was a thief and rather deficient in the faith entrusted [to him]."
- κ1740ΚλέπτονthievishlyIn the neuter. Aristophanes [writes]: "and so he glances thievishly; as if by keeping his teeth closed he thinks he will deceive me."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Feb 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead