Λειποτάκτης
post-deserter
Translated by David Whitehead18 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] absconder/exile. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] leipotaktw= , [meaning] I abandon my post.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λειποτάκτης· ὁ φυγάς. καὶ Λειποτακτῶ, τὴν τάξιν καταλιμπάνω.
Betacode
*leipota/kths: o( fuga/s. kai\ *leipotaktw=, th\n ta/cin katalimpa/nw.
Notes
- See also under pi 1204.
cf. lambda 387, lambda 389, lambda 591.
Linked from2 entries
- λ387Λειποταξίουdesertionand [sc. also attested is the related term] leipota/kths, [meaning] one who flees war. Agathias [writes]: "[Sindual] thought it [would be] something shameful and ignoble if, with [so great] a war under way, he and those…
- λ591Λιποτάκτηςdeserter, post-deserter[Meaning] absconder/refugee. One abandoning his post. Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] leipotakth/sas, [meaning someone] having abandoned, having fled.
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- Translated — David Whitehead