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ἀνδραποδιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδραποδιστής ἀνδραποδιστοῦ

Structure: ἀνδραποδιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from a)ndrapodi/zw

Sense

  1. slave dealer, one who enslaves men and sells them as slaves, kidnapper

Examples

  • ἀνδραποδιστὴσ εἶ, καὶ ἐοίκασ ἡμῖν ὑπ̓ Αἰγύπτου τοῦ θείου ἐπιπεμφθῆναι· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 34)
  • σὺ δὲ ἀνδραποδιστήσ τισ εἶναί μοι δοκεῖσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:8)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἔσται πρῶτον ἁπάντων οὐδεὶσ οὐδ’ ἀνδραποδιστὴσ κατὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν σὺ λέγεισ δήπου. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme22)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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