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δραπέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δραπέτης δραπέτου

Structure: δραπετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: didra/skw

Sense

  1. a runaway, especially a runaway slave

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δραπέτης δραπέτᾱ δραπέται
Genitive δραπέτου δραπέταιν δραπετῶν
Dative δραπέτῃ δραπέταιν δραπέταις
Accusative δραπέτην δραπέτᾱ δραπέτᾱς
Vocative δραπέτα δραπέτᾱ δραπέται

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πολλὴ γὰρ ἡ ταραχὴ καὶ ἄλλοι ἄλλα νομιζουσι, Σκύθαι μὲν ἀκινάκῃ θύοντεσ καὶ Θρᾷκεσ Ζαμόλξιδι, δραπέτῃ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκ Σάμου ὡσ αὐτοὺσ ἥκοντι, Φρύγεσ δὲ Μήνῃ καὶ Αἰθίοπεσ Ἡμέρᾳ καὶ Κυλλήνιοι Φάλητι καὶ Ἀσσύριοι περιστερᾷ καὶ Πέρσαι πυρὶ καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι ὕδατι. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 42:3)
  • "τῶν δραπετῶν ἀφηγεῖσθαι ὡσ ἂν βασιλέα στρατεύματοσ, καὶ πολλάκισ τῶν Χίων ἐπιστρατευσάντων ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ οὐδὲν ἀνύσαι δυναμένων ἐπεὶ αὐτοὺσ ἑώρα μάτην ἀπολλυμένουσ ὁ Δρίμακοσ τοῦτο γὰρ ἦν ὄνομα τῷ δραπέτῃ λέγει πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ τάδε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:63)

Synonyms

  1. a runaway

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