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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

  • τὰ πάντα πλὴν δραπέτην μεταδιώκειν. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 26:20)
  • δεῖ δὲ τὸν δίκαιον δημαγωγὸν [σω]τῆρα τῆσ [ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδοσ εἶναι, μὴ δραπέτην. (Hyperides, Speeches, 4:2)
  • σὲ μὲν καλοῦσι ψωμοκόλαφον δραπέτην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 80 1:7)
  • ἐφ’ οἷσ εἰκότωσ ἦν καταγέλαστοσ, εἰ δραπέτην Σύλλα καὶ λείψανον τῆσ Κάρβωνοσ φυγῆσ ἀποκαλῶν τὸν Σερτώριον οὕτω κεχαύνωται καὶ περιχαρὴσ γέγονεν, ὑποχωρήσαντοσ αὐτοῦ περιγενόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 22 3:1)
  • χὤτ’ αὖθισ αὐτὸσ Ἕκτοροσ μόνοσ μόνου λαχών τε κἀκέλευστοσ ἦλθ’ ἐναντίοσ, οὐ δραπέτην τὸν κλῆρον ἐσ μέσον καθείσ, ὑγρᾶσ ἀρούρασ βῶλον, ἀλλ’ ὃσ εὐλόφου κυνῆσ ἔμελλε πρῶτοσ ἅλμα κουφιεῖν; (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. a runaway

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