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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

  • σὺ δέ, ὦ κακέ, οὐ Ληκυθίων οὑμὸσ δραπέτησ τυγχάνεισ οὐ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοσ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 32:1)
  • ἐν ὄρφνῃ δραπέτησ μέγα σθένει. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode9)
  • τοιοῦτοσ οὗτοσ, ἐν μὲν ταῖσ παρατάξεσιν οἰκουρόσ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ οἴκοι μένουσι πρεσβευτήσ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ πρεσβευταῖσ δραπέτησ ἐστίν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 98:2)
  • ταῦτα καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀγανακτῶ, πρὸσ ἐνίων μὲν ἀτίμωσ λακτιζόμενοσ καὶ λαφυσσόμενοσ καὶ ἐξαντλούμενοσ, ὑπ’ ἐνίων δὲ ὥσπερ στιγματίασ δραπέτησ πεπεδημένοσ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 17:2)
  • εἰ δὲ τυγχάνει τισ ὑμῶν δραπέτησ ἐστιγμένοσ, ἀτταγᾶσ οὗτοσ παρ’ ἡμῖν ποικίλοσ κεκλήσεται. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, epirrheme4)

Synonyms

  1. a runaway

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