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κλέπτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλέπτης κλέπτου

Structure: κλεπτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: kle/ptw

Sense

  1. thief
  2. deceitful person

Declension

First declension

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

  • ὡσ ἔγωγε ἤν ποτε ἐπιδημήσω τῇ Σπάρτῃ καθ’ ὃν καιρὸν ταῦτα δρῶσι, δοκῶ μοι τάχιστα καταλευσθήσεσθαι δημοσίᾳ πρὸσ αὐτῶν, ἐπιγελῶν ἑκάστοισ, ὁπόταν ὁρῶ τυπτομένουσ καθάπερ κλέπτασ ἢ λωποδύτασ ἤ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτον ἐργασαμένουσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 39:8)
  • ἤδη δέ τινασ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλλοδαπὴν ἐξέπεμπεν, φήμασ ἐμποιήσοντασ τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μαντείου καὶ διηγησομένουσ ὡσ προείποι καὶ ἀνεύροι δραπέτασ καὶ κλέπτασ καὶ λῃστὰσ ἐξελέγξειε καὶ θησαυροὺσ ἀνορύξαι παράσχοι καὶ νοσοῦντασ ἰάσαιτο, ἐνίουσ δὲ καὶ ἤδη ἀποθανόντασ ἀναστήσειεν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 24:1)
  • καθιστᾶσι δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἕνδεκα κλήρῳ, τοὺσ ἐπιμελησομένουσ τῶν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ, καὶ τοὺσ ἀπαγομένουσ κλέπτασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀνδραποδιστὰσ καὶ τοὺσ λωποδύτασ, ἂν μὲν ὁμολογῶσι, θανάτῳ ζημιώσοντασ, ἂν δ’ ἀμφισβητῶσιν, εἰσάξοντασ εἰσ τὸ δικαστήριον, κἂν μὲν ἀποφύγωσιν, ἀφήσοντασ, εἰ δὲ μή, τότε θανατώσοντασ, καὶ τὰ ἀπογραφόμενα χωρία καὶ οἰκίασ εἰσάξοντασ εἰσ τὸ δικαστήριον, καὶ τὰ δόξαντα δημόσια εἶναι παραδώσοντασ τοῖσ πωληταῖσ, καὶ τὰσ ἐνδείξεισ εἰσάξοντασ· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 52 1:1)
  • "ὑμεῖσ δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, μὴ θαυμάζετε τὰσ γινομένασ κλοπάσ, ὅταν τοὺσ μὲν κλέπτασ χαλκοῦσ, τοὺσ δὲ τοίχουσ πηλίνουσ ἔχωμεν. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 11 5:3)
  • ἀλλὰ τοιχωρύχουσ καὶ κλέπτασ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ κακούργουσ τοὺσ ἐπὶ θανάτῳ οὗτοι εἰσάγουσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 71:6)

Synonyms

  1. thief

  2. deceitful person

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