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λωποδύτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λωποδύτης λωποδύτου

Structure: λωποδυτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: lw=pos, du/w

Sense

  1. one who slips into another's clothes, a clothes-stealer
  2. a thief, robber, footpad

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)
  • καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ γάστριδασ ἡμῶν ὄντασ μᾶλλον καὶ λωποδύτασ καὶ βωμολόχουσ κἀνδραποδιστάσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parabasis, pnigos2)
  • 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)
  • τοὺσ κυκλίουσ τούτουσ, τοὺσ αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα λέγοντασ μισῶ, λωποδύτασ ἀλλοτρίων ἐπέων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1301)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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