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δραπέτης

δραπέτης, a runaway

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δραπέτα Noun: masculine vocative singular of δραπέτης

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δρᾱπέτ-ης, ου, Ion. δρηπέτης, εω, ὁ, (διδράσκω, δρᾶναι)
  • runaway, βασιλέος from the king, Hdt. 3.137; esp. runaway slave, δούλοισι, καὶ τοῦτο δρηπέτῃσι Id. 6.11, cf. Ar. Ach. 1187, Herod. 3.13, etc.; δ. ἀνήρ S. Fr. 63.
      • 2 Adj., ποὺς δ. E. Or. 1498 (lyr.), cf. Aeschin. 3.152; βίος δ. fugitive life, AP 10.87 (Pall.); οὐ δραπέτην τὸν κλῆρον . . μεθείς no skulkerʼs lot, i. e. not a lump of earth which would fall in pieces, of the lot of Cresphontes, S. Aj. 1285.
    • II fem. δρᾱπέτις, ιδος, Luc. Asin. 25: as Adj., στέγη a home whose occupants are shifting, S. Fr. 174; ψυχή AP 12.80 (Mel.); μέλισσαι Ael. Ep. 5; Δραπέτιδες, title of play by Cratinus.

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