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ἀλήτης

ἀλήτης, a wanderer, stroller, rover, vagabond

ἀλήτ-ης [ᾰ], ον, Dor. ἀλάτας, α, ὁ; voc. ἀλῆτα S. OC 1096, Dor. ἀλᾶτα ib. 165: (ἀλάομαι):—
  • wanderer, vagabond, Hom. only in Od., always of beggars (17.420, al.); in Trag. also of exiles, A. Ag. 1282, Ch. 1042, S. OC 50, 746, E. Heracl. 224, Supp. 280 (lyr.):—τὸν μακρῶν ἀλάταν πόνων one who has wandered in long labour, S. Aj. 888.
      • 2 as Adj., vagrant, roving, πόδʼ ἀλάταν E. El. 139 (anap.); βίος ἀλήτης Hdt. 3.52; in later Prose, ἄνδρες D.Chr. 1.9:—so also fem. ἀλῆτις, ιδος, D.P. 490 (as v.l.); name of song in honour of Erigone, Ath. 14.618e, Poll. 4.55, Hsch. s.v.; cf. ἐώρα II.

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