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ἔπηλυς

ἔπηλυς, one who comes to place; stranger, newcomer

ἔπηλ-ῠς, ῠδος, ὁ, ἡ, ἔπηλυ, τό, (ἐπήλυθον)
  • one who comes to a place, ἔλθετʼ ἐπήλυδες αὖθις come back to me (for they were going away), S. Ph. 1190 (anap.).
    • II incomer, stranger, foreigner, opp. αὐτόχθων, Hdt. 1.78, 4.197; ἄνδρας πολεμίους ἐ. A. Pers. 243 (troch.), cf. Th. 34, Supp. 195, Th. 1.29; Adj., ἔ. γένεσις Pl. Mx. 237b; ἔ. βίος J. AJ 8.12.2: also in neut. pl., ἐπήλυδα ἔθνεα Hdt. 8.73: neut. sg., ἐπήλυδος γένους D.H. 1.60; ὕδωρ ἔπηλυ Paus. 2.5.3.

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