λωποδύτης
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]λώπη, λῶπος (lṓpē, lôpos, “covering, robe, mantle”) + δῡ́ω (dū́ō, “I get into, put on”) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming agent nouns)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɔː.po.dý.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lo.poˈdy.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lo.poˈðy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lo.poˈðy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lo.poˈði.tis/
Noun
[edit]λωποδῠ́της • (lōpodútēs) m (genitive λωποδῠ́του); first declension
- one who slips into another’s clothes, a clothes-stealer, especially one who steals the clothes of bathers, or strips travellers
- (generally) a thief, robber, footpad
- IG 12.44.5
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 47:
- λωποδυτῶν θάνατον αἱρεῖσθαι
- lōpodutôn thánaton haireîsthai
- λωποδυτῶν θάνατον αἱρεῖσθαι
- a plagiarist
- Anthologia Palatina 11.130, (Pollianus):
- λ. ἀλλοτρίων ἐπέων
- l. allotríōn epéōn
- λ. ἀλλοτρίων ἐπέων
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λωποδῠ́της ho lōpodútēs |
τὼ λωποδῠ́τᾱ tṑ lōpodútā |
οἱ λωποδῠ́ται hoi lōpodútai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λωποδῠ́του toû lōpodútou |
τοῖν λωποδῠ́ταιν toîn lōpodútain |
τῶν λωποδῠτῶν tôn lōpodutôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λωποδῠ́τῃ tôi lōpodútēi |
τοῖν λωποδῠ́ταιν toîn lōpodútain |
τοῖς λωποδῠ́ταις toîs lōpodútais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λωποδῠ́την tòn lōpodútēn |
τὼ λωποδῠ́τᾱ tṑ lōpodútā |
τοὺς λωποδῠ́τᾱς toùs lōpodútās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λωποδῠ́τᾰ lōpodúta |
λωποδῠ́τᾱ lōpodútā |
λωποδῠ́ται lōpodútai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- λωποδῠσῐ́ᾱ (lōpodusíā)
- λωποδῠσῐ́ου δῐ́κη (lōpodusíou díkē)
- λωποδῠτέω (lōpodutéō)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: λωποδύτης (lopodýtis)
Further reading
[edit]- “λωποδύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λωποδύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λωποδύτης (lōpodútēs), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + δύω (dýo, “to plunge, to sink”). The word originally referred to a thief who stole clothes, for example from those bathing or travelling.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]λωποδύτης • (lopodýtis) m (plural λωποδύτες, feminine λωποδύτισσα or λωποδύτρια)
- thief, robber, pickpocket, pilferer (one who steals, usually petty objects)
- 1993, Manos Eleftheriou/Christos Nikolopoulos, Στων Αγγέλων Τα Μπουζούκια:
- Έρχονται μες στα σκοτάδια σαν τους λωποδύτες
- Érchontai mes sta skotádia san tous lopodýtes
- They come in the dark like thieves.
- (more generally) crook, cheat, trickster (person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | λωποδύτης (lopodýtis) | λωποδύτες (lopodýtes) |
genitive | λωποδύτη (lopodýti) | λωποδυτών (lopodytón) |
accusative | λωποδύτη (lopodýti) | λωποδύτες (lopodýtes) |
vocative | λωποδύτη (lopodýti) | λωποδύτες (lopodýtes) |
Synonyms
[edit]- (thief, robber): κλέφτης m (kléftis)
- (crook): απατεώνας m (apateónas), κομπιναδόρος m (kompinadóros)
Derived terms
[edit]- λωποδυσία f (lopodysía, “robbery, thievery”)
- λωποδύταρος m (lopodýtaros) (augmentative)
- λωποδυτάκος m (lopodytákos) (diminutive)
- λωποδύτικος (lopodýtikos) (adjective)
- λωποδυτικός (lopodytikós) (adjective)
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