ἀλείτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt- (“offense”), which would make it cognate with Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (whence English loath and German Leid)[1] and possibly with Latin laedo.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀλείτης • (aleítēs) m (genitive ἀλείτου); first declension

  1. sinner
  2. offender, criminal

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀλείτης; τοῦ ἀλείτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀλείτης
ho aleítēs 		τὼ ἀλείτᾱ
tṑ aleítā 		οἱ ἀλεῖται
hoi aleîtai
Genitive τοῦ ἀλείτου
toû aleítou 		τοῖν ἀλείταιν
toîn aleítain 		τῶν ἀλειτῶν
tôn aleitôn
Dative τῷ ἀλείτῃ
tōî aleítēi 		τοῖν ἀλείταιν
toîn aleítain 		τοῖς ἀλείταις
toîs aleítais
Accusative τὸν ἀλείτην
tòn aleítēn 		τὼ ἀλείτᾱ
tṑ aleítā 		τοὺς ἀλείτᾱς
toùs aleítās
Vocative ἀλεῖτᾰ
aleîtă 		ἀλείτᾱ
aleítā 		ἀλεῖται
aleîtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀλειτεία (aleiteía, “fault”)
  • ἀλιταίνω (alitaínō, “to offend against, transgress”)
  • ἀλιτρός (alitrós, “sinful, wicked”)
  • ἀλοίτης (aloítēs, “avenger”)
  • Ἀλοῑτις (Aloītis, “epithet of Athena”)
  • ἀλοίτος (aloítos, “criminal”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀλείτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63

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