δραπέτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, Ion. δρηπέτης, εω, ὁ, (διδράσκω, δρᾶναι) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[runaway]], [[βασιλέος]] [[from]] the king, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.137</span>; esp. [[runaway slave]], δούλοισι, καὶ τοῦτο δρηπέτῃσι <span class="bibl">Id.6.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1187</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod. 3.13</span>, etc.; δ. ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Adj., ποὺς δ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1498</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.152</span>; <b class="b3">βίος δ</b>. [[fugitive]] life, <span class="title">AP</span>10.87 (Pall.); <b class="b3">οὐ δραπέτην τὸν κλῆρον… μεθείς</b> no <b class="b2">skulker's</b> lot, i. e. not a lump of earth which would fall in pieces, of the lot of Cresphontes, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1285</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> fem. δρᾱπέτις, ιδος, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>25</span>: as Adj., [[στέγη]] a home [[whose occupants are shifting]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>174</span>; ψυχή <span class="title">AP</span>12.80 (Mel.); μέλισσαι <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Ep.</span>5</span>; [[Δραπέτιδες]], title of play by Cratinus.</span>