ἀπόδημος
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
Dor. -δᾱμος, ον,
A away from one's country, abroad, οὐκ ἀ. Ἀπόλλωνος τυχόντος Pi.P.4.5, cf. Plu.2.799f, etc.; ἀ. ἐπέρχεσθαι from abroad, CIG3344 A (Smyrna); ἀ. στρατεία Luc.Am.6: metaph., τῆς ἐμῆς γνώμης Hp.Ep.17:—less Att. than ἔκδημος, Moer.143, cf. Poll.1.177.
German (Pape)
[Seite 301] nicht daheim, in der Fremde, abwesend, verreis't, Pind. P. 4, 5; Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόδημος: Δωρ. -δᾱμος, ον, ὁ ἀποδημῶν, ὁ ζῶν ἢ ταξειδεύων ἐν ξένῃ χώρᾳ, Πινδ. Π. 4. 8., Πλούτ. 2. 799F, κτλ.· ἀπ. ἐπέρχεσθαι, ἐκ τῆς ξένης, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3344Α: - ἧττον Ἀττ. τοῦ ἔκδημος, «ἔκδημος, Ἀττικῶς· ἀπόδημος, Ἑλληνικῶς» Μοῖρ. 143.
