ἐπαίτης
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ἐπαίτου, ὁ, beggar, Telesp.14 H., Nech. ap. Vett.Val.290.2, Ath.5.192f, D.C.66.8 codd. ἐπαίτησις, εως, ἡ, begging, LXX Si.40.28,30.
German (Pape)
[Seite 896] ὁ, der fordert, Bettler, Teles Stob. fl. 5, 67; Ath. V, 192 f u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπαίτης: -ου, ὡς καὶ νῦν, κοινῶς «ζήτουλας», «διακονιάρης», Ἀθήν. 192F, Δίων Κ. 66. 8.
Greek Monolingual
ο (AM ἐπαίτης, θηλ. ἐπαῖτις») επαιτώ
ζητιάνος, ζήτουλας, διακονιάρης
μσν.- νεοελλ.
«μοναχοί ἐπαῖτες ἤ Τάγματα τῶν Ἐπαιτῶν» — μοναχικά τάγματα που ιδρύθηκαν κατά τον 13ο αιώνα και συντηρούνται με τις ελεημοσύνες τών πιστών.
Translations
beggar
Albanian: lypës; Arabic: سَائِل; Egyptian Arabic: شحات; Hijazi Arabic: شَحَّات; Moroccan Arabic: سعاي, طلاب; Armenian: մուրացկան; Aromanian: tsiritor, tsiritonj, tsiripãni, dicunjar, proseac, pitaci, zicljar; Asturian: méndigu; Azerbaijani: dilənçi; Baluchi: پکیر, فقیر, پنڈوک; Bashkir: хәйерсе; Belarusian: жабрак, жабрачка; Bengali: ভিক্ষুক, ফকির; Bulgarian: просяк, просякиня; Burmese: သူတောင်းစား; Catalan: mendicant, captaire; Chinese Mandarin: 乞丐, 叫花子, 花子; Czech: žebrák, žebračka; Danish: tigger, tiggerske, betler, betlerske; Dutch: bedelaar, bedelaarster, bedelares; Esperanto: almozulo, almozulino, almozisto, almozistino; Estonian: kerjus; Faroese: biddari; Finnish: kerjäläinen; French: gueux, mendiant, mendiante, quêteux; Galician: mendigo, mendiga, mendicante; Georgian: მათხოვარი; German: Bettler, Bettlerin, Bettelmann, Bettelfrau, Bettelweib, Bettelbruder, Bettelschwester, Pracher, Pracherin; Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍅𐌰; Greek: ζητιάνος, ζητιάνα, επαίτης; Ancient Greek: ἀγύρτης, ἐπαίτης, ἐπίμαστος, μεταίτης, πένης, προΐκτης, προσαίτης, πτωχός; Hebrew: קַבּצָן; Hindi: याचक, भिक्षुक, भिखमंगा, भिखारी, भिखारिन; Hungarian: koldus; Icelandic: betlari, beiningamaður; Indonesian: pengemis; Ingrian: keräjä, kerrääläin; Irish: sirtheoir, bacach; Italian: mendicante; Japanese: 乞食; Khmer: អ្នកសុំទាន; Korean: 걸개(乞丐), 거지, 걸인(乞人); Lao: ຄົນຂໍທານ; Latin: mendicus; Latvian: ubags, ubadze; Lithuanian: elgeta; Macedonian: питач, питачка, просјак, просјачка; Malay: pengemis; Malayalam: ഭിക്ഷക്കാരൻ, യാചകൻ; Maltese: tallab; Manchu: ᡤᡳᠣᡥᠣᡨᠣ; Marathi: भिकारी; Middle English: beggere; Mongolian Cyrillic: гуйлгачин; Navajo: adókeedí; Ngazidja Comorian: mmezi; Norman: bédgeux, pouqu'teux; North Frisian Föhr-Amrum: beedler, trögel, beedelmaan; Norwegian Bokmål: tigger, betler, betlerske; Nynorsk: tiggar; Pali: yācaka; Devanagari: याचक; Thai: ยาจก; Persian Dari: گَدَا; Iranian Persian: گِدا; Plautdietsch: Pracha; Polish: żebrak, żebraczka; Portuguese: mendigo, mendiga, pedinte; Punjabi: ਮੰਗਤਾ, ਮੰਗਤੀ; Romani: čororo; Romanian: cerșetor, cerșetoare; Russian: попрошайка, нищеброд; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: про̏сја̄к, просја̀киња; Roman: prȍsjāk, prosjàkinja; Shan: ၵူၼ်းယွၼ်း; Sicilian: addumanneri, addumannera; Slovak: žobrák, žobráčka; Slovene: berač, beračica; Spanish: mendigo, mendiga, pordiosero, mendicante, limosnero; Swahili: mwombaji, ombaomba; Swedish: tiggare, tiggerska, bettlare, bettlerska; Tagalog: pulubi, tanglo; Tajik: гадо; Thai: ขอทาน; Tibetan: སྤྲང་པོ; Tocharian B: yaṣṣuca; Turkish: dilenci; Tuvan: диленчи; Ukrainian: жебрак, жебрачка; Urdu: بِھکاری, بِھکھاری, یاچَک, بِھکْشُک; Uzbek: gadoy, tilanchi; Vietnamese: ăn xin, ăn mày; Volapük: lubegan, hilubegan, jilubegan, lubeganef, hilubeganef, jilubeganef; Yakut: умнаһыт; Zhuang: gaujvaq
