ἀλείτης: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[sinner]] (Il.)<br />Compounds: From the stem of the aorist <b class="b3">ἀλιτό-ξενος</b> <b class="b2">sinning against a guest</b> (Pi.), with metrical lengthening e. g. <b class="b3">ἠλιτό-μηνος</b> <b class="b2">missing the right month</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">untimely born</b> (Il.). <b class="b3">νηλείτιδες</b> Od. to be read <b class="b3">*νηλείτεες</b> (Beekes, Lar. 108f, 289), cf. <b class="b3">νηλείτης</b> Antim. 177W; <b class="b3">νηλείτης· ἀναμάρτητος</b> LSJ Supp.; <b class="b3">νηλιτέες· ἀναμάρτητοι</b>, <b class="b3">ἀναίτιοι</b>, [<b class="b3">ἄχρηστοι</b>] H. with <b class="b3">νη-</b> < <b class="b2">*n̥-h₂leit-</b> (from <b class="b2">*h₂leit-os</b> n.?)<br />Derivatives: With ablaut: <b class="b3">ἀλοίτης</b> [[criminal]] (Emp.); <b class="b3">ἀλοιταί κοιναί</b>, <b class="b3">ἁμαρτωλαί</b>, <b class="b3">ποιναί</b> H. <b class="b3">ἀλοιτήεσσαν κοινήν</b>, <b class="b3">ἄνανδρον</b> EM. - With zero grade: aor. <b class="b3">ἤλιτον</b>, pres. (sec.) <b class="b3">ἀλιταίνω</b>, <b class="b2">offend against, transgress</b> (Hom.). From <b class="b3">ἀλιτεῖν</b>: <b class="b3">ἀλιτήμων</b> [[criminal]] but also [[cursed]] (Il.). Further <b class="b3">ἀλιτρός</b> [[sinner]], [[rogue]], also adj. (Hom.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [672] <b class="b2">*h₂leit-</b> [[sin]]?<br />Etymology: On the relation of the Greek forms s. Tichy, Glotta 55 (1977)160ff. The only cognate proposed is OHG [[leid]], NHG [[Leid]] (<b class="b2">*laiÞa-</b>) [[injustice]]. The ablaut suggests an old IE form.

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