ἀλείτης: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[sinner]] (Il.)<br />Compounds: From the stem of the aorist <b class="b3">ἀλιτό-ξενος</b> [[sinning against a guest]] (Pi.), with metrical lengthening e. g. <b class="b3">ἠλιτό-μηνος</b> [[missing the right month]], i. e. [[untimely born]] (Il.). [[νηλείτιδες]] Od. to be read <b class="b3">*νηλείτεες</b> (Beekes, Lar. 108f, 289), cf. [[νηλείτης]] Antim. 177W; <b class="b3">νηλείτης· ἀναμάρτητος</b> LSJ Supp.; <b class="b3">νηλιτέες· ἀναμάρτητοι</b>, [[ἀναίτιοι]], [[[ἄχρηστοι]]] 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: [[ἀλοίτης]] [[criminal]] (Emp.); <b class="b3">ἀλοιταί κοιναί</b>, [[ἁμαρτωλαί]], [[ποιναί]] H. <b class="b3">ἀλοιτήεσσαν κοινήν</b>, [[ἄνανδρον]] EM. - With zero grade: aor. [[ἤλιτον]], pres. (sec.) [[ἀλιταίνω]], [[offend against]], [[transgress]] (Hom.). From [[ἀλιτεῖν]]: [[ἀλιτήμων]] [[criminal]] but also [[cursed]] (Il.). Further [[ἀλιτρός]] [[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.