δραπέτης: Difference between revisions

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