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ἐπαίτης

From LSJ

Χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him

Euripides, Alcestis, 109-11
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Full diacritics: ἐπαίτης Medium diacritics: ἐπαίτης Low diacritics: επαίτης Capitals: ΕΠΑΙΤΗΣ
Transliteration A: epaítēs Transliteration B: epaitēs Transliteration C: epaitis Beta Code: e)pai/ths

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