- ἀλείτης
- ἀλείτηςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `sinner' (Il.)Compounds: From the stem of the aorist ἀλιτό-ξενος `sinning against a guest' (Pi.), with metrical lengthening e. g. ἠλιτό-μηνος `missing the right month', i. e. `untimely born' (Il.). νηλείτιδες Od. to be read *νηλείτεες (Beekes, Lar. 108f, 289), cf. νηλείτης Antim. 177W; νηλείτης· ἀναμάρτητος LSJ Supp.; νηλιτέες· ἀναμάρτητοι, ἀναίτιοι, [ἄχρηστοι] H. with νη- \< *n̥-h₂leit- (from *h₂leit-os n.?)Derivatives: With ablaut: ἀλοίτης `criminal' (Emp.); ἀλοιταί κοιναί, ἁμαρτωλαί, ποιναί H. ἀλοιτήεσσαν κοινήν, 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.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [672] *h₂leit- `sin'?Etymology: On the relation of the Greek forms s. Tichy, Glotta 55 (1977)160ff. The only cognate proposed is OHG leid, NHG Leid (*laiÞa-) `injustice'. The ablaut suggests an old IE form.Page in Frisk: 1,67
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.