ἀλήτης

aletes

wanderer, vagabond

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 17 3
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17420
17576
17578
Book 18 2
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1818
1825
Book 19 1
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1976
Book 21 1
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21400

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλήτης [ᾰ], ον, Dor. ἀλάτας, α, ὁ; voc. ἀλῆτα S. OC 1096, Dor. ἀλᾶτα ib.165: (ἀλάομαι):—A. wanderer, vagabond, Hom. only in Od., always of beggars (17.420, al.); in Trag. also of exiles, A. Ag. 1282, Ch. 1042, S. OC 50, 746, E. Heracl. 224, Supp. 280 (lyr.):—τὸν μακρῶν ἀλάταν πόνων one who has wandered in long labour, S. Aj. 888. 2. as Adj., vagrant, roving, πόδʼ ἀλάταν E. El. 139 (anap.); βίος ἀλήτης Hdt. 3.52; in later Prose, ἄνδρες D.Chr. 1.9:—so also fem. ἀλῆτις, ιδος, D.P. 490 (as v.l.); name of song in honour of Erigone, Ath. 14.618e, Poll. 4.55, Hsch. s.v.; cf. ἐώρα II.

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