# λωποδύτης
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

λώπη, λῶπος (lṓpē, lôpos, “covering, robe, mantle”) +‎ δῡ́ω (dū́ō, “I get into, put on”) +‎ -της (-tēs, suffix forming agent nouns)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔː.po.dý.tɛːs/ → /lo.poˈðy.tis/ → /lo.poˈði.tis/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /lɔː.po.dý.tɛːs/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /lo.poˈdy.te̝s/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /lo.poˈðy.tis/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /lo.poˈðy.tis/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /lo.poˈði.tis/

### Noun

λωποδῠ́της • (lōpodútēs) m (genitive λωποδῠ́του); first declension
* one who slips into another’s clothes, a clothes-stealer, especially one who steals the clothes of bathers, or strips travellers
** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Epigr. 4
** Lexica Segueriana 276.12, (Lexeis Rhetorikai ):Λωποδύτης: ὁ τὰ τῶν νεκρῶν ἱμάτια κλέπτων.Lōpodútēs: ho tà tôn nekrôn himátia kléptōn.Lopodytes: he who steals the grave-clothes of the dead.
* (generally) a thief, robber, footpad
** IG 12.44.5
** 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 5.9
** 519 BCE – 422 BCE, Cratinus, Collected Works 206
** 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 497
** 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 772
** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 10.10
** 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Rhetoric 2.144.S.
** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 47:λωποδυτῶν θάνατον αἱρεῖσθαιlōpodutôn thánaton haireîsthai
** a plagiarist
*** Anthologia Palatina 11.130, (Pollianus):λ. ἀλλοτρίων ἐπέωνl. allotríōn epéōn
*** 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 2.19.28

#### Derived terms

* λωποδῠσῐ́ᾱ (lōpodusíā)
* λωποδῠσῐ́ου δῐ́κη (lōpodusíou díkē)
* λωποδῠτέω (lōpodutéō)

#### Descendants

* Greek: λωποδύτης (lopodýtis)

### Further reading

* “λωποδύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “λωποδύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λωποδύτης (lōpodútēs), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + δύω (dýo, “to plunge, to sink”). The word originally referred to a thief who stole clothes, for example from those bathing or travelling.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lopoˈðitis/
* Hyphenation: λω‧πο‧δύ‧της

### Noun

λωποδύτης • (lopodýtis) m (plural λωποδύτες, feminine λωποδύτισσα or λωποδύτρια)
* thief, robber, pickpocket, pilferer (one who steals, usually petty objects)
** 1993, Manos Eleftheriou/Christos Nikolopoulos, Στων Αγγέλων Τα Μπουζούκια:Έρχονται μες στα σκοτάδια σαν τους λωποδύτεςÉrchontai mes sta skotádia san tous lopodýtesThey come in the dark like thieves.
* (more generally) crook, cheat, trickster (person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things)

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | λωποδύτης • | λωποδύτες • |
| genitive | λωποδύτη • | λωποδυτών • |
| accusative | λωποδύτη • | λωποδύτες • |
| vocative | λωποδύτη • | λωποδύτες • |

#### Synonyms

* (thief, robber): κλέφτης m (kléftis)
* (crook): απατεώνας m (apateónas), κομπιναδόρος m (kompinadóros)

#### Derived terms

* λωποδυσία f (lopodysía, “robbery, thievery”)
* λωποδύταρος m (lopodýtaros) (augmentative)
* λωποδυτάκος m (lopodytákos) (diminutive)
* λωποδύτικος (lopodýtikos) (adjective)
* λωποδυτικός (lopodytikós) (adjective)