ὀφειλέτης

See also: οφειλέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀφείλω (opheílō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pʰeː.lé.tɛːs/ → /o.ɸiˈle.tis/ → /o.fiˈle.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pʰeː.lé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.pʰiˈle.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ɸiˈle.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈle.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈle.tis/

Noun

ὀφειλέτης • (opheilétēs) m (genitive ὀφειλέτου); first declension

1. a debtor
2. (with copulative verb) to be under an obligation
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax §590:

     ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς: οὐ κάτοισθ᾽ ἐγὼ θεοῖς
     ὡς οὐδὲν ἀρκεῖν εἴμ᾽ ὀφειλέτης ἔτι; (590–91)

     ágan ge lupeîs: ou kátoisth᾽ egṑ theoîs
     hōs oudèn arkeîn eím᾽ opheilétēs éti? (590–91)

   • (Koine) Epistle to the Romans, 8:12

     Ἄρα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ὀφειλέται ἐσμὲν οὐ τῇ σαρκὶ τοῦ κατὰ σάρκα ζῆν...

3. (New Testament, fig.) a sinner
   • Gospel of Luke, 13:4

     ...δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοὶ ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ;

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ὀφειλέτης; τοῦ ὀφειλέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀφειλέτης ho opheilétēs	τὼ ὀφειλέτᾱ tṑ opheilétā	οἱ ὀφειλέται hoi opheilétai
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφειλέτου toû opheilétou	τοῖν ὀφειλέταιν toîn opheilétain	τῶν ὀφειλετῶν tôn opheiletôn
Dative	τῷ ὀφειλέτῃ tôi opheilétēi	τοῖν ὀφειλέταιν toîn opheilétain	τοῖς ὀφειλέταις toîs opheilétais
Accusative	τὸν ὀφειλέτην tòn opheilétēn	τὼ ὀφειλέτᾱ tṑ opheilétā	τοὺς ὀφειλέτᾱς toùs opheilétās
Vocative	ὀφειλέτᾰ opheiléta	ὀφειλέτᾱ opheilétā	ὀφειλέται opheilétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὀφειλέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀφειλέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀφειλέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3781 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • debtor idem, page 199.