The corpus record

ἀλιταίνω

alitaino

sin, offend against, transgress

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἀλῐταίνω · alitainō — LSJ

sin, offend against

sin or offend against, c. acc. pers., ἐκ γὰρ δή μʼ ἀπάτησε καὶ ἤλιτεν Il. 9.375; ὅτις σφʼ ἀλίτηται ὀμόσσας 19.265; Ἀθηναίην ἀλίτοντο Od. 5.108; ἀθανάτους ἀλιτέσθαι 4.378, cf. Hes. Sc. 80, Thgn. l.c.; ἀλιταίνητʼ ὀρφανὰ τέκνα Hes. Op. 330, cf. A. Eu. 269, Ps.-Phoc. l.c.

2 transgress

c. acc. rei, transgress, Διὸς δʼ ἀλίτωμαι ἐφετμάς Il. 24.570; ὅρκον, σπονδάς, A.R. 4.388, Opp. H. 5.563.

3 stray from

c. gen., stray from, ἀλίτησεν ἀταρποῦ Orph. l.c., cf. Call. Dian. 255.

4 sinful

ἀλιτήμενος as Adj., = ἀλιτρός, θεοῖς ἀ. sinful in the eyes of gods, Od. 4.807.

In the wild

ἤλιτεν · ēliten Aeschylus, Eumenides 269–272
ἀλιτὼν · alitōn Aeschylus, Eumenides 316–320
ἀλίτοιμι · alitoimi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 526–535
Ἤλιτον · Ēliton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3541)
ἤλιτεν · ēliten Shield of Heracles 78–82
ἀλιτήμενον · alitēmenon Shield of Heracles 89–91

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