Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λεϊστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεϊστός λεϊστή λεϊστόν

Structure: λεϊστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = lhi+sto/s, Il.

Sense

Examples

  • "καί ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔτε ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 2612)
  • ληϊστοὶ μὲν γάρ τε βόεσ καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, κτητοὶ δὲ τρίποδέσ τε καὶ ἵππων ξανθὰ κάρηνα, ἀνδρὸσ δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔθ’ ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 23:17)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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