Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ληιστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ληιστός ληιστή ληιστόν

Structure: ληιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be carried off as booty, to be won by force

Examples

  • 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)

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

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