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λῃστής

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λῃστής λῃστοῦ

Structure: λῃστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: lhi/zomai

Sense

  1. robber, bandit
  2. pirate, buccaneer
  3. revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerrilla

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸ αὐτό κλαῖε δυσεκφύκτωσ σφιγχθεὶσ χέρασ, ἄκριτε δαῖμον, κλαῖε μάλα, στάζων ψυχοτακῆ δάκρυα, σωφροσύνασ ὑβριστά, φρενοκλόπε, λῃστὰ λογισμοῦ, πτανὸν πῦρ, ψυχᾶσ τραῦμ’ ἀόρατον, Ἔρωσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1981)
  • ἐν γοῦν Μεγάροισ ἀναγινώσκοντοσ αὐτοῦ φασι σκῶψαι εἰπόντα, "πόθεν σοι, λῃστά, ταῦτα; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. z'. AISXINHS 3:7)

Synonyms

  1. robber

  2. pirate

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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