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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

  • γενηθήτω κραυγὴ ἐν ταῖσ οἰκίαισ αὐτῶν, ἐπάξεισ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ ληστὰσ ἄφνω, ὅτι ἐνεχείρησαν λόγον εἰσ σύλληψίν μου, καὶ παγίδασ ἔκρυψαν ἐπ’ ἐμέ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 18:22)
  • περὶ μὲν οὖν Σωστράτου ἐν ἄλλῳ βιβλίῳ γέγραπταί μοι καὶ δεδήλωται μέγεθόσ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰσχύοσ ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἡ ὕπαιθροσ ἐν τῷ Παρνασσῷ δίαιτα, καὶ ἡ ἐπίπονοσ εὐνὴ καὶ τροφαὶ ὄρειοι καὶ ἔργα οὐκ ἀπῳδὰ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ὅσα ἢ λῃστὰσ αἴρων ἔπραξεν ἢ ὁδοποιῶν τὰ ἄβατα ἢ γεφυρῶν τὰ δύσπορα. (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ συλλαβών τινασ αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ εἰκὸσ ἦν, κατέφαγον λῃστάσ γε ὄντασ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, cyclops and poseidwn, chapter 23)
  • τί δήποτε τοὺσ ἱεροσύλουσ καὶ λῃστὰσ ἀφέντεσ καὶ τοσούτουσ ὑβριστὰσ καὶ βιαίουσ καὶ ἐπιόρκουσ δρῦν τινα πολλάκισ κεραυνοῦτε ἢ λίθον ἢ νεὼσ ἱστὸν οὐδὲν ἀδικούσησ, ἐνίοτε δὲ χρηστόν τινα καὶ ὅσιον ὁδοιπόρον; (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 16:1)
  • ἤδη δέ τινασ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλλοδαπὴν ἐξέπεμπεν, φήμασ ἐμποιήσοντασ τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ μαντείου καὶ διηγησομένουσ ὡσ προείποι καὶ ἀνεύροι δραπέτασ καὶ κλέπτασ καὶ λῃστὰσ ἐξελέγξειε καὶ θησαυροὺσ ἀνορύξαι παράσχοι καὶ νοσοῦντασ ἰάσαιτο, ἐνίουσ δὲ καὶ ἤδη ἀποθανόντασ ἀναστήσειεν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. robber

  2. pirate

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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