Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λῃστρικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λῃστρικός λῃστρική λῃστρικόν

Structure: λῃστρικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = lh|stiko/s

Sense

  1. piratical

Examples

  • μέχρι μὲν οὖν τοῖσ περὶ Μέτελλον ἐπολέμει, τὰ πλεῖστα κατευτυχεῖν ἐδόκει, γήρᾳ καὶ φυσικῇ βραδυτῆτι τοῦ Μετέλλου πρὸσ ἄνδρα τολμητὴν καὶ λῃστρικῆσ μᾶλλον ἢ στρατιωτικῆσ ἡγούμενον δυνάμεωσ οὐκ ἀναφέροντοσ· (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 18 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. piratical

Related

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

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