λευστήρ

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οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀξιώματι → not in numbers but in quality

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Transliteration A: leustḗr Transliteration B: leustēr Transliteration C: lefstir Beta Code: leusth/r

English (LSJ)

ῆρος, ὁ, (λεύω)

   A one who stones, E.Tr.1039; τὸν Κασσανδρέων λευστῆρα their oppressor, Ael.NA5.15; so perh. in Hdt.5.67, where the oracle tells Cleisthenes Ἄδρηστον μὲν εἶναι Σικυωνίων βασιλέα, ἐκεῖνον δὲ λευστῆρα (or perh. a mere stone-thrower, i.e. ψιλός: Suid., quoting Ael.Fr.115, makes it Pass., = ὁ καταλευσθῆναι ἄξιος).    II as Adj., λ. μόρος death by stoning, A.Th.199; λευστῆρα πρῶτον . . ῥίψας πέτρον Lyc.1187, cf. Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 36] ῆρος, ὁ, der Steiniger; βαῖνε λευστήρων πέλας Eur. Tr. 1039; Her. 5, 67; adj., λευστὴρ μόρος, der Steinigungstod, Aesch. Spt. 181; auch πέτρον λευστῆρα ῥίψας Lycophr. 1187. Bei Her. 5, 67 im Orak. erkl. man auch = der werth ist, gesteinigt zu werden, vgl. Ael. H. A. 5, 15; richtiger ein Peiniger, Tyrann; anders erkl. Müller Dorier I, 8, 2.