λεία

English (LSJ)

(A), ἡ, (λεῖος)

   A tool for smoothing stone, S.Fr.531.    II v.λαιαί.
λεία (B), Ion. ληΐη, Dor. λᾴα (Pi.O.10(11).44), ἡ,

   A booty, plunder, freq. in Hdt. (v. infr.), etc. (Hom. and Hes. always use ληΐς); esp. of cattle, opp. ἄνθρωποι, Pi.l.c., Th.2.94 (v. infr. 4); λείας ἀπαρχὴν βοῦς S.Tr.761, cf. Aj.54, 145 (anap.): pl., ἐφθαρμένας εὑρίσκομεν λείας ἁπάσας ib.26; rarely of persons, ἀγόμεθα λεία E.Tr.614; prey of hunters, Id.Rh.326: generally, booty, Th.8.3, X.HG1.2.4, 1.3.2; τοὺς λοιποὺς ληΐην θέσθαι give them up as plunder, Hdt.4.202; λείαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν χώραν, = λεηλατεῖν τὴν χώραν, Th.8.41; λείαν ἄγειν X.Cyr.5.3.1; ἐπὶ λείαν ἐκπορεύσονται Id.An.5.1.8, etc.; κατὰ ληΐην ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt.2.152: pl., διεσκεδασμένοι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας λείας X.HG1.2.5: prov., Μυσῶν λεία, of anything that may be plundered with impunity, Stratt.35, D.18.72, Arist.Rh.1372b33.    2 plunder (as an act), ζῶσι ἀπὸ ληΐης καὶ πολέμου Hdt.4.103.    3 stolen property, τὴν λ. ἀποδοῦναι PCair.Zen.145.16 (iii B.C.), cf. PSI4.438.10-13 (iii B.C.).    4 flocks and herds, cattle, ἀπογραφὴ λείας PHib.1.33.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PPetr.3p.279 (iii B.C.), BGU1012 (ii B.C.), D.S.19.21, 97; ἀτέλεια τῆς λ. OGI748.9 (Cyzic., iii B.C.). (Lit. the people's property, cf. Lat. populari 'plunder'.)