prevalence
From LSJ
ἐάν μή διδάξητε περί ἀρετὴς τούς τό ἀργύριον κλέψαντας, οὐ ταξόμεθα οἱ ὁπλῖται → if you don't teach those who have stolen money a lesson on moral virtue, we, the hoplites, will not line up
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
owing to the widespread prevalence of piracy: P. διὰ τὴν λῃστείαν ἐπὶ πολύ ἀντισχοῦσαν (Thuc. 1, 7).
