λευστήρ

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.