ληΐς

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English (LSJ)

Dor. λᾱΐς, ΐδος, ἡ, Ep. form of λεία,

   A booty, spoil, mostly of cattle, ληΐδα δ' ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμεν... πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀγέλας, κτλ. Il.11.677, cf. X.Lac.13.11; then of all kinds of booty, Il.9.138, 18.327, Od.10.41; πλαζόμενοι κατὰ ληΐδα 3.106: in A.Th.331 (lyr.), concrete for αἰχμάλωτοι, cf. A.R.1.695; cf. ληϊάς.    2 without any notion of plunder, cattle, stock (cf. λεία), ληΐδ' ἀέξειν, βουκολίας τ' ἀγέλας τεκαὶ αἰπόλιαπλατέ' αἰγῶν Hes.Th.444, cf.Theoc.25.97.