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πειρατεύω

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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Transliteration A: peirateúō Transliteration B: peirateuō Transliteration C: peirateyo Beta Code: peirateu/w

English (LSJ)

   A to be a pirate, Str. 14.3.2.    II attack, of a robber-band, τινα LXX Ge.49.19, prob. in SIG582.12 (Delos, ii B.C.) : —Pass., Sch.E.Hec.934.

German (Pape)

[Seite 545] Seeräuberei treiben, als Seeräuber wegnehmen, kapern, u. daher pass., ὑπό τινος πειρατεύεσθαι, von Einem zur See angefallen, gekapert werden; auch allgemeiner, von Seeräubern beunruhigt werden, Strab. u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πειρᾱτεύω: (πειρατὴς) εἶμαι πειρατής, Στράβ. 664. ΙΙ. Παθ., προσβάλλομαι, λῃστεύομαι ὑπὸ πειρατῶν, Δοῦρις παρὰ τῷ Σχολ. Εὐρ. (Ἑκάβ. 933). - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 130.