ληΐς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. λᾱΐς, ΐδος, [[ἡ]], Ep. form of [[λεία]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[booty]], [[spoil]], mostly of cattle, <b class="b3">ληΐδα δ' ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμεν... πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀγέλας, κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.11.677</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>13.11</span>; then of all kinds of [[booty]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.138</span>, <span class="bibl">18.327</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.41</span>; πλαζόμενοι κατὰ ληΐδα <span class="bibl">3.106</span>: in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>331</span> (lyr.), concrete for [[αἰχμάλωτοι]], cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.695</span>; cf. [[ληϊάς]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> without any notion of plunder, [[cattle]], [[stock]] (cf. [[λεία]]), ληΐδ' ἀέξειν, βουκολίας τ' ἀγέλας τεκαὶ αἰπόλιαπλατέ' αἰγῶν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>444</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Theoc.25.97</span>.</span>