λεία: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">spoils, especially of plundered cattle, of war, of hunting</b>, also [[cattle]], [[herd]] (cf. Edgerton AmJPh 46, 177f.).<br />Other forms: (Att.), Ion. [[ληΐη]], Dor. (Pi. O. 10, 44) [[λᾳα]] f.; besides [[ληΐς]] (Dor. [[λαΐς]]), <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. (Il.)<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">λε-ηλατέω</b> <b class="b2">drive away loot, esp. cattle</b> (Hdt., S., E., X.; after <b class="b3">βο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἱππ-ηλατέω</b> etc. from <b class="b3">βο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἱππ-ηλά-της</b>) with <b class="b3">λεηλασ-ία</b>, <b class="b3">-ίη</b> (X., A. R.), <b class="b3">-άτησις</b> (Aen. Tact.); <b class="b3">ἀγε-λείη</b> f. surn. of Athena [[who drives on loot]], [[provides]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[ληϊάς]] f. [[the seized]], [[captured]] (Υ 193, A. R.); <b class="b3">ληϊ̃τις</b> f. [[ἀγελείη]]' (K 460; after the nom. in <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b>), [[ληϊάς]]' (A. R., Lyc.); [[ληΐδιος]] [[belonging to the loot]], [[captured]] (AP, APl.). Denominat. verb [[ληΐζομαι]], [[λεΐζομαι]] [[make spoils]], [[plunder]] (Il.) with several nouns: 1. [[ληϊστός]], [[λεϊστός]] to [[be caried off as booty]] (I 406, 408; Ammann <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 14); 2. [[ληϊστύς]] f. [[making booty]], [[plundering]] `(Hdt. 5, 6; Porzig Satzinhalte 182); 3. <b class="b3">*ληισμός</b> in <b class="b3">λῃ(ι)σμαδία αἰχμάλωτος</b>, [[λεληισμένη]] H. - 4. [[ληϊστήρ]], [[λῃστήρ]] m. [[plunderer]], [[pirate]], f. [[λῄστειρα]] (Ael.), [[λῃστρίς]] (D., Herod.), with [[λῃστρικός]] [[plundering]] (IA.; cf. <b class="b3">λῃστ-ικός</b> below), <b class="b3">λῃστή-ριον</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">λᾳσ-</b> <b class="b2">gang of robbers, ...nest, robbery</b> (Att., Cret.), [[λᾳστήριοι]] pl. [[pirate]] (hell. poetry); 5. [[ληΐστωρ]], <b class="b3">λῄσ-</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (ο 427); 6. [[ληϊστής]], <b class="b3">λῃσ-</b>, <b class="b3">λᾳσ-</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (IA.) with [[λῃστικός]] (often interchanged with [[λῃστρικός]]), [[λῃστεύω]] [[rob]], [[plunder]] with [[λῃστεία]] [[robbery]] (Att.). Attempt to distinguish [[ληΐστωρ]] from [[ληϊστήρ]], [[λῃστεία]] from [[ληϊστύς]] semantically by Benveniste Noms d'agent 30, 37, 69.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [655] <b class="b2">*leh₂u-</b> [[plunder]]<br />Etymology: The abstract [[λεία]], [[ληΐη]] from <b class="b3">*λαϜ-ία</b> and the <b class="b3">ιδ-</b>derivation [[ληΐς]] from <b class="b3">*λαϜ-ίδ-</b> which stands beside it (not with Bechtel Lex. 215 after Fraenkel old <b class="b2">ī-</b>stem because of <b class="b3">ληϊ̃τις</b>, s. v.) can go back either on a noun <b class="b3">*λαϜ</b>(<b class="b3">-ο</b>)- v. t. or directly on a verb, which with zero-grade is supposed in <b class="b3">ἀπο-λαύω</b>; s. v., and Pok. 655. S. further [[λαρός]] and [[λήϊον]].<br />See also: S. noch [[λαρός]] und [[λήϊον]].