ληΐς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. λᾱΐς, <b class="b3">ΐδος, ἡ</b>, Ep. form of <b class="b3">λεία</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">booty, spoil</b>, 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 <b class="b2">booty</b>, <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 <b class="b3">αἰχμάλωτοι</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.1.695</span>; cf. <b class="b3">ληϊάς</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> without any notion of plunder, <b class="b2">cattle, stock</b> (cf. <b class="b3">λεία</b>), 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>