λῃστής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, Ion. [[ληϊστής]], Dor. [[λᾳστής]], ([[ληΐς]], [[ληΐζομαι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[robber]], [[pirate]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>766</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.23</span>, etc.; opp. [[κλέπτης]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>351c</span>; esp. by sea, [[buccaneer]], later [[πειρατής]], <span class="bibl">And.1.138</span>, etc.; λῃστοῦ βίον ζῆν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>507e</span>; <b class="b3">ληϊστὴς κατεστήκεε Καρχηδονίων</b> he began a course of [[piracy|piracies]] upon them, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">8</span>, <span class="bibl">6.4</span>; οἱ λ. αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1405a25</span>; of irregular troops, <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).526 (Eresos). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., λ. ἐναργὴς τῆς ἐμῆς τυραννίδος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>535</span>; Κύπριδος Lyc. 1143; <b class="b3">λῃστὰ λογισμοῦ</b>, of love, <span class="title">APl.</span>4.198 (Maec.).</span>