λευστήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆρος, ὁ, (λεύω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who stones]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1039</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν Κασσανδρέων λευστῆρα</b> their [[oppressor]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.15</span>; so perhaps in <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.67</span>, where the oracle tells Cleisthenes <b class="b3">Ἄδρηστον μὲν εἶναι Σικυωνίων βασιλέα, ἐκεῖνον δὲ λευστῆρα</b> (or perhaps [[a mere stone-thrower]], i.e. [[ψιλός]]: Suid., quoting <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>115</span>, makes it Pass., = [[ὁ καταλευσθῆναι ἄξιος]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, <b class="b3">λ. μόρος</b> death [[by stoning]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>199</span>; λευστῆρα πρῶτον… ῥίψας πέτρον Lyc.1187, cf. Hsch.</span>