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