ληΐζομαι: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=Ep.and Ion., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>702</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.112</span>; λῄζομαι, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 5.1.1</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.410 (Tull. Sab.), etc.: also λεΐζομαι, ib.6.169; Att. impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐλῃζόμην <span class="bibl">Th.1.24</span>, etc.: Ep. fut. ληΐσσομαι <span class="bibl">Od.23.357</span>: aor. ἐληϊσάμην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.47</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.101</span>; Ep. ληΐσσατο <span class="bibl">Il.18.28</span>; Att. ἐλῄσατο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>866</span>: pf. in pass. sense <b class="b3">λέλῃσμαι</b>, v. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>:—<b class="b2">seize, carry off as booty</b>, either men or things, <b class="b3">δμῳαὶ ἃς Ἀχιλεὺς ληΐσσατο</b> Il.l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.398</span>, <span class="bibl">23.357</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.47</span>, <span class="bibl">4.110</span>, al.: <b class="b3">ἐκ δόμων δάμαρτα . . ἐλῄσατο</b> E.l.c.; ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.1</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">win, acquire</b>, ὄλβον ἀπὸ γλώσσης ληΐσσεται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>322</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γάρ τι γυναικὸς ἀνὴρ ληΐζετ' ἄμεινον τῆς ἀγαθῆς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">702</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Semon.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">plunder, despoil</b>, esp. by raids or forays, ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.85</span>, <span class="bibl">5.115</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.101</span>, etc.; τὴν Κολχίδα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.23</span>; τὴν θάλατταν <span class="bibl">D.S.11.88</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.210a</span>: metaph., λ. τὴν τῶν ζῴων φύσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>976a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> abs., <b class="b2">plunder</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>38<span class="title">B</span> 20 (Teos, v B.C.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.112</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.20.24</span> (prob.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act. <b class="b3">ληΐζω</b> occurs in several Mss. of <span class="bibl">Th.3.85</span>, and all Mss. of <span class="bibl">Id.4.41</span>:—so in Pass., <b class="b2">to be carried off</b>, ἐκ γῆς βαρβάρου λελῃσμένη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>256</span>; γυναικὸς . . οὐ βίᾳ λελῃσμένης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>373</span>; ληϊσθεῖσα <span class="bibl">A.R. 4.400</span>; <b class="b3">οὔ τί που λελῄσμεθ' ἐξ ἄντρων λέχος</b>; I <b class="b2">have</b> not surely <b class="b2">had</b> my wife <b class="b2">carried off</b>... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>475</span>; <b class="b3">ληϊζόμενος</b> <b class="b2">robbed</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Gall.</span>14</span>.</span>

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