buccaneer

From LSJ

Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age

Sophocles, Antigone, 1350-1353

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. λῃστής, ὁ; see pirate.

band of buccaneers: P. λῃστήριον, τό.