plunder

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

booty: P. and V. λεία, ἡ, ἁρπαγή, ἡ.

act of plundering: P. and V. ἁρπαγή, ἡ (or pl. in V.), P. πόρθησις, ἡ, λῃστεία, ἡ, σύλησις, ἡ.

arms taken from a foe: P. and V. σκῦλα, τά (sing. also in V.). σκυλεύματα, τά. V. λάφυρα, τά.

verb transitive

P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διαπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν. συλᾶν, λῄζεσθαι, φέρω, φέρειν, P. ἄγω καὶ φέρω, ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, διαφορεῖν, λῃστεύειν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plato but rare P.).

I am plundered: Ar. ἄγομαι φέρομαι (Nubes 241).

overrun: P. κατατρέχειν, καταθεῖν.

drive off plunder: P. and V. λεηλατεῖν (Xen.).

strip the dead of arms: P. and V. σκυλεύειν.

plunder in return: V. ἀντιπορθεῖν.

help to plunder: V. συμπορθεῖν (τινί τινα).