Λῃστεία
piracy, raiding
Translated by David Whitehead5 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λῃστεία.
Betacode
*lh|stei/a.
Notes
- Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
cf. lambda 473, lambda 474.
Linked from3 entries
- λ473Λῄσταρχοςpirate-chief[Meaning] a commander of pirates.
- λ474Λῃσταίraiders, robbers, brigands, piratesThe Pisidian [writes]: "in the garden of the much-sung battle, become raiders". Meaning [ones] imitating the raider. And a raider is one [operating] on land, a pirate one [operating] on the sea. Also leistikon [is] a…
- μ191ΜάρδοιMardoi, Mardi, MardiansA wholly piratical people. Anyone treating them well might not find them trustworthy, and anyone who had beaten them might not humble them to such an extent that if they were to shake off the fear they might not…
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