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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /lɛːi̯s.tɛ̌ːs/, /lisˈtis/, /lisˈtis/, /lɛːi̯s.tɛ̌ːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /le̝sˈte̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /lisˈtis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /lisˈtis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /lisˈtis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ληΐς (lēḯs), Epic form of λεία (leía, “plunder, spoils”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ληΐς}} ληΐς (lēḯs), {{grc-epi}} Epic, {{m|grc|λεία||plunder, spoils}} λεία (leía, “plunder, spoils”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῃστοῦ|m|first}} λῃστής • (lēistḗs) m (genitive λῃστοῦ); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῃστής|οῦ}} Forms: lēistḗs [romanization], λῃστοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ὁ λῃστής [nominative, singular], τὼ λῃστᾱ́ [dual, nominative], οἱ λῃσταί [nominative, plural], τοῦ λῃστοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν λῃσταῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν λῃστῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ λῃστῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν λῃσταῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς λῃσταῖς [dative, plural], τὸν λῃστήν [accusative, singular], τὼ λῃστᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τοὺς λῃστᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], λῃστᾰ́ [singular, vocative], λῃστᾱ́ [dual, vocative], λῃσταί [plural, vocative]
  1. robber, bandit Tags: Attic Synonyms (robber): κλέπτης (kléptēs) (english: thief, cheat) [masculine], κλώψ (klṓps) (english: thief) [masculine]
    Sense id: en-λῃστής-grc-noun-uAf81oYy Disambiguation of 'robber': 83 6 11
  2. pirate, buccaneer Tags: Attic Synonyms (pirate): πειρατής (peiratḗs)
    Sense id: en-λῃστής-grc-noun-oDplfpLi Disambiguation of 'pirate': 0 100 0
  3. revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerrilla Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-λῃστής-grc-noun-ZukgdMsf Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Attic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 24 33 43 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension: 24 34 42 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 15 22 63 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 9 18 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: λᾳστής (lāistḗs) [Doric], ληϊστής (lēïstḗs) [Ionic] Related terms: ἀλήστευτος (alḗsteutos), ληΐδιος (lēḯdios), ληΐζομαι (lēḯzomai), ληϊστός (lēïstós), ληϊστύς (lēïstús), ληΐστωρ (lēḯstōr), ληῖτις (lēîtis), λῄστωρ (lḗistōr)
Derived forms: ἀρχιλῃστής (arkhilēistḗs), λῃστάρχης (lēistárkhēs), λῄσταρχος (lḗistarkhos), λῃστεία (lēisteía), λῃστεύω (lēisteúō), λῃστήρ (lēistḗr), λῃστήριον (lēistḗrion), λῃστικός (lēistikós), λῃστοδῐώκτης (lēistodiṓktēs), λῃστοκτόνος (lēistoktónos), λῃστοπιαστής (lēistopiastḗs), λῃστοσαλπιγκτής (lēistosalpinktḗs), λῃστρικός (lēistrikós), λῃστρίς (lēistrís), συλλῃστεύω (sullēisteúō), συλλῃστής (sullēistḗs), φρενολῃστής (phrenolēistḗs), ψευδολῃστής (pseudolēistḗs)

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "arkhilēistḗs",
      "word": "ἀρχιλῃστής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistárkhēs",
      "word": "λῃστάρχης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lḗistarkhos",
      "word": "λῄσταρχος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēisteía",
      "word": "λῃστεία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēisteúō",
      "word": "λῃστεύω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistḗr",
      "word": "λῃστήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistḗrion",
      "word": "λῃστήριον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistikós",
      "word": "λῃστικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistodiṓktēs",
      "word": "λῃστοδῐώκτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistoktónos",
      "word": "λῃστοκτόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistopiastḗs",
      "word": "λῃστοπιαστής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistosalpinktḗs",
      "word": "λῃστοσαλπιγκτής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistrikós",
      "word": "λῃστρικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēistrís",
      "word": "λῃστρίς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sullēisteúō",
      "word": "συλλῃστεύω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sullēistḗs",
      "word": "συλλῃστής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "phrenolēistḗs",
      "word": "φρενολῃστής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pseudolēistḗs",
      "word": "ψευδολῃστής"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ληστής"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ληστής (listís)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ληστής (listís)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "لِصّ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: لِصّ (liṣṣ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: لِصّ (liṣṣ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "לִסְטָא",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lesṭā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: לִסְטָא (lesṭā)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܠܣܛܐ",
            "tr": "lesṭā"
          },
          "expansion": "ܠܣܛܐ (lesṭā)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: לִסְטָא (lesṭā) / ܠܣܛܐ (lesṭā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "לסטים",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: לסטים",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: לסטים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ληΐς"
      },
      "expansion": "ληΐς (lēḯs)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Epic",
      "name": "grc-epi"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λεία",
        "3": "",
        "4": "plunder, spoils"
      },
      "expansion": "λεία (leía, “plunder, spoils”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ληΐς (lēḯs), Epic form of λεία (leía, “plunder, spoils”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lēistḗs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃστοῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ λῃστής",
      "roman": "ho lēistḗs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῃστᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ lēistā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ λῃσταί",
      "roman": "hoi lēistaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ λῃστοῦ",
      "roman": "toû lēistoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῃσταῖν",
      "roman": "toîn lēistaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λῃστῶν",
      "roman": "tôn lēistôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λῃστῇ",
      "roman": "tôi lēistêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῃσταῖν",
      "roman": "toîn lēistaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς λῃσταῖς",
      "roman": "toîs lēistaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν λῃστήν",
      "roman": "tòn lēistḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῃστᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ lēistā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς λῃστᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "toùs lēistā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃστᾰ́",
      "roman": "lēistá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃστᾱ́",
      "roman": "lēistā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃσταί",
      "roman": "lēistaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῃστοῦ",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "λῃστής • (lēistḗs) m (genitive λῃστοῦ); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῃστής",
        "2": "οῦ"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "alḗsteutos",
      "word": "ἀλήστευτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēḯdios",
      "word": "ληΐδιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēḯzomai",
      "word": "ληΐζομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēïstós",
      "word": "ληϊστός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēïstús",
      "word": "ληϊστύς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēḯstōr",
      "word": "ληΐστωρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēîtis",
      "word": "ληῖτις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lḗistōr",
      "word": "λῄστωρ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(Creon) He said that robbers fell upon them, not one man alone, but with a great force.\n(Oedipus) How then, unless some intrigue had been worked with bribes from here in Thebes, would the robbers have been so bold?",
          "ref": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 122",
          "text": "(Κρέων) λῃστὰς ἔφασκε συντυχόντας οὐ μιᾷ ῥώμῃ κτανεῖν νιν, ἀλλὰ σὺν πλήθει χερῶν.\n(Οἰδίπους) πῶς οὖν ὁ λῃστής, εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ’ ἐνθένδ’, ἐς τόδ’ ἂν τόλμης ἔβη;\n(Kréōn) lēistàs éphaske suntukhóntas ou miâi rhṓmēi ktaneîn nin, allà sùn plḗthei kherôn.\n(Oidípous) pôs oûn ho lēistḗs, eí ti mḕ xùn argúrōi eprásset’ enthénd’, es tód’ àn tólmēs ébē?\nTranslation by Sir Richard Jebb. 1887. @perseus"
        },
        {
          "english": "You, how did you get here? Are you so / boldfaced that you have come to my house, / you who are manifestly the murderer of its master, / the palpable thief of its crown?",
          "ref": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 535",
          "text": "οὗτος σύ, πῶς δεῦρ’ ἦλθες; ἦ τοσόνδ’ ἔχεις / τόλμης πρόσωπον ὥστε τὰς ἐμὰς στέγας / ἵκου, φονεὺς ὢν τοῦδε τἀνδρὸς ἐμφανῶς / λῃστής τ’ ἐναργὴς τῆς ἐμῆς τυραννίδος;\nhoûtos sú, pôs deûr’ êlthes? ê tosónd’ ékheis / tólmēs prósōpon hṓste tàs emàs stégas / híkou, phoneùs ṑn toûde tandròs emphanôs / lēistḗs t’ enargḕs tês emês turannídos?\nTranslation by Sir Richard Jebb. 1887. @perseus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "robber, bandit"
      ],
      "id": "en-λῃστής-grc-noun-uAf81oYy",
      "links": [
        [
          "robber",
          "robber"
        ],
        [
          "bandit",
          "bandit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "83 6 11",
          "english": "thief, cheat",
          "roman": "kléptēs",
          "sense": "robber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κλέπτης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 6 11",
          "english": "thief",
          "roman": "klṓps",
          "sense": "robber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κλώψ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pirate, buccaneer"
      ],
      "id": "en-λῃστής-grc-noun-oDplfpLi",
      "links": [
        [
          "pirate",
          "pirate"
        ],
        [
          "buccaneer",
          "buccaneer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "roman": "peiratḗs",
          "sense": "pirate",
          "word": "πειρατής"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 33 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 34 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 22 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 18 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerrilla"
      ],
      "id": "en-λῃστής-grc-noun-ZukgdMsf",
      "links": [
        [
          "revolutionary",
          "revolutionary"
        ],
        [
          "insurrectionist",
          "insurrectionist"
        ],
        [
          "guerrilla",
          "guerrilla"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛːi̯s.tɛ̌ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛːi̯s.tɛ̌ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le̝sˈte̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lāistḗs",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "λᾳστής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lēïstḗs",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ληϊστής"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λῃστής"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Attic Greek"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "arkhilēistḗs",
      "word": "ἀρχιλῃστής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistárkhēs",
      "word": "λῃστάρχης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lḗistarkhos",
      "word": "λῄσταρχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēisteía",
      "word": "λῃστεία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēisteúō",
      "word": "λῃστεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistḗr",
      "word": "λῃστήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistḗrion",
      "word": "λῃστήριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistikós",
      "word": "λῃστικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistodiṓktēs",
      "word": "λῃστοδῐώκτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistoktónos",
      "word": "λῃστοκτόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistopiastḗs",
      "word": "λῃστοπιαστής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistosalpinktḗs",
      "word": "λῃστοσαλπιγκτής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistrikós",
      "word": "λῃστρικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēistrís",
      "word": "λῃστρίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sullēisteúō",
      "word": "συλλῃστεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sullēistḗs",
      "word": "συλλῃστής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phrenolēistḗs",
      "word": "φρενολῃστής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pseudolēistḗs",
      "word": "ψευδολῃστής"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ληστής"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ληστής (listís)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ληστής (listís)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "لِصّ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: لِصّ (liṣṣ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: لِصّ (liṣṣ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "לִסְטָא",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lesṭā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: לִסְטָא (lesṭā)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܠܣܛܐ",
            "tr": "lesṭā"
          },
          "expansion": "ܠܣܛܐ (lesṭā)",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: לִסְטָא (lesṭā) / ܠܣܛܐ (lesṭā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "לסטים",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: לסטים",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: לסטים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ληΐς"
      },
      "expansion": "ληΐς (lēḯs)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Epic",
      "name": "grc-epi"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λεία",
        "3": "",
        "4": "plunder, spoils"
      },
      "expansion": "λεία (leía, “plunder, spoils”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ληΐς (lēḯs), Epic form of λεία (leía, “plunder, spoils”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lēistḗs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃστοῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ λῃστής",
      "roman": "ho lēistḗs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῃστᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ lēistā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ λῃσταί",
      "roman": "hoi lēistaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ λῃστοῦ",
      "roman": "toû lēistoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῃσταῖν",
      "roman": "toîn lēistaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λῃστῶν",
      "roman": "tôn lēistôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ λῃστῇ",
      "roman": "tôi lēistêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λῃσταῖν",
      "roman": "toîn lēistaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς λῃσταῖς",
      "roman": "toîs lēistaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν λῃστήν",
      "roman": "tòn lēistḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λῃστᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ lēistā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς λῃστᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "toùs lēistā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃστᾰ́",
      "roman": "lēistá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃστᾱ́",
      "roman": "lēistā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λῃσταί",
      "roman": "lēistaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῃστοῦ",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "λῃστής • (lēistḗs) m (genitive λῃστοῦ); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λῃστής",
        "2": "οῦ"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "alḗsteutos",
      "word": "ἀλήστευτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēḯdios",
      "word": "ληΐδιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēḯzomai",
      "word": "ληΐζομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēïstós",
      "word": "ληϊστός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēïstús",
      "word": "ληϊστύς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēḯstōr",
      "word": "ληΐστωρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēîtis",
      "word": "ληῖτις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lḗistōr",
      "word": "λῄστωρ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(Creon) He said that robbers fell upon them, not one man alone, but with a great force.\n(Oedipus) How then, unless some intrigue had been worked with bribes from here in Thebes, would the robbers have been so bold?",
          "ref": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 122",
          "text": "(Κρέων) λῃστὰς ἔφασκε συντυχόντας οὐ μιᾷ ῥώμῃ κτανεῖν νιν, ἀλλὰ σὺν πλήθει χερῶν.\n(Οἰδίπους) πῶς οὖν ὁ λῃστής, εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ’ ἐνθένδ’, ἐς τόδ’ ἂν τόλμης ἔβη;\n(Kréōn) lēistàs éphaske suntukhóntas ou miâi rhṓmēi ktaneîn nin, allà sùn plḗthei kherôn.\n(Oidípous) pôs oûn ho lēistḗs, eí ti mḕ xùn argúrōi eprásset’ enthénd’, es tód’ àn tólmēs ébē?\nTranslation by Sir Richard Jebb. 1887. @perseus"
        },
        {
          "english": "You, how did you get here? Are you so / boldfaced that you have come to my house, / you who are manifestly the murderer of its master, / the palpable thief of its crown?",
          "ref": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 535",
          "text": "οὗτος σύ, πῶς δεῦρ’ ἦλθες; ἦ τοσόνδ’ ἔχεις / τόλμης πρόσωπον ὥστε τὰς ἐμὰς στέγας / ἵκου, φονεὺς ὢν τοῦδε τἀνδρὸς ἐμφανῶς / λῃστής τ’ ἐναργὴς τῆς ἐμῆς τυραννίδος;\nhoûtos sú, pôs deûr’ êlthes? ê tosónd’ ékheis / tólmēs prósōpon hṓste tàs emàs stégas / híkou, phoneùs ṑn toûde tandròs emphanôs / lēistḗs t’ enargḕs tês emês turannídos?\nTranslation by Sir Richard Jebb. 1887. @perseus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "robber, bandit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "robber",
          "robber"
        ],
        [
          "bandit",
          "bandit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pirate, buccaneer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pirate",
          "pirate"
        ],
        [
          "buccaneer",
          "buccaneer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerrilla"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revolutionary",
          "revolutionary"
        ],
        [
          "insurrectionist",
          "insurrectionist"
        ],
        [
          "guerrilla",
          "guerrilla"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛːi̯s.tɛ̌ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛːi̯s.tɛ̌ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le̝sˈte̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lisˈtis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "thief, cheat",
      "roman": "kléptēs",
      "sense": "robber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κλέπτης"
    },
    {
      "english": "thief",
      "roman": "klṓps",
      "sense": "robber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κλώψ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "peiratḗs",
      "sense": "pirate",
      "word": "πειρατής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lāistḗs",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "λᾳστής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lēïstḗs",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ληϊστής"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λῃστής"
}

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