λῃστεία in Ancient Greek

IPA: /lɛːi̯s.těː.aː/, /lisˈti.a/, /lisˈti.a/, /lɛːi̯s.těː.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /le̝sˈti.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /lisˈti.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /lisˈti.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /lisˈti.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: λῃστεύω (lēisteúō) + -ία (-ía) Etymology templates: {{af|grc|λῃστεύω|-ία}} λῃστεύω (lēisteúō) + -ία (-ía) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λῃστείᾱ|λῃστείᾱς|f|first}} λῃστείᾱ • (lēisteíā) f (genitive λῃστείᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λῃστείᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: λῃστείᾱ [canonical], lēisteíā [romanization], λῃστείᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ λῃστείᾱ [nominative, singular], λῃστείᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ λῃστεῖαι [nominative, plural], τῆς λῃστείᾱς [genitive, singular], λῃστείαιν [dual, genitive], λῃστειῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ λῃστείᾳ [dative, singular], λῃστείαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λῃστείαις [dative, plural], τὴν λῃστείᾱν [accusative, singular], λῃστείᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λῃστείᾱς [accusative, plural], λῃστείᾱ [singular, vocative], λῃστείᾱ [dual, vocative], λῃστεῖαι [plural, vocative]

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    },
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      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}

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      "ipa": "/lɛːi̯s.těː.aː/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/le̝sˈti.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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}

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"λῃστεία" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun