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λεία

leia2 · ἡ

booty, plunder

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What it meant

λεία · leia — LSJ

booty, plunder, prey, booty, as plunder

booty, plunder, freq. in Hdt. (v. infr.), etc. (Hom. and Hes. always use ληΐς); esp. of cattle, opp. ἄνθρωποι, Pi. l.c., Th. 2.94 (v. infr. 4); λείας ἀπαρχὴν βοῦς S. Tr. 761, cf. Aj. 54, 145 (anap.): pl., ἐφθαρμένας εὑρίσκομεν λείας ἁπάσας ib. 26; rarely of persons, ἀγόμεθα λεία E. Tr. 614; prey of hunters, Id. Rh. 326: generally, booty, Th. 8.3, X. HG 1.2.4, 1.3.2; τοὺς λοιποὺς ληΐην θέσθαι give them up as plunder, Hdt. 4.202; λείαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν χώραν, = λεηλατεῖν τὴν χώραν, Th. 8.41; λείαν ἄγ

2 plunder

plunder (as an act), ζῶσι ἀπὸ ληΐης καὶ πολέμου Hdt. 4.103.

3 stolen property

stolen property, τὴν λ. ἀποδοῦναι PCair.Zen. 145.16 (iii B.C.), cf. PSI 4.438.10-13 (iii B.C.).

4 flocks and herds, cattle, the peopleʼs property

flocks and herds, cattle, ἀπογραφὴ λείας PHib. 1.33.2 (iii B.C.), cf. PPetr. 3p.279 (iii B.C.), BGU 1012 (ii B.C.), D.S. 19.21, 97; ἀτέλεια τῆς λ. OGI 748.9 (Cyzic., iii B.C.). (Lit. the peopleʼs property, cf. Lat. populari ‘plunder’.)

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