The corpus record

ληίς

leis · ἡ

booty, spoil

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Where it lives

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Odyssey 7 · 0.81/10k
Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k

What it meant

λη-ΐς · lē-is — LSJ

booty, spoil, booty

booty, spoil, mostly of cattle, ληΐδα δʼ ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμεν . . , πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀγέλας, κτλ. Il. 11.677, cf. X. Lac. 13.11; then of all kinds of booty, Il. 9.138, 18.327, Od. 10.41; πλαζόμενοι κατὰ ληΐδα 3.106: in A. Th. 331 (lyr.), concrete for αἰχμάλωτοι, cf. A.R. 1.695; cf. ληϊάς.

2 cattle, stock

without any notion of plunder, cattle, stock (cf. λεία), ληΐδʼ ἀέξειν, βουκολίας τʼ ἀγέλας τεκαὶ αἰπόλιαπλατέʼ αἰγῶν Hes. Th. 444, cf. Theoc. 25.97.

In the wild

λαΐδος · laidos Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 329–331
ληίδʼ · lēidʼ Theogony 444
ληΐδα · lēida Iliad 11.677
ληΐδα · lēida Iliad 12.7
ληΐδος · lēidos Iliad 18.327
ληΐδʼ · lēidʼ Iliad 9.138

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Where it came from

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