1. λεΐζομαι · leizomai — LSJ
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ληίζομαι
leizomai
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Where it lives
- For Polystratus 1 · 5.24/10k
- On the Cavalry Commander 3 · 5.21/10k
- Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
- Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Against Aristocrates 2 · 1.31/10k
- Anabasis 7 · 1.25/10k
- History 6 · 0.4/10k
- Cyropaedia 3 · 0.38/10k
- Histories 6 · 0.33/10k
- Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
- Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. ληΐζομαι · lēizomai — LSJ
seize, carry off as booty, win, acquire
seize, carry off as booty, either men or things, δμῳαὶ ἃς Ἀχιλεὺς ληΐσσατο Il. l.c., cf. Od. 1.398, 23.357, Hdt. 3.47, 4.110, al.: ἐκ δόμων δάμαρτα . . ἐλῄσατο E. l.c.; ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς X. HG 5.1.1, etc.: generally, win, acquire, ὄλβον ἀπὸ γλώσσης ληΐσσεται Hes. Op. 322; οὐ γάρ τι γυναικὸς ἀνὴρ ληΐζετʼ ἄμεινον τῆς ἀγαθῆς ib. 702, cf. Semon. 6.
2 plunder, despoil
plunder, despoil, esp. by raids or forays, ἀλλήλους Th. 1.5, cf. 3.85, 5.115, And. 1.101, etc.; τὴν Κολχίδα X. An. 4.8.23; τὴν θάλατταν D.S. 11.88, Jul. Or. 7.210a: metaph., λ. τὴν τῶν ζῴων φύσιν Pl. Epin. 976a.
3 plunder
abs., plunder, SIG 38B 20 (Teos, v B.C.), Hdt. 4.112, Lys. 20.24 (prob.), etc.
II to be carried off, have, had, carried off, robbed
Act. ληΐζω occurs in several Mss. of Th. 3.85, and all Mss. of Id. 4.41:—so in Pass., to be carried off, ἐκ γῆς βαρβάρου λελῃσμένη E. Med. 256; γυναικὸς . . οὐ βίᾳ λελῃσμένης Id. Tr. 373; ληϊσθεῖσα A.R. 4.400; οὔ τί που λελῄσμεθʼ ἐξ ἄντρων λέχος; I have not surely had my wife carried off . . , E. Hel. 475; ληϊζόμενος robbed, Luc. Gall. 14.
In the wild
- ἐλῄζετο · elēizeto Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 148 (DIORISIS sentence 525)
- λῃζόμενος · lēizomenos Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 61 (DIORISIS sentence 239)
- ἐλῄσατο · elēisato Euripides, Trojan Women (DIORISIS sentence 443)
- ἐληίσαντο · elēisanto Herodotus, Histories 3.47.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3214)
- ἐληίζοντο · elēizonto Herodotus, Histories 4.110.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4758)
- ληιζόμενοι · lēizomenoi Herodotus, Histories 4.112.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4769)
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Where it came from
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