λῃστ-εία · lēist-eia — LSJ
robbery, piracy
robbery, piracy, Th. 1.5, Pl. Lg. 823e, etc.; ἀπὸ λῃστείας βίον ἔχειν, ζῆν, X. An. 7.7.9, Arist. Pol. 1256a36: in pl., πόλιν . . κατὰ γῆν λῃστείαις πορθουμένην Th. 8.40.
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λῃστ-εία
lesteia · ἡ
robbery, piracy
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- λῃστείας · lēisteias Aristotle, Politics 1256a (DIORISIS sentence 169)
- λῃστείας · lēisteias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2174)
- λῃστείαις · lēisteiais Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8342)
- λῃστείας · lēisteias Plato, Laws 824
- λῃστείαν · lēisteian Thucydides, History 1.11.1 (DIORISIS sentence 64)
- λῃστείας · lēisteias Thucydides, History 1.11.2 (DIORISIS sentence 66)
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