The corpus record

λῃστ-ήριον

lesterion · τό

band of robbers

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Where it lives

Paralipomenon II 3 · 1.52/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

λῃστ-ήριον · lēist-ērion — LSJ

band of robbers, piratical vessels

band of robbers, X. HG 5.4.42, Aeschin. 1.191, PPetr. 3 P. 59 (iii B.C.): in pl., piratical vessels, Clidem. 5, IGRom. 4.219 (Ilion).

2 retreat, nest of robbers

retreat or nest of robbers, SIG 581.52 (Crete, iii/ii B.C.), Str. 14.1.32.

II robbery

robbery, Luc. Cont. 11 (pl.).

III pirates

λᾳστήριοι (Dor.), οἱ, pirates, metaph., Axiop. 6.

In the wild

λῃστήρια · lēistēria Epictetus, Discourses 3.13 (DIORISIS sentence 4470)
λῃστήρια · lēistēria Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6026)
λῃστήριον · lēistērion Septuaginta, Paralipomenon II 22
λῃστήρια · lēistēria Septuaginta, Paralipomenon II 36
λῃστήρια · lēistēria Septuaginta, Paralipomenon II 36
λῃστήρια · lēistēria Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.42 (DIORISIS sentence 2371)

Where it came from

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