The corpus record

λῃστ-ικός

lestikos

piratical, piracy, piratical vessels

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Where it lives

Against Aristocrates 1 · 0.65/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
History 5 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

λῃστ-ικός · lēist-ikos — LSJ

piratical

piratical, πλοῖον D. 23.148; λῃστικῷ τρόπῳ PTeb. 53.11 (ii B.C.).

ἡ -κή, = λῃστεία, Pl. Sph. 222c.

3 piracy, piratical vessels

τὸ -κόν, piracy, Th. 1.4, 13; piratical vessels, Id. 2.69.

4 in the manner of pirates

Adv. -κῶς in the manner of pirates: Comp. -κώτερον, πλοῖα λ. παρεσκευασμένα Id. 1.10, cf. 6.104. Cf. λῃστρικός.

In the wild

λῃστικόν · lēistikon Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 148 (DIORISIS sentence 525)
λῃστικὴν · lēistikēn Plato, Sophist 222
λῃστικώτερον · lēistikōteron Thucydides, History 1.10.4 (DIORISIS sentence 60)
λῃστικὸν · lēistikon Thucydides, History 1.13.5 (DIORISIS sentence 81)
λῃστικόν · lēistikon Thucydides, History 1.4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 20)
λῃστικὸν · lēistikon Thucydides, History 2.69.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1438)

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Where it came from

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