λεία2
λεία (B), Ion.
ληΐη, Dor.
λᾴα (
Pi. O. 10(11).44 ),
ἡ,
A). booty, plunder, freq. in
Hdt. (v. infr.), etc.(
Hom. and
Hes. always use
ληΐς); esp. of cattle, opp.
ἄνθρωποι, Pi.l.c.,
Th. 2.94 (v. infr.
4 );
λείας ἀπαρχὴν βοῦς S. Tr. 761 , cf.
Aj. 54 ,
145 (anap.): pl.,
ἐφθαρμένας εὑρίσκομεν λείας ἁπάσας ib.
26 ; rarely of persons,
ἀγόμεθα λεία E. Tr. 614 ;
prey of hunters,
Id. Rh. 326 : generally,
booty,
Th. 8.3 ,
X. HG 1.2.4 ,
1.3.2 ;
τοὺς λοιποὺς ληΐην θέσθαι give them up
as plunder,
Hdt. 4.202 ;
λείαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν χώραν, =
λεηλατεῖν τὴν χώραν ,
Th. 8.41 ;
λείαν ἄγειν X. Cyr. 5.3.1 ;
ἐπὶ λείαν ἐκπορεύσονται Id. An. 5.1.8 , etc.;
κατὰ ληΐην ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt. 2.152 : pl.,
διεσκεδασμένοι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας λείας X. HG 1.2.5 : prov.,
Μυσῶν λεία, of anything that may be plundered with impunity,
Stratt. 35 ,
D. 18.72 ,
Arist. Rh. 1372b33 .
2). plunder (as an act),
ζῶσι ἀπὸ ληΐης καὶ πολέμου Hdt. 4.103 .
3). stolen property, τὴν λ. ἀποδοῦναι PCair.Zen. 145.16 (iii B.C.), cf. PSI 4.438.10 - 13 (iii B.C.).
4). flocks and herds, cattle,
ἀπογραφὴ λείας PHib. 1.33.2 (iii B.C.), cf.
PPetr. 3p.279 (iii B.C.),
BGU 1012 (ii B.C.),
D.S. 19.21 ,
97 ;
ἀτέλεια τῆς λ. OGI 748.9 (Cyzic., iii B.C.). (Lit.
the people's property, cf. Lat.
populari 'plunder'.)
ShortDef
tool for smoothing stone
booty, plunder
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Headword (normalized):
λεία
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λεια2
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-62209
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λεία</span> (B), Ion. <span class="orth greek">ληΐη</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">λᾴα</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 10(11).44 </a>), <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">booty, plunder</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> (v. infr.), etc.(<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> and <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> </span> always use <span class="foreign greek">ληΐς</span>); esp. of cattle, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄνθρωποι</span>, Pi.l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.94 </a> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> 4 </a>); <span class="quote greek">λείας ἀπαρχὴν βοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:761" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:761/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 761 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 54 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:145/canonical-url/"> 145 </a> (anap.): pl., <span class="foreign greek">ἐφθαρμένας εὑρίσκομεν λείας ἁπάσας</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> 26 </a>; rarely of persons, <span class="quote greek">ἀγόμεθα λεία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:614" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:614/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 614 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prey</span> of hunters, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:326" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:326/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 326 </a>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">booty</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 1.2.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:3:2/canonical-url/"> 1.3.2 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τοὺς λοιποὺς ληΐην θέσθαι</span> give them up <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as plunder</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:202" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.202/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.202 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λείαν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν χώραν,</span> = <span class="ref greek">λεηλατεῖν τὴν χώραν</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.41 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λείαν ἄγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:3:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.3.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ λείαν ἐκπορεύσονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.1.8 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ ληΐην ἐκπλῶσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.152 </a> : pl., <span class="quote greek">διεσκεδασμένοι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας λείας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 1.2.5 </a> : prov., <span class="foreign greek">Μυσῶν λεία</span>, of anything that may be plundered with impunity, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0508.tlg001:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0508.tlg001:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stratt.</span> 35 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.72 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1372b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1372b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1372b33 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plunder</span> (as an act), <span class="quote greek">ζῶσι ἀπὸ ληΐης καὶ πολέμου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.103 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stolen property</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν λ. ἀποδοῦναι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 145.16 </span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 4.438.10 </span>-<span class="bibl"> 13 </span> (iii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flocks and herds, cattle</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀπογραφὴ λείας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHib.</span> 1.33.2 </span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 3p.279 </span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1012 </span> (ii B.C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 19.21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:97/canonical-url/"> 97 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀτέλεια τῆς λ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 748.9 </span> (Cyzic., iii B.C.). (Lit. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the people\'s property</span>, cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">populari</span> \'plunder\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}