λῃστικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
λῃστής (lēistḗs, “pirate”) + -ικός (-ikós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛːi̯s.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le̝s.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lis.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lis.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lis.tiˈkos/
Adjective
λῃστῐκός • (lēistikós) m (feminine λῃστῐκή, neuter λῃστῐκόν); first/second declension
- piratical
Declension
First and second declension of λῃστῐκός; λῃστῐκή; λῃστῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λῃστῐκός lēistikós | λῃστῐκή lēistikḗ | λῃστῐκόν lēistikón | λῃστῐκώ lēistikṓ | λῃστῐκᾱ́ lēistikā́ | λῃστῐκώ lēistikṓ | λῃστῐκοί lēistikoí | λῃστῐκαί lēistikaí | λῃστῐκᾰ́ lēistiká | |||||
Genitive | λῃστῐκοῦ lēistikoû | λῃστῐκῆς lēistikês | λῃστῐκοῦ lēistikoû | λῃστῐκοῖν lēistikoîn | λῃστῐκαῖν lēistikaîn | λῃστῐκοῖν lēistikoîn | λῃστῐκῶν lēistikôn | λῃστῐκῶν lēistikôn | λῃστῐκῶν lēistikôn | |||||
Dative | λῃστῐκῷ lēistikôi | λῃστῐκῇ lēistikêi | λῃστῐκῷ lēistikôi | λῃστῐκοῖν lēistikoîn | λῃστῐκαῖν lēistikaîn | λῃστῐκοῖν lēistikoîn | λῃστῐκοῖς lēistikoîs | λῃστῐκαῖς lēistikaîs | λῃστῐκοῖς lēistikoîs | |||||
Accusative | λῃστῐκόν lēistikón | λῃστῐκήν lēistikḗn | λῃστῐκόν lēistikón | λῃστῐκώ lēistikṓ | λῃστῐκᾱ́ lēistikā́ | λῃστῐκώ lēistikṓ | λῃστῐκούς lēistikoús | λῃστῐκᾱ́ς lēistikā́s | λῃστῐκᾰ́ lēistiká | |||||
Vocative | λῃστῐκέ lēistiké | λῃστῐκή lēistikḗ | λῃστῐκόν lēistikón | λῃστῐκώ lēistikṓ | λῃστῐκᾱ́ lēistikā́ | λῃστῐκώ lēistikṓ | λῃστῐκοί lēistikoí | λῃστῐκαί lēistikaí | λῃστῐκᾰ́ lēistiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λῃστῐκῶς lēistikôs | λῃστῐκώτερος lēistikṓteros | λῃστῐκώτᾰτος lēistikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- λῃστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “λῃστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- marauding idem, page 513.
- piratical idem, page 614.