λῃστρίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Feminine form of λῃστής (lēistḗs, “pirate, robber”), from ληΐς (lēḯs, “booty, spoil”) + -τρις (-tris, feminine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛːi̯s.trís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le̝sˈtris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lisˈtris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lisˈtris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lisˈtris/
Noun
λῃστρῐ́ς • (lēistrís) f (genitive λῃστρῐ́δος); third declension
- pirate vessel
Declension
Third declension of ἡ λῃστρῐ́ς; τῆς λῃστρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῃστρῐ́ς hē lēistrís | τὼ λῃστρῐ́δε tṑ lēistríde | αἱ λῃστρῐ́δες hai lēistrídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λῃστρῐ́δος tês lēistrídos | τοῖν λῃστρῐ́δοιν toîn lēistrídoin | τῶν λῃστρῐ́δων tôn lēistrídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λῃστρῐ́δῐ têi lēistrídi | τοῖν λῃστρῐ́δοιν toîn lēistrídoin | ταῖς λῃστρῐ́σῐ / λῃστρῐ́σῐν taîs lēistrísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῃστρῐ́δᾰ tḕn lēistrída | τὼ λῃστρῐ́δε tṑ lēistríde | τᾱ̀ς λῃστρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lēistrídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῃστρῐ́ς lēistrís | λῃστρῐ́δε lēistríde | λῃστρῐ́δες lēistrídes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λῃστρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λῃστρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette