λαίσιτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek of λάσται (lástai, “whores”) and λάσταυρος (lástauros, “catamite”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.si.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.si.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.si.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.si.tos/

Noun

λαίσιτος • (laísitos)

Hesychius gives the definition as: κίναιδος (kínaidos, “cinaedus”), πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”).

Further reading

“λαίσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάσται”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 836
Hesychius' Lexicon: λ