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 • (lēistrĭ́s) f (genitive λῃστρῐ́δος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λῃστρῐ́ς hē lēistrĭ́s |
τὼ λῃστρῐ́δε tṑ lēistrĭ́de |
αἱ λῃστρῐ́δες hai lēistrĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λῃστρῐ́δος tês lēistrĭ́dos |
τοῖν λῃστρῐ́δοιν toîn lēistrĭ́doin |
τῶν λῃστρῐ́δων tôn lēistrĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λῃστρῐ́δῐ tēî lēistrĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν λῃστρῐ́δοιν toîn lēistrĭ́doin |
ταῖς λῃστρῐ́σῐ / λῃστρῐ́σῐν taîs lēistrĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λῃστρῐ́δᾰ tḕn lēistrĭ́dă |
τὼ λῃστρῐ́δε tṑ lēistrĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς λῃστρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lēistrĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῃστρῐ́ς lēistrĭ́s |
λῃστρῐ́δε lēistrĭ́de |
λῃστρῐ́δες lēistrĭ́des | ||||||||||
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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