Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek λῃστής (lēistḗs) / ληϊστής (lēïstḗs), from λεία (leía, booty, plunder).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /liˈstis/
  • Hyphenation: λη‧στής

Noun edit

ληστής (listísm (plural ληστές)

  1. robber, thief, bandit, burglar (one who steals another person's property by force)
    Αδίστακτοι ληστές εδειραν και λήστεψαν 90-χρονη.
    Adístaktoi listés edeiran kai lístepsan 90-chroni.
    Ruthless thieves beat and robbed a 90-year-old.
    Η αστυνομία καταζητεί τον ένοπλο ληστή.
    I astynomía kataziteí ton énoplo listí.
    Ongoing police search for the armed robber.
    Τίτλος θεατρικού έργου: «Οι Ληστές» του γερμανού ποιητή Φρίντριχ Σίλλερ
    Títlos theatrikoú érgou: «Oi Listés» tou germanoú poiití Fríntrich Síller
    Theatrical play title: The Robbers by the German poet Friedrich Schiller
  2. (figuratively) profiteering [1]
    Synonym: αισχροκερδής (aischrokerdís)
  3. (historical) highwayman, bandit
    Tα βουνά ήταν κρησφύγετα των ληστών.
    Ta vouná ítan krisfýgeta ton listón.
    The mountains were hiding places of the robbers.

Declension edit

Rare form [2]

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References edit

  1. ^ ληστήςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ^ Rare feminine noun, at ληστής - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
    Note: Also found as mediaeval adjective at λῃστής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften