ληΐς

leis

booty, spoil

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3106
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

540
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

1041
Book 13 3
Chapter ?

13138
13262
13273
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1486
Iliad 5
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Book 9 2
Chapter ?

9138
9280
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11677
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

127
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18327

Dictionary (LSJ)

ληΐς, Dor. λᾱΐς, ΐδος, ἡ, Ep. form of λεία, A. booty, spoil, mostly of cattle, ληΐδα δʼ ἐκ πεδίου συνελάσσαμεν . . , πεντήκοντα βοῶν ἀγέλας, κτλ. Il. 11.677, cf. X. Lac. 13.11; then of all kinds of booty, Il. 9.138, 18.327, Od. 10.41; πλαζόμενοι κατὰ ληΐδα 3.106: in A. Th. 331 (lyr.), concrete for αἰχμάλωτοι, cf. A.R. 1.695; cf. ληϊάς. 2. without any notion of plunder, cattle, stock (cf. λεία) , ληΐδʼ ἀέξειν, βουκολίας τʼ ἀγέλας τεκαὶ αἰπόλιαπλατέʼ αἰγῶν Hes. Th. 444, cf.Theoc. 25.97.

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