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λάφυρον

λά̆φῡρον -ου, τό [see ἀμφι-λαφής; IE *labh-; cf. Skt. lábhate, Lith. lõbis] usu. pl. spoils from a fallen warrior, taken in battle Aeschl. Sept. 278, al. Soph. Ai. 93, al. Xen. Hel. 5.1.24 Plut. Publ. 23.2 etc. | fig. Serap.3 Man. 51 (of the soul) etc. ‖ later, also sg., plunder, booty Pol. 2.62.12, al. etc. | sack: λάφυρον ἐπεκήρυξαν κατὰ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν they decreed the sack of the Aetolians Pol. 4.26.7.

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