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ληΐζω

ληΐζω [ληΐς] impf. mid. ἐληϊζόμην ‖ fut. ληίσομαι ‖ aor. ἐληισάμην ‖ pf. mid. pass. λέλῃσμαι ‖ aor. pass. ἐληίσθην

❶ act. to devastate, fig. Meth. Res. 1.45.6

❷ usu. mid. ληΐζομαι, Att. also λῄζομαι to capture, take prisoner, abduct with acc. Il. 18.28 Od. 1.398, 23.357 Hdt. 3.47.2, al. etc.; ἐξ ἐμῶν δόμων δάμαρτα … ἐλῄσατο he abducted my wife from my palace Eur. Tr. 866 | of hunting Opp. 1.31 ‖ to prey on, plunder, sack Hdt. 4.112 Xen. Hel. 5.1.1 etc. | with acc. ἐλῄζοντο δὲ καὶ κατ’ ἤπειρον ἀλλήλους they plundered one another on dry land as well Thuc. 1.5.3; Τυρρηνῶν λῃζομένων τὴν θάλατταν since the Etruscans practiced piracy at sea Diod. 11.88.4 | analog. ληίζονται τὴν τῶν ζῴων φύσιν they damage the nature of living beings Plat. Epin. 976a ‖ extens. to win, obtain with acc. Hes. Op. 322, 702 Sem. 6.1 etc.

❸ pass. (aor. pass. and pf. mid.) to be captured or taken prisoner, be carried off, be abducted Ap. 4.400 etc.; ἐκ γῆς βαρβάρου λελῃσμένη abducted from a foreign land Eur. Med. 256 | analog. οὔ τί που λελῄσμεθ’ ἐξ ἄντρων λέχος; surely I am not robbed of my wife from the cave? Eur. Hel. 475 ‖ later also pres. ληιζομένους ἡμᾶς ὁρῶν seeing ourselves robbed Luc. Gall. 14

● ληΐζ- epic and Ion.; Att. also λῄζομαι (impf. mid. ἐλῃζόμην, aor. mid. ἐλῃσάμην), later Ion. and poet. also λεΐζομαι ‖ epic fut. ληίσσομαι ‖ epic aor. mid. 3. sg. ληίσσατο | epic inf. ληΐσσασθαι Or. (Hdt. 6.86. γ.2) ‖ NB impf. ind. in 3. pl. ἐλήιζον v.l. for ἐληίζοντο or ἐλῄζοντο Thuc. 3.85.2, 4.41.2.

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