ἈΛΗΣΤΕΥΤΟΝ, ἀληστευτον
ALĒSTEUTON, alēsteuton
Sounds Like: ah-lees-TEV-ton
Translations: unrobbed, unplundered, not subject to robbery
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that cannot be robbed or plundered, or that remains safe from theft. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (meaning 'not' or 'un-') and a form related to 'ληστεύω' (to rob or plunder). It is used to emphasize the security or inviolability of something.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 9:337
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΛΗΣΤΕΥΤΟΝ — unrobbed, not plundered, not stolen
- ἘΛΗΣΤΕΥΟΝ — they were robbing, they robbed, they plundered, they were plundering
- ΛΗΣΤΕ — to rob, to plunder, to steal, to commit highway robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ — to rob, to plunder, to commit robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — robbing, plundering, committing robbery, acting as a robber
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΟΝΤΙ — (to) a robber, (to) one robbing, (to) one plundering, (to) one committing robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having robbed, having plundered, having committed robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΕΥΩ — to rob, to plunder, to commit robbery
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