ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΙ, ληστρικοι
LĒSTRIKOI, lēstrikoi
Sounds Like: lees-tree-KOY
Translations: robber-like, pertaining to robbers, of robbers, brigand-like, piratical
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as being characteristic of or pertaining to robbers, brigands, or pirates. It is used to qualify a noun, indicating that the noun possesses qualities associated with such individuals, or is related to them. For example, it could describe a 'robber-like' act or a 'piratical' ship.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΑ — robber-like, piratical, predatory, like robbers, like pirates
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΗΝ — robber-like, piratical, brigand-like, a robber-like, a piratical, a brigand-like
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΙΣ — of robbers, of bandits, belonging to robbers, belonging to bandits, like robbers, like bandits
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΝ — robber-like, predatory, piratical, of robbers, a band of robbers, robbery
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΣ — robber-like, pertaining to robbers, of robbers, like a robber, a robber-like
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΟΥ — of robber-like, of piratical, of brigandish, of a robber-like, of a piratical, of a brigandish
- ΛΗΣΤΡΙΚΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more like a robber, more like a bandit, more piratical, more brigand-like, more violently, more like a thief
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