λεία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- booty, plunder
- the act of plunder
- stolen property
- herd, flock
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (profit, benefit, prize, gain, plunder, catch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leh₂w-
Gloss
profit, benefit, prize, gain, plunder, catch
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lucriferous English
- Laverna Latin
- lucripeta Latin
- lucrum Latin
- turpilucricupidus Latin
- lucro Italian
- lucre French
- logro Spanish, Castilian
- lucro Spanish, Castilian
- *leh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- lucro Portuguese
- *launą Proto-Germanic
- lean Old English
- laun Old Norse
- lucre Old French
- eftirlaun Icelandic
- laun Icelandic
- launahækkun Icelandic
- lucru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- λεία Greek (modern)
- lōn Old High German
- lōnōn Old High German
- 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 Gothic
- *lawaros Proto-Celtic
- *lowgos Proto-Celtic
- lucru Aromanian