λευστήρ

λευστήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, (λεύω)

• one who stones, E. Tr. 1039; τὸν Κασσανδρέων λευστῆρα their oppressor, Ael. NA 5.15; so perh. in Hdt. 5.67, where the oracle tells Cleisthenes Ἄδρηστον μὲν εἶναι Σικυωνίων βασιλέα, ἐκεῖνον δὲ λευστῆρα (or perh. a mere stone-thrower, i.e. ψιλός: Suid., quoting Ael. Fr. 115, makes it Pass., = ὁ καταλευσθῆναι ἄξιος).
• • II as Adj., λ. μόρος death by stoning, A. Th. 199; λευστῆρα πρῶτον . . ῥίψας πέτρον Lyc. 1187, cf. Hsch.

λευστήρ -ῆρος [λεύω] one who casts stones: λευστῆρα δήμου δ’ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ μόρον he will not escape the peopleʼs stoning destiny, i.e. death by stoning Aeschl. Sept. 199; λ. πέτρος stone of lapidation Lyc. 1187 ‖ subst. ὁ λευστήρ person who stones Ael. N.A. 5.15 cf. Or. (Hdt. 5.67.2) of dub. signf.: perhaps worthy of being stoned.

λευστήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, der Steiniger ; βαῖνε λευστήρων πέλας Eur. Tr. 1039 ; Her. 5.67 ; adj., λευστὴρ μόρος, der Steinigungstod, Aesch. Spt. 181 ; auch πέτρον λευστῆρα ῥίψας Lycophr. 1187. Bei Her. 5.67 im Orak. erkl. man auch = der wert ist, gesteinigt zu werden, vgl. Ael. H.A. 5.15 ; richtiger ein Peiniger, Tyrann ; anders erkl. Müller Dorier I.8.2.

λευστήρ, ῆρος, λεύω

• • Ione who stones, a stoner, Eur.: —in Orac. ap. Hdt., λευστήρ is prob. one deserving to be stoned.
  • IIas adj., λευστὴρ μόρος death by stoning, Aesch.