λάφῡρα [λᾰ], τά,
argument φάλυρα [[ “SIG” 56.9 (5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— spoils taken in war, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 278, 479, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 417 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 93; ἀρετᾶς λ. [prev. author] “Tr.” 646 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.24, 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 16.8, “Marm.Par.” 53, LXX.Jdt.15.7 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: —also in singular λάφυρον, [[ 5th c.BC: Hellanicus Historicus 143 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.62.12, “IG” 12(7).386.23 (from Amorgos), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.330d, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 4.13, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λ. ἐπικηρύττειν κατά τινων give public authority for plundering a people, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.26.7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; compare ῥύσιον, σύλη.