πειρ-ᾱτής, οῦ, ὁ,
brigand, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.3.8, LXX.Job.16.10(9) ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; especially pirate, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.6.1, “Supp.epigram” 3.378 B 11 (Delph., 2nd-1st c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.3.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 2, 13, etc.: later word for λῃστής, Ammon. p.109 V. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]