lestes

While in the temple, Jesus stated that it had become a den of 'lestes'.

Is It Better To View Jesus' Prediction as Trite or Mistaken? James F. McGrath 2009

(_Ornitho-lestes_ = bird-robber) indicates that that prey may sometimes have been the primitive birds which were its contemporaries.

Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections William Diller Matthew 1900

Awer kanna sa tu penessa me astis dikk o manush dre o chone savo rikkela kasht apre lestes dumo, yuv sosti keravit ta chiv adre o yag, te yuv ne tevel dukker lestes kokero ta kair adovo te yuv sus rumado or lias palyor, sa lis se kammaben adosta o mush chingerd lestis palya te nassered lende sar anduro.

The Gypsies Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

Yeck divvus yoi latchedas yag-bar adre o puv, te tilldas es apre te pukkeredas lestes nav pale, "Yag-bar."

The Gypsies Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

Et les allures si lestes, si gracieuses, comme s'ils n'etaient que des juments.

Valerie Frederick Marryat 1820

In that case, he would be the lestes rather than the kleptes, the robber, and not the thief which here he is (cf.Matt. xxiv. 36-51; xxv.

Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863