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|Full diacritics=λάω
|Medium diacritics=λάω
|Low diacritics=λάω
|Capitals=ΛΑΩ
|Transliteration A=láō
|Transliteration B=laō
|Transliteration C=lao
|Beta Code=la/w
|Definition=(A) [<b class="b3">ᾰ]</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[βλέπω]], οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸν αἰετὸς ὀξὺ λάων ἐσκέψατο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span> 360</span>; <b class="b3">γηθήσειε λάων</b> is probably v.l. for [[γ. ἰδών]] in <span class="bibl">Il.13.344</span> (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 769</span>); cf. <b class="b3">λάετε· σκοπεῖτε, βλέπετε</b>, Hsch., Cyr.</span><br /><span class="bld">λάω</span> (B) [ᾰ], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">seize, hold</b>, <b class="b3">κύων ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλόν, ἀσπαίροντα λάων</b> <b class="b2">gripping</b> it as it struggled, <span class="bibl">Od.19.229</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων</b> <b class="b2">gripped</b> the fawn as he was throttling it, ib.<span class="bibl">230</span>.—Also expld. by <b class="b3">ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχων</b> (Aristarch.) or <b class="b3">ἀπολαυστικῶς ἐσθίων</b> (Sch., Hsch. s.v. [[λάων]], who refers it alternatively to <b class="b3">λάω</b> (A), but also has <b class="b3">λάε· ἐψόφησεν, οἱ δὲ ἐφθέγγετο</b>; cf. <b class="b3">λαήμεναι· φθέγγεσθαι</b>, Cyr.).</span><br /><span class="bld">λάω</span> (C), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[λῶ]].</span>
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|lstext='''λάω''': (Α), = [[βλέπω]], ἀρχ. Ἐπικὴ [[λέξις]] ἀπαντῶσα ἐν δυσὶ χωρίοις τῆς Ὀδ., [[κύων]] ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλόν, ἀσπαίροντα λάων, ἐκράτει νεβρὸν παρατηρῶν αὐτὸν ἀσπαίροντα, Τ. 228· καὶ, ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων, ἔβλεπε τὸν νεβρὸν ἐνῷ τὸν ἔπνιγεν, αὐτόθ. 230. - ὁ Ἀρίσταρχ. [[ὅμως]] ἡρμήνευε διὰ τοῦ ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχων, ὁ Σχολ. διὰ τοῦ ἀπολαυστικῶς ἐσθίων, κατατρώγων ἀπλήστως· καὶ ὁ Gurt. ἀκολουθεῖ τούτοις θεωρῶν τὸ λάω (λάϝω) ὡς τὴν ῥίζαν τοῦ ἀπολαύω. - Ἀλλ’ οὕτω μένει τὸ ἀλαὸς ἀνεξήγητον, καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς δὲ τοῦ Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. ([[οὐδέ]] κεν αὐτὸν αἰετὸς ὀξὺ λάων ἐσκέψατο, 360) πρέπει νὰ μετεχειρίσθη τὸ λάω ὡς = [[βλέπω]]. - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ. «λάων· οἱ μὲν βλέπων, ἐξ οὗ καὶ λαὸς ὁ βλέπων· ἀλαὸς γὰρ ὁ μὴ βλέπων...»
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