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|link=&#123;&#123;filepath:woodhouse_1015.jpg&#125;&#125;]]Λαΐς, -ΐδος, ἡ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Lāïs</b>: ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = Λας,<br /><b>I</b> the [[name]] of [[two]] courtesans of [[Corinth]] [[celebrated]] for [[their]] [[beauty]].<br /><b>I</b> [[Lais]], [[who]] flourished [[during]] the Peloponnesian [[war]]: dicitur et multis [[Lais]] amata viris, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 12; Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (acc. Laida); Prop. 2, 6, 1 (gen. Laidos).—<br /><b>II</b> [[Lais]], a [[contemporary]] of [[Demosthenes]], Gell. 1, 8, 3 sqq.; Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 81.—Acc. plur.: Laidas et Glyceras, lascivae nomina famae, Aus. Epigr. 18, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Lāis</b>,¹⁵ ĭdis ou ĭdŏs, f. (Λαΐς), deux célèbres courtisanes de Corinthe : <b> a)</b> au temps de la guerre du Péloponnèse : Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 ; Ov. Am. 1, 5, 12 ; Prop. 2, 6, 1 ; <b> b)</b> contemporaine de Démosthène : Gell. 1, 8, 3 ; Plin. 28, 81.
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