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|Definition=όν, poet. Adj. <span class=sense><p><span class="bld">A</span> <b class='b2'>pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet</b>, in Hom. always of taste, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας <span class=bibl>Il.19.316</span>; λαρὸν τετυκοίμεθα δόρπον <span class=bibl>Od.12.283</span>, <span class=bibl>14.408</span>; <b class="b3">λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμ' ἀνθρώπου</b> <b class='b2'>sweet</b> to it [the fly] is the blood of man, <span class=bibl>Il.17.572</span>; μέθυ λαρόν <span class=bibl>A.R.1.456</span>: Ep. Sup. λαρώτατος, οἶνος <span class=bibl>Od.2.350</span>: Comp. [[λαρότερον]] as Adv., <span class=bibl>Simon. 183.10</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">2</span> <b class='b2'>pleasant to the smell</b>, ἀϋτμή <span class=bibl>Mosch.2.92</span>; ἄνθεα λαρὰ φύοις <span class=title>IG</span>14.1362; λαρὸν ὄδωδεν <span class=bibl>D.P.936</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">3</span> <b class='b2'>pleasant to the eye, lovely</b>, AP9.525.12; [[ἄνθεμαλ]]. ib.15.11 = <span class=title>IG</span>12(1).783 (Lindos). </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">4</span> <b class='b2'>pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear</b>, ἔπος <span class=bibl>A.R.3.933</span>, <span class=title>AP</span>7.602 (Agath.); <b class="b3">λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδης</b> ib.<span class=bibl>9.571</span>; λ. χείλεα <b class='b2'>uttering sweet sounds</b>, APl.4.226 (Alc.). [As ?~X ?~X can always be substituted for λᾱ- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος<b class="b3">, λᾱρός</b> is prob. contr. fr. [[λᾰᾰρός]] or [[λᾰερός]] (this perh. fr. λαϝ-, cf. <b class="b3">ἀπο-λαύω</b>).]</span>