λοῖσθος
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
English (LSJ)
(A), ον,
A left behind, last, Il.23.536, Lyc.163, Euph.51.13, etc.; ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρὸς κακῶν S.Fr.698: Sup. -ότατος last of all, Hes.Th.921; -οτάτας χάριτας the last honours (to the dead), IG14.1721.
λοῖσθος (B), ὁ,
A beam, λοῖσθοι ἓξ ὥστε μοχλοῖς χρῆσθαι IG22.1673.17 (iv B. C.); boom, gaff, or spar, E.Hel.1597.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λοῖσθος: -ον, ἔσχατος, ὕστατος, Ἰλ. Ψ. 536· Ὑπερθ. λοισθότατος, ἔσχατος πάντων, Ἡσ. Θ. 921· λοισθοτάτας χάριτας, τὰς ὑστάτας τιμὰς (τοῦ νεκροῦ), Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 573· - ὡσαύτως παρὰ Τραγ., ὁ θάνατος λοίσθιος ἰατρὸς κακῶν Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 626, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ἑλ. 1597. (Ἐκτεταμένον: λοίσθιος, λοισθήιος· - πρέπει νὰ εἶναι ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης ἐξ ἧς καὶ τὸ λοιπός, ἴσως εἶδος ὑπερθ., λοίπιστος, λοῖσθος).
