λάω
From LSJ
τῶν γὰρ μετρίων πρῶτα μὲν εἰπεῖν τοὔνομα νικᾷ → the first mention of the word moderation wins the game (Euripides, Medea 125f.)
English (LSJ)
(A) [ᾰ],
A = βλέπω, οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸν αἰετὸς ὀξὺ λάων ἐσκέψατο h.Merc. 360; γηθήσειε λάων is probably v.l. for γ. ἰδών in Il.13.344 (POxy. 769); cf. λάετε· σκοπεῖτε, βλέπετε, Hsch., Cyr.
λάω (B) [ᾰ],
A seize, hold, κύων ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλόν, ἀσπαίροντα λάων gripping it as it struggled, Od.19.229; ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων gripped the fawn as he was throttling it, ib.230.—Also expld. by ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχων (Aristarch.) or ἀπολαυστικῶς ἐσθίων (Sch., Hsch. s.v. λάων, who refers it alternatively to λάω (A), but also has λάε· ἐψόφησεν, οἱ δὲ ἐφθέγγετο; cf. λαήμεναι· φθέγγεσθαι, Cyr.).
λάω (C),
A v. λῶ.
