λαρός

English (LSJ)

όν, poet. Adj.

   A pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet, in Hom. always of taste, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας Il.19.316; λαρὸν τετυκοίμεθα δόρπον Od.12.283, 14.408; λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμ' ἀνθρώπου sweet to it [the fly] is the blood of man, Il.17.572; μέθυ λαρόν A.R.1.456: Ep. Sup. λαρώτατος, οἶνος Od.2.350: Comp. λαρότερον as Adv., Simon. 183.10.    2 pleasant to the smell, ἀϋτμή Mosch.2.92; ἄνθεα λαρὰ φύοις IG14.1362; λαρὸν ὄδωδεν D.P.936.    3 pleasant to the eye, lovely, AP9.525.12; ἄνθεμαλ. ib.15.11 = IG12(1).783 (Lindos).    4 pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, ἔπος A.R.3.933, AP7.602 (Agath.); λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδης ib.9.571; λ. χείλεα uttering sweet sounds, APl.4.226 (Alc.). [As ?~X ?~X can always be substituted for λᾱ- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος, λᾱρός is prob. contr. fr. λᾰᾰρός or λᾰερός (this perh. fr. λαϝ-, cf. ἀπο-λαύω).]