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|Definition=οῦ, ὁ (Dor. ἡ, acc. to Phryn.164, used by the Megarian in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>743</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Herod.2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Bion <span class="title">Fr.</span>14.4</span>; <b class="b3">Λ. ἔχων γυναικὸς μορφήν</b> Callisth. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.10.452b</span>; also <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>311</span>, Call.<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">Fr.anon</b>.<span class="bibl">43</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.84.9</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.89 (Phil.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>15.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>11.28</span>):—[[hunger]], [[famine]], δίψα τε καὶ λ. <span class="bibl">Il.19.166</span>; λιμῷ θανέειν <span class="bibl">Od.12.342</span>; λιμὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ λοιμόν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>243</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.54</span>; λ. αἰανής <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.49</span>; λιμῷ συνεστεῶτας <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.170</span>; σκότῳ λ. ξύνοικος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1642</span>; δείπνου προφήτην λιμόν <span class="bibl">Antiph. 217.23</span>; ἅπανθ' ὁ λ. γλυκέα πλὴν αὑτοῦ ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.293</span>; ὁ δὲ λ. ἐστιν ἀθανασίας φάρμακον <span class="bibl">Id.86.6</span>: prov., <b class="b3">ἀπολεῖτε λιμῷ Μηλίῳ</b>, referring to the siege of Melos, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>186</span>: metaph., ἤδη γὰρ εἶδον… λιμόν τ' ἐν ἀνδρὸς πλουσίου φρονήματι, γνώμην δὲ μεγάλην ἐν πένητι σώματι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span> 371</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[a hungry wretch]], <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Kol.</span>78</span>, <span class="bibl">Posidipp.26.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust. 1828.6</span>.</span>