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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[plague]], once in Hom. (<span class="bibl">Il.1.61</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>243</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.171</span>; λοιμοῦ σκηπτός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>715</span> (troch.); of the plague at Athens, <span class="bibl">Th.2.47</span>,<span class="bibl">54</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>201d</span>: pl., ib.<span class="bibl">188b</span>, al.; coupled with [[λιμός]], Hes. and Hdt.ll.cc., <span class="bibl">Th.2.54</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.135</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[plague]], [[pest]], <span class="bibl">D.25.80</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., [[pestilent]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>1.16</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ λ. καὶ πονηρός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">30.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>24.5</span>; λ. οἶνος Sm.<span class="title">Pr.</span>20.1.</span>