λάβρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=λάβρον (also α, ον Damocr. ap. Gal.13.917):<br><span class="bld">I</span> in Hom. only of wind and water, [[furious]], [[boisterous]], Ζέφυρος λάβρος ἐπαιγίζων Il. 2.148, cf. Od.15.293, [[Theophrastus]] ''Vent.''50; ὡς ὅτε κῦμα θοῇ ἐν νηῒ πέσῃσι λάβρον Il.15.625; ποταμὸς… λ. ὕπαιθα ῥέων 21.271; ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕδωρ Ζεύς 16.385: λάβρος [[ὄμβρος]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.12; [[καπνός]], [[σέλας]], Pi.''O.''8.36, ''P.''3.40; πνεῦμα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''110 (lyr.); πῦρ E.''Or.''697; <b class="b3">λάβρον αὐχέν</b>', of the Hellespont personified, Tim.''Pers.''84; simply, [[huge]], [[mighty]], λίθος Pi.''N.''8.46; <b class="b3">ὕδατα λαβρότερα</b>, expld. by [[ἀθροώτερα]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]'' 348b10: neut. as adverb, λάβρον ἐπαιγίζων… Ἔρως ''AP''5.285.2 (Paul. Sil.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., of men, [[boisterous]], [[turbulent]], especially in talking, [[hasty]], Thgn.634; λάβροι παγγλωσσίᾳ Pi.''O.''2.86; λάβρον στόμα Simon. 177, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1147; λάβρον ὄμμα E.''Hel.''379 (anap., s.v.l.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fierce]], δράκοντος λαβρόταται γένυες Pi.''P.''4.244, cf.E.''HF''253; [[violent]], [[impetuous]], λάβρος πρὸς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τὴν τῆς τροφῆς Arist.''GA''717a23 (Comp.); λάβρῳ χρώμενοι τῷ ποτῷ D.S.5.26; λάβρος εἰς Βάκχον ὀλισθών ''AP''11.25 (Apollonid.); λαγνεῖαι λαβρόταται Ti.Locr.103a; ἐπιθυμία Arist.''GA''717a28; Ἔρως ''AP''5.267 (Paul. Sil.); λάβρῳ μαχαίρᾳ E.''Cyc.''403.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[λάβρως]] = [[violently]], [[furiously]], [ἵπποι] ἄνακτα φέρουσι λάβρως Thgn. 988 (cf. [[λαβροπόδης]], [[λαβρόσυτος]]); [[λάβρως]] ὕει [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.7.1; ἄνεμοι καταιγίζοντες [[λάβρως]] D.S.5.26; [[ἀθρόως]] καὶ [[λάβρως]] App.''Hisp.''18, cf. ''Hann.''48; διδόναι [τὸ ὀξύμελι] κατ' ὀλίγον καὶ μὴ λ. Hp.''Acut.''58, cf. Ph.1.452.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[eagerly]], [[greedily]], <b class="b3">λ. διαρταμᾶν</b> (of the [[eagle]]) [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1022; <b class="b3">τῇ βρώσει χρῆται λ.</b> (of the [[lion]]) [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''594b18, cf. Ph.1.71.—Poet. word, used also in Ion. and late Prose. [λᾱ- by position in Ep.: λᾰ- E.''Or.'' l. c., ''HF''861 (troch.), ''AP''11.25 (Apollonid.).]