λωΐων
ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ → sew up Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, stop Philip's mouth with an unsoaked rush, shut one's mouth without any trouble
English (LSJ)
(λῶ), ὁ, ἡ, λώϊον, τό, gen. ονος; Att. λῴων, λῷον, A.Pers. 526; acc. sg. and neut. pl.
A λῴω S.Ph.1079, Pl.Phlb.11b; acc. pl. λῴους S.Tr.736: also an o-stem λώϊος (Hdn.Gr.1.122, Thgn.800) from which come neut. pl. λώϊα Thgn.853, Theoc.26.32, and λῷα prob. in Thgn.96: gen. pl. τῶν λῴων IG12(9).1179.36 (Chalcis, ii A.D.):— more desirable, more agreeable, better, Hom. only in neut., πολὺ λώϊόν ἐστι, τόδε λ. ἐστι, Il.1.229, Od.2.169, al.; τῷ σε χρὴ δόμεναι καὶ λώϊον ἠέ περ ἄλλοι σίτου 17.417: as Adv., γνωσόμεθ' ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον 23.109; μετρεῖσθαι Hes.Op.350; but οὐκ . . ἄλλη τῆσδε λωΐων γυνή Semon. 7.30: also Comp. λωΐτερος, α, ον, also used by Hom. only in neut., λωΐτερον καὶ ἄμεινον Od.1.376, 2.141: masc. in A.R.3.850, etc.: fem. in Call.Aet.4.1.7, AP5.111.6 (Phld.).—In Trag. λῴων was used generally as Comp. of ἀγαθός, A.Pers.526, etc.; φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω S. Ph.1079; λῷον φρονεῖ Id.OT1038; λῴους φρένας ἀμείψασθαι Id.Tr. 736; βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι Id.OT1513; εἰς τὸ λῷον σὸν μεθέστηκεν κέαρ E.Med.911: sts. also in Prose, ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον Pl.Lg.828a; ἀμείνω καὶ λῴω Id.Phlb.11b; λ. καὶ ἄμεινον X.An.6.2.15, SIG398.41 (Cos, iii B.C.), 1044.4 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), cf. Berl.Sitzb.1927.165 (Cyrene), etc. II Sup. λῷστος, η, ον, Thgn.255; λῷστον δὲ τὸ ζῆν ἄνοσον S.Fr.356; τὰ λῷστα βουλεύων A.Pr.206, etc.; παραινέσαι τὰ λ. ib. 310; τὰ λ. λέγειν Id.Ag.1053, cf. Cratin.4 D.; ὦ λῷστε Πῶλε my good friend, like ὦ βέλτιστε, Pl.Grg.467b, cf. X.Smp.4.1, etc.
