λωΐων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(λῶ), ὁ, ἡ<b class="b3">, λώϊον, τό</b>, gen. ονος; Att. λῴων, <b class="b3">λῷον</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 526</span>; acc. sg. and neut. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> λῴω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1079</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>11b</span>; acc. pl. λῴους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>736</span>: also an [[o]]-stem <b class="b3">λώϊος</b> (Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.122</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.800</span>) from which come neut. pl. λώϊα <span class="bibl">Thgn.853</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.26.32</span>, and <b class="b3">λῷα</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Thgn.96</span>: gen. pl. τῶν λῴων <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).1179.36 (Chalcis, ii A.D.):— <b class="b2">more desirable, more agreeable, better</b>, Hom. only in neut., <b class="b3">πολὺ λώϊόν ἐστι, τόδε λ. ἐστι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.229</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.169</span>, al.; τῷ σε χρὴ δόμεναι καὶ λώϊον ἠέ περ ἄλλοι σίτου <span class="bibl">17.417</span>: as Adv., γνωσόμεθ' ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον <span class="bibl">23.109</span>; μετρεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>350</span>; but οὐκ… ἄλλη τῆσδε λωΐων γυνή <span class="bibl">Semon. 7.30</span>: also Comp. <b class="b3">λωΐτερος, α, ον</b>, also used by Hom. only in neut., λωΐτερον καὶ ἄμεινον <span class="bibl">Od.1.376</span>, <span class="bibl">2.141</span>: masc. in <span class="bibl">A.R.3.850</span>, etc.: fem. in <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>4.1.7</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.111.6 (Phld.).—In Trag. <b class="b3">λῴων</b> was used generally as Comp. of <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>526</span>, etc.; φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ph.</span>1079</span>; λῷον φρονεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1038</span>; λῴους φρένας ἀμείψασθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 736</span>; βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1513</span>; εἰς τὸ λῷον σὸν μεθέστηκεν κέαρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>911</span>: sts. also in Prose, ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>828a</span>; ἀμείνω καὶ λῴω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>11b</span>; λ. καὶ ἄμεινον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.2.15</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>398.41 (Cos, iii B.C.), 1044.4 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), cf. <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.165 (Cyrene), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Sup. λῷστος, η, ον, <span class="bibl">Thgn.255</span>; λῷστον δὲ τὸ ζῆν ἄνοσον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>356</span>; τὰ λῷστα βουλεύων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>206</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">παραινέσαι τὰ λ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">310</span>; τὰ λ. λέγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1053</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cratin.4</span> D.; <b class="b3">ὦ λῷστε Πῶλε</b> <b class="b2">my good friend</b>, like [[ὦ βέλτιστε]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>467b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.1</span>, etc.</span>