| |Definition=([[λῶ]]), ὁ, ἡ, [[λώϊον]], τό, gen. ονος; Att. [[λῴων]], [[λῷον]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 526</span>; acc. sg. and neut. pl. <span class="sense"><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 [[λώϊος]] (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 [[λῷα]] 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.):— [[more desirable]], [[more agreeable]], [[better]], Hom. only in neut., πολὺ λώϊόν [[ἐστι]], [[τόδε]] λ. [[ἐστι]], <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 adverb, 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. [[λωΐτερος]], α, ον, 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. [[λῴων]] was used generally as Comp. of [[ἀγαθός]], <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>: sometimes 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"><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.; [[παραινέσαι]] τὰ λ. 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.; [[ὦ λῷστε Πῶλε]] = [[my good friend]], 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> | | |Definition=([[λῶ]]), ὁ, ἡ, [[λώϊον]], τό, gen. ονος; Att. [[λῴων]], [[λῷον]], A.''Pers.'' 526; acc. sg. and neut. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[λῴω]] S.''Ph.''1079, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|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 ''IG''12(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 adverb, 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, ''AP''5.111.6 (Phld.).—In Trag. [[λῴων]] was used generally as Comp. of [[ἀγαθός]], A.''Pers.''526, etc.; φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω S. ''Ph.''1079; λῷον φρονεῖ Id.''OT''1038; λῴους φρένας ἀμείψασθαι Id.''Tr.'' 736; βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι Id.''OT''1513; εἰς τὸ λῷον σὸν μεθέστηκεν κέαρ E.''Med.''911: sometimes also in Prose, ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον Pl.''Lg.''828a; ἀμείνω καὶ λῴω Id.''Phlb.''11b; λ. καὶ ἄμεινον X.''An.''6.2.15, ''SIG''398.41 (Cos, iii B.C.), 1044.4 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), cf. ''Berl.Sitzb.''1927.165 (Cyrene), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 467b, cf. X.''Smp.''4.1, etc. |
