λωΐων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[λῶ]]), ὁ, ἡ, [[λώϊον]], τό, gen. ονος; Att. [[λῴων]], [[λῷον]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|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]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|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 [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 911: sometimes also in Prose, ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|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 [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''356; τὰ λῷστα βουλεύων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|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.