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λαρός

λαρός, pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet

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λαρώτατος masculine nominative singular superlative of λαρός

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λᾱρός, όν, poet. Adj.
  • pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet, in Hom. always of taste, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας Il. 19.316; λαρὸν τετυκοίμεθα δόρπον Od. 12.283, 14.408; λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμʼ ἀνθρώπου sweet to it [the fly] is the blood of man, Il. 17.572; μέθυ λαρόν A.R. 1.456: Ep. Sup. λαρώτατος, οἶνος Od. 2.350: Comp. λαρότερον as Adv., Simon. 183.10.
      • 2 pleasant to the smell, ἀϋτμή Mosch. 2.92; ἄνθεα λαρὰ φύοις IG 14.1362; λαρὸν ὄδωδεν D.P. 936.
      • 3 pleasant to the eye, lovely, AP 9.525.12; ἄνθεμα λ. ib. 15.11 = IG 12(1).783 (Lindos).
      • 4 pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, ἔπος A.R. 3.933, AP 7.602 (Agath.); λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδης ib. 9.571; λ. χείλεα uttering sweet sounds, APl. 16.226 (Alc.). [As ⏑⏑ can always be substituted for λᾱ- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος, λᾱρός is prob. contr. fr. λᾰᾰρός or λᾰερός (this perh. fr. λαϝ-, cf. ἀπο-λαύω).]

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