λάω

λάω (A) [ᾰ],

• = βλέπω, οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸν αἰετὸς ὀξὺ λάων ἐσκέψατο h.Merc. 360; γηθήσειε λάων is probably v.l. for γ. ἰδών in Il. 13.344 (POxy. 769); cf. λάετε· σκοπεῖτε, βλέπετε, Hsch., Cyr.

λάω (B) [ᾰ],

• seize, hold, κύων ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλόν, ἀσπαίροντα λάων gripping it as it struggled, Od. 19.229; ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων gripped the fawn as he was throttling it, ib. 230.—Also expld. by ἀπολαυστικῶς ἔχων (Aristarch.) or ἀπολαυστικῶς ἐσθίων (Sch., Hsch. s.v. λάων, who refers it alternatively to λάω (A), but also has λάε· ἐψόφησεν, οἱ δὲ ἐφθέγγετο; cf. λαήμεναι· φθέγγεσθαι, Cyr.).

*λάω (C), v. λῶ.

1. λάω , contr. prob. to seize, hold tight, only in κύων ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλὸν ἀσπαίροντα λάων a dog had (between its paws) a dappled fawn, holding it fast while it struggled Od. 19.229 (oth. barking or watching: cf. λάσκω?); ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων he (the dog) was holding the fawn tight while strangling it Od. 19.230 (oth. was barking or watching: see above).

2. λάω , contr. [cf. Skt. lásati?] to see: οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸν αἰετὸς ὀξὺ λάων ἐσκέψατο not even a sharpsighted eagle would have caught sight of him Hom. 4.360 | perhaps also γηθήσειε λάων (v.l. pOxy. 769 for ἰδών) he would rejoice to see Il. 13.344

● epic impf. 3. sg. λάε Od. 19.230.

λάω*, dorisch, ich will, nur erhalten in den Formen λῶ, λῇς, λῇ, plur. λῶμες, λῶντι, Ar. Ach. 714, 731, 737, 753, Lys. 95, 1105, 1162, 1188 Theocr. 1.12, u. im partic., συνδειπνέω τῷ λῶντι Epicharm. bei Ath. VI.235e. Davon λῆμα u. damit verwandt λιλαίομαι, λελιημένος. – Vgl. auch λάβρος. Auch λαύω, nur im comp. ἀπολαύω üblich, hängt damit zusammen.

λάω ¹, anblicken, βλέπω, κύων ἔχε ποικίλον ἐλλόν, ἀσπαίροντα λάων, u. ὁ μὲν λάε νεβρὸν ἀπάγχων, Od. 19.229, 230, ein Hund hielt ein Rehkalb, das zappelnde anblickend, u. würgend blickte er das Rehkalb an, welche Erkl. aus H.h. Merc. 360 gerechtfertigt wird, wo αἰετὸς ὀξὺ λάων unzweifelhaft der scharfblickende Adler ist ; Aristarch erkl. ἀπολαύων, Andere dachten an ὑλάω u. erkl. bellend ; Phot. aber richtig δεδορκώς, u. Hesych. führt λάετε an, welches er σκοπεῖτε, βλέπετε erkl. – Vgl. noch als abgeleitet davon ἀλαός, λεύσσω, γλαύσσω, γλαυκός u. ä.

λάω

Of a dog, app., to grip or pin : ἀσπαίροντα [ἐλλὸν] λάων Od. 19.229. Cf. Od. 19.230.

λάω , part. λάων, ipf. λάε: doubtful word, ‘bury the teeth in,’ of a dog strangling a fawn, Od. 19.229f.

λάω

• = βλέπω, to behold, look upon, c. acc., Od.; ὀξὺ λάων quick of sight, Hhymn.

λάω an old Doric Verb, found only in pres. λῶ, λῆις, λῆι, λῶμες, λῆτε, λῶντι:— subj., 2 and 3rd sg. λῆις, λῆι: opt. 3rd sg. λώιη: inf. λῆν: part. τῶι λῶντι.

• =θέλω, to wish, desire