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λαμυρός

λαμυρός, gluttonous, greedy

λᾰμῠρ-ός, ά, όν,
  • full of abysses, θάλασσα EM 555.57: hence,
    • II gluttonous, greedy, γάστρις καὶ λ. Epicr. 5.8 = Antiph. 89.5; γαστρὶ χαριζόμενος τῆς οὐ λαμυρώτερον οὐδὲν Timo 7; ὀδόντες Theoc. 25.234; κάρηνον Nic. Th. 293.
    • III metaph., wanton, impudent, -ώτερον λέγειν X. Smp. 8.24; Ἀλκιβιάδου ἡ ἄγαν λ. πολιτεία Plu. Comp.Alc.Cor. 1; λάμυρόν τι προσβλέπειν τινί Id. Mar. 38; λ. ἱστορίη AP 7.450 (Diosc.); of women, coquettish, ib. 5.161 (Asclep.); of Eros, λαμυροῖς ὄμμασι πικρὰ γελᾷ ib. 179 (Mel.); λαμυρὰς Πόθων ἀέλλας Cerc. 5.10: later in good sense, piquant, arch, like ἐπίχαρις, Phryn. 259; charming, Plu. Caes. 49, Eun. VS p.467 B.
    • IV bright, τὰ λευκὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν -ώτατα (in pneumonia) Aret. SA 2.1.

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