λωΐων
λωΐων,(
λῶ),
ὁ,
ἡ , λώϊον,, gen.
ονος; Att.
λῴων,
λῷον,
A. Pers. 526 ; acc. sg. and neut. pl.
A). λῴω S. Ph. 1079 ,
Pl. 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 Adv.,
γνωσόμεθ’ ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον 23.109 ;
μετρεῖσθαι Hes. Op. 350 ; but
οὐκ .. ἄλλη τῆσδε λωΐων γυνή Semon. 7.30 : also Comp.
λωΐτερος,, 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 : sts. 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.
ShortDef
more desirable, more agreeable
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
λωΐων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λωιων
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-64332
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λωΐων</span>,(<span class="etym greek">λῶ</span>), <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span> <span class="foreign greek">, λώϊον,</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ονος</span>; Att. <span class="orth greek">λῴων</span>, <span class="foreign greek">λῷον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:526/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 526 </a>; acc. sg. and neut. pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">λῴω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1079" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1079/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1079 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:11b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:11b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 11b </a>; acc. pl. <span class="quote greek">λῴους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:736" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:736/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 736 </a> : also an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">o</span>-stem <span class="foreign greek">λώϊος</span> (Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.122/canonical-url/"> 1.122 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 800 </span>) from which come neut. pl. <span class="quote greek">λώϊα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 853 </span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 26.32 </a>, and <span class="foreign greek">λῷα</span> prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 96 </span>: gen. pl. <span class="quote greek">τῶν λῴων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(9).1179.36 </span> (Chalcis, ii A.D.):— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more desirable, more agreeable, better</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in neut., <span class="foreign greek">πολὺ λώϊόν ἐστι, τόδε λ. ἐστι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.229/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.229 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.169 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">τῷ σε χρὴ δόμεναι καὶ λώϊον ἠέ περ ἄλλοι σίτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.417/canonical-url/"> 17.417 </a> : as Adv., <span class="quote greek">γνωσόμεθ’ ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.109/canonical-url/"> 23.109 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μετρεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:350" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:350/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 350 </a> ; but <span class="quote greek">οὐκ .. ἄλλη τῆσδε λωΐων γυνή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:7:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:7.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Semon.</span> 7.30 </a> : also Comp. <span class="foreign greek">λωΐτερος,</span>, also used by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in neut., <span class="quote greek">λωΐτερον καὶ ἄμεινον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.376 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.141/canonical-url/"> 2.141 </a>: masc. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:850" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.850/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.850 </a>, etc.: fem. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:4:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:4:1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.</span> 4.1.7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.111.6 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span></span>).—In Trag. <span class="foreign greek">λῴων</span> was used generally as Comp. of <span class="foreign greek">ἀγαθός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:526/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 526 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1079" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1079/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1079 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λῷον φρονεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1038" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1038/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1038 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λῴους φρένας ἀμείψασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:736" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:736/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 736 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1513" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1513/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1513 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὸ λῷον σὸν μεθέστηκεν κέαρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:911" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:911/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 911 </a> : sts. also in Prose, <span class="quote greek">ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:828a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:828a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 828a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀμείνω καὶ λῴω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:11b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:11b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 11b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. καὶ ἄμεινον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:2:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.2.15 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 398.41 </span> (Cos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> 1044.4 </span> (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Berl.Sitzb.</span> 1927.165 </span> (Cyrene), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Sup. <span class="orth greek">λῷστος</span>, <span class="itype greek">η</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 255 </span>; <span class="quote greek">λῷστον δὲ τὸ ζῆν ἄνοσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:356" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:356/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 356 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ λῷστα βουλεύων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:206" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:206/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 206 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">παραινέσαι τὰ λ.</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:310/canonical-url/"> 310 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ λ. λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1053" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1053/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1053 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 4 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="foreign greek">ὦ λῷστε Πῶλε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">my good friend</span>, like <span class="ref greek">ὦ βέλτιστε</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:467b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:467b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 467b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 4.1 </a>, etc.</div> </div><br><br>'}