λαός -οῦ, ὁ (λαϝός). 1 The folk or people of a king or chief : Πριάμοιο Il. 4.47 = 165 = Il. 6.449. Cf. Il. 8.246, Il. 24.28 : Od. 7.60. In pl. : ἄτερ λαῶν πόλιν ἑξέμεν ἠδʼ ἐπικούρων (without either your own folk or strangers) Il. 5.473, πολλῶν λαῶν ἄναξ Il. 9.98. Cf. Il. 14.93, Il. 17.145, Il. 21.458, Il. 24.37 : Od. 2.234 = Od. 5.12, Od. 4.176, Od. 7.323, Od. 13.62, Od. 22.54. In pl., subjects, folk : λαοὶ Ἀγαμέμνονος εὐχόμεθʼ εἶναι Od. 9.263. 2 A band or following, followers, folk : πολὺν λαὸν ἀγείρας Il. 2.664. Cf. Il. 2.675, Il. 9.483, Il. 18.452 : Od. 6.164, Od. 14.248. Sim. : ἄλλος λ. Μυρμιδόνων Il. 11.796. In pl. : ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι λαοὶ ἕποντο Il. 2.578. Cf. Il. 2.580, 708, 773, 818, Il. 3.186, Il. 4.91, 202, Il. 5.643, Il. 10.170, Il. 13.710, Il. 16.551, Il. 20.383. In pl., one's men or people, one's servants : ὡς ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ βοὸς βοείην λαοῖσιν δώῃ τανύειν Il. 17.390. 3 The general body of a community, the people in general : κήρυκες λαὸν ἐρήτυον Il. 18.503. Cf. Il. 24.665, 789: Od. 2.41, 81, Od. 3.305, Od. 24.530. In pl. : κατατρύχω λαούς Il. 17.226. Cf. Il. 18.301, 497, 502, Il. 22.408, Il. 24.611, 715, 740, 777 : τὸν πάντες λαοὶ θηεῦντο Od. 2.13 = Od. 17.64. Cf. Od. 2.252, Od. 3.214, Od. 6.194, Od. 7.71, Od. 11.136, Od. 13.156, Od. 16.375, Od. 22.133, etc. 4 In gen., folk, people : ἐπεἰ πολὺν ὤλεσα λαόν Il. 2.115 = Il. 9.22. Cf. Il. 5.758 : Od. 11.500, 518. In pl. : λαοὶ περίτρεσαν ἀγροιῶται Il. 11.676. Cf. Od. 9.265, Od. 24.428. 5 In pl., the bystanders, the crowd : λαοὶ γέροντα μόγις ἔχον Il. 22.412. Cf. Od. 8.125. 6 In the most gen. sense, men. In pl. : πάντων ἀριδείκετε λαῶν Od. 8.382 = 401 = Od. 9.2 = Od. 11.355 = 378 = Od. 13.38. Cf. Il. 9.117. 7 The general body of a host, the host in general : ἅμα λαῷ θωρηχθῆναι Il. 1.226. Cf. Il. 1.54, Il. 2.99, Il. 4.287, Il. 5.465, Il. 13.349, Il. 23.258, etc. : Od. 3.140, 144. In pl. : ὀλέκοντο λαοί Il. 1.10. Cf. Il. 1.16, 263, Il. 3.318, Il. 9.420, Il. 12.229, Il. 18.523, Il. 23.53, etc. : Od. 3.156, Od. 4.156, Od. 18.152, etc. Distinguished in terms from the leaders : ἡγήσατο . . . ἐπὶ δʼ ἴαχε λαὸς ὄπισθεν Il. 13.834. Cf. Il. 15.695, 723, Il. 24.658. In pl. : ὅς θʼ ἡγεμόνων κακὸς ὅς τε λαῶν Il. 2.365. Cf. Il. 13.108, 492, Il. 15.15, Il. 18.519. Including the leaders : ἐπιπροέηκεν ἀρίστους κρινάμενος κατὰ κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιϊκόν Il. 9.521. 8 In gen., a host or army : ὅτʼ ἐν θήβῃσιν ἀπώλετο λαὸς Ἀχαιῶν Il. 6.223. Cf. Il. 2.120, 799, Il. 4.28, 377, 407, 430, Il. 9.338, Il. 11.716, 770. Of a part or section of a host : ᾗ πλεῖστον ὀρινόμενον ἴδε λαόν (where he perceived the greatest confusion) Il. 16.377. 9 In pl., fighters, fighting men, warriors : στρατῷ εὐρέϊ λαῶν Il. 4.76, λαοῖσιν καθύπερθε πεποιθότες Il. 12.153. Cf. Il. 18.509. Foot-soldiers as distinguished from fighters using chariots : ἵππονκαὶ λαόν Il. 7.342. Cf. Il. 9.708, Il. 18.153. A body detailed for some purpose : κριτὸς λαὸς Ἀχαιῶν Il. 7.434.