λάσιος

λάσῐος [ᾰ], α, ον, later also ος, ον Luc. Prom. 12, etc. (cf. λάσειος):—

• shaggy, woolly, of sheep, Il. 24.125, Od. 9.433; λ. θῆρες, of sheep and goats, opp. deer (στικτοὶ θ.), S. Ph. 184 (lyr.); μέλισσαι Theoc. 22.42; τὰ -ώτατα, of horses, X. Eq. 2.4; in men, λ. κῆρ was in the heroic age a mark of strength, Il. 2.851, 16.554, cf. Pl. Tht. 194e; ἐν . . στήθεσσιν λασίοισι, of Achilles, Il. 1.189; τὸ στῆθος ἐπαινεῖν χρὴ τετράγωνόν τε ἐὸν καὶ λ. Hp. Prorrh. 2.7; whereas afterwards a hairy breast was looked upon as a sign of dissoluteness or coarseness, Ar. Nu. 349; or of intrigue and cunning, Ἀγαθοκλεῖος λάσιαι φρένες ἤλασαν ἔξω πατρίδος Alex.Aetol. 5; also λ. κεφαλή Pl. Ti. 76c; περὶ ὦτα λ. Id. Phdr. 253e; λ. τὰ σκέλη Luc. DDeor. 10[4].1; λ. ὀφρύς Theoc. 11.31; μηρῶν τρίχες AP 11.326 (Autom.); τὸ λ. hairiness, Luc. DMar. 1.1. Adv. τῶν ὀφρύων -ίως ἔχειν Philostr. VS 2.1.7.
• • II generally, bushy, overgrown, αἴης λάσιον μένος Emp. 27.2; χωρίον X. HG 4.2.19, cf. Pl. Cra. 420e; δρυμός Theoc. 25.134; δρῦς Id. 26.3; ἐκ τῶν λ. τὰ θηρία ἐξελᾶν X. Cyr. 1.4.16; διὰ τῶν λ. ἐπιγενόμενοι Id. An. 6.4.26: c. dat., overgrown with . ., γῆ ὕλαις λάσιος Luc. Prom. l.c.

λά̆σιος -α -ον [cf. Ger. Wald, Russ. vólotǐ, OIr. folt] covered with hair or fleece, hairy, shaggy, hirsute Il. 24.125 Od. 9.433 Soph. Ph. 184, of animals etc.; subst. τὰ λασιώτατα the shaggiest parts, of a horse Xen. Hip. 2.4 | of men: λάσιον κῆρ or στῆθος hairy i.e. manly chest, as sign of strength and valor Il. 1.189, 2.851, 16.554 etc.; but λάσιαι φρένες scheming mind Al.³ 3; λ. κεφαλή head covered with hair Plat. Tim. 76c; as repugnant feature: ἄγριος οὕτως καὶ λάσιος wild and hirsute as he is Luc. DMar. 1.1 ‖ extens. covered or dense with vegetation, leafy, wooded Xen. Hel. 4.2.19 Theocr. 25.134 etc.; ἄγκη valleys Plat. Crat. 420e | subst. τὰ λάσια bushy area, bushes Xen. An. 6.4.26; ἐκ τῶν λασίων τὰ θηρία ἐξελᾶν to drive the game out of the bushes Xen. Cyr. 1.4.16 | with dat. γῆ ὕλαις ἅπασα λάσιος a land completely covered in forests Luc. Prom. 12 ‖ compar. -ώτερος | superl. -ώτατος

● fem. λάσιος Luc. Prom. 12 ◆ adv. λασίως: λ. ἔχειν to be hairy Philostr. V.S. 2.1.7.

λάσιος, (mit λαῖνα, lana, verwandt, vgl. δασύς), att. 2 Endgn, dichtbehaart, rauch, zottig, wollig, ὄϊς, Il. 24.125, Od. 9.433, wie Theocr. 12.4 ; θῆρες Soph. Phil. 184. – Von Menschen, λάσια στήθεα, Il. 1.189, λάσιον κῆρ, 2.851, 16.554, zottige Brust, u. danach gebildet auch zottiges Herz, als Zeichen trotzigen, männlichen Mutes ; vgl. Plat. Theaet. 194a ; ὡς λάσιαι φρένες ἤλασαν ἔξω Alex.Aet. bei Ath. XV.699c, wo es denn auch als Zeichen der Klugheit u. Verschlagenheit gilt. – Im eigtl. Sinne, κεφαλή, Plat. Tim. 76c ; περὶ ὦτα λάσιος Phaedr. 253e ; Sp., λάσιος τὰ σκέλη Luc. D.D. 4.1 ; λάσιος γένυν Flacc. 2 (XII.25); ὀφρύς Theocr. 11.31, wie Sosipat. 3 (V.56); χαίτη Ap.Rh. 4.1605 ; τρίχες Automed. 2 (XI.326). – Auch übertr., wie δασύς, dicht bewachsen, dicht belaubt, ἄγκη δύσπορα καὶ λάσια Plat. Cratyl. 420e ; χωρίον Xen. Hell. 4.2.19 ; im Ggsztz von ἐργάσιμον, Cyr. 1.4.16 ; ἡ γῆ λάσιος ὑλαις, Luc. Prom. 12 ; häufig bei sp.D., λασίοισιν ἐπὶ δρυὸς ἀκρεμόνεσσιν Ap.Rh. 2.1270 ; δρυμός Theocr. 25.134 ; φύλλα Nic. Th. 69 ; – τὰ λασιώτατα τῶν ὀρῶν DC. 39.44.

λάσιος

-η, -ον.

Hairy, shaggy (as indicating strength) : στήθεσσιν Il. 1.189.

Applied to κῆρ used periphrastically (see κῆρ 2.c) Il. 2.851, Il. 16.554.

In reference to a sheep or a part thereof, covered with thick wool, woolly Il. 24.125 : Od. 9.433.

λάσιος : hairy, shaggy, epith. of στῆθος, also κῆρ, as sign of manly strength and spirit; of sheep, wolly, Od. 9.433.

λάσιος .λάσιος (ᾰ), η, ον akin to δασύς

• • Ihairy, rough, shaggy, woolly, Hom., Soph., etc.
  • IIshaggy with brushwood, bushy, Xen., Theocr.; τὰ λάσια bushes, Xen.