λαρός

λᾱρός, όν, poet. Adj.

• pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet, in Hom. always of taste, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας Il. 19.316; λαρὸν τετυκοίμεθα δόρπον Od. 12.283, 14.408; λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμʼ ἀνθρώπου sweet to it [the fly] is the blood of man, Il. 17.572; μέθυ λαρόν A.R. 1.456: Ep. Sup. λαρώτατος, οἶνος Od. 2.350: Comp. λαρότερον as Adv., Simon. 183.10.
• • • 2 pleasant to the smell, ἀϋτμή Mosch. 2.92; ἄνθεα λαρὰ φύοις IG 14.1362; λαρὸν ὄδωδεν D.P. 936.
    • 3 pleasant to the eye, lovely, AP 9.525.12; ἄνθεμα λ. ib. 15.11 = IG 12(1).783 (Lindos).
    • 4 pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, ἔπος A.R. 3.933, AP 7.602 (Agath.); λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδης ib. 9.571; λ. χείλεα uttering sweet sounds, APl. 16.226 (Alc.). [As ⏑⏑ can always be substituted for λᾱ- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος, λᾱρός is prob. contr. fr. λᾰᾰρός or λᾰερός (this perh. fr. λαϝ-, cf. ἀπο-λαύω).]

λᾱρός -όν [see ἀπολαύω?] poet. pleasant to the taste, delicate, sweet Il. 17.572, al. Od. 2.350, al. etc.; δόρπον dinner Od. 14.408, al. ‖ pleasant to hear, sweet: ἔπος word Ap. 3.933 Agath. (AP 7.602) etc. | χείλεα the lips of sweet sleep Alc.² (AP 16.226.1) ‖ pleasant smelling, sweetly perfumed Dion.⁹ 936 etc. ‖ pleasant to see, charming AP 9.525.12, al. etc. ‖ compar. λαρότερος | epic superl. λᾱρώτατος.

λαρός, [ᾱ], (ΛαΩ, λαύω), wohlschmeckend, süß, λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμʼ ἀνθρώπου Il. 17.572, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας 19.316, οἶνον – ἄφυσσον ἡδύν, ὅτις μετὰ τὸν λαρώτατος ὃν σὺ φυλάσσεις (des Verses wegen für λαρότατος) Od. 2.349 ; sp.D., εἴδατα καὶ μέθυ λαρόν Ap.Rh. 1.456 ; ἡμερίς Thall. 4 (IX.220); ὕδωρ Plat. 15 (IX.826). – Auch vom Gesicht, lieblich anzuschauen, Hes. frg.; Apollo, Hymn. (IX.525.12). – Vom Geruch, wohlriechend, τοῦ δʼ ἄμβροτος ὀδμὴ τηλόθι καὶ λειμῶνος ἐκαίνυτο λαρὸν ἀϋτμήν Mosch. 2.92 ; θύοις ὕπο λαρὸν ὄδωδεν Dion.Per. 936 ; ἄνθεα Ep. 695a (APP 306). – Und sonst bei sp.D. nicht selten, angenehm, genußreich, ἔπος Agath. 39 (VII.602), χείλεα Alc. Mess. 12 (Plan. 226). – Kompar. λαρότερον, Simonds. 48 (VII.24).

λαρός

(prob. λα(σ)ερός, fr. λασ-, desire. Cf. λιλαίομαι).

Pleasant to the taste Il. 17.572.

Epithet of δεῖπνον Il. 19.316.

Of δόρπον Od. 12.283, Od. 14.408.

Superl. λαρώτατος Od. 2.350.

λαρός , sup. λᾱρώτατος: rich, fine, well-relished, Il. 17.572.

λαρός .λᾱρός, όν

• • • 1pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet, Hom.: —Epic Sup., λᾱρώτατος οἶνος (metri grat. for λᾱρότατος) Od.: comp. λαρότερον as adv., Anth.
    • 2pleasant to the smell, Mosch., Anth.
    • 3pleasant to the eye, lovely, Anth.
    • 4pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, Anth.