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λωΐων, more desirable, more agreeable

λωΐων, (λῶ), ὁ, ἡ, λώϊον, τό, gen. ονος; Att. λῴων, λῷον, A. Pers. 526; acc. sg. and neut. pl. 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., γνωσόμεθʼ ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον 23.109; μετρεῖσθαι Hes. Op. 350; but οὐκ . . ἄλλη τῆσδε λωΐων γυνή Semon. 7.30: also Comp. λωΐτερος, α, ον, 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 [Fr. 112.7 Pf.], 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.
    • II Sup. λῷστος, η, ον, Thgn. 255; λῷστον δὲ τὸ ζῆν ἄνοσον S. Fr. 356; τὰ λῷστα βουλεύων A. Pr. 206, etc.; παραινέσαι τὰ λ. ib. 310; τὰ λ. λέγειν Id. Ag. 1053, cf. Cratin. 4 D.; ὦ λῷστε Πῶλε my good friend, like ὦ βέλτιστε, Pl. Grg. 467b, cf. X. Smp. 4.1, etc.

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