λῶ

λῶ, Dor. Verb,

• = θέλω: 1sg. indic., λῶ τι μυσίξαι νέον Ar. Lys. 981; 2sg., αἰ λῇς, = εἰ θέλεις, Epich. 170.7, 172.4, Ar. Ach. 766, cf. 776; ὅ τι τὺ λῇς Epich. 171.10; ὅ τι λῇς Ar. Lys. 95; καἰ τὺ λῇς Crates Com. 41 (cj.); ἥντινα λῇς Call. Dian. 19; λῇς . . τῆδε καθίξας . . συρίσδεν; Theoc. 1.12; 3sg., λῇ . . λαβεῖν; Epich. 170.8: 1pl., ἁμές γε λῶμες αἴ τις . . λῇ τοῦτʼ ἀποδόμεν Ar. Lys. 1162; 3pl., ἐπιλέγω τοῖς θεοῖς, ὅτι λῶντι Epich. 35.12, cf. Theoc. 4.14: subj., καἴ κά τις . . λῇ τήνῳ λέγειν Epich. 35.5, cf. GDI 4982.2, Leg.Gort. 3.18, al.; αἴ κα λῇς Theoc. 5.21; κἂν λῆτε Ar. Lys. 1105; λείωντι Leg.Gort. 2.35, al.; but αἴ κα λῶντι Inscr.Olymp. 22 (Selinus): opt. 1sg. λέῳμι Hsch.; 3sg. λείοι Leg.Gort. 8.13, al., GDI 5011.6, λέοι ib. 5072b6, λῴη Epich. [285]; 3pl. λείοιεν GDI 4984.12; Elean 3dual λεοίταν (or ληοίταν) Inscr.Olymp. 16.3: inf., αἰ μὲν λῆν Foed.Lacon. ap. Th. 5.77 (Ahrens, for ἐμενλῆν etc.): part. λέων Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).21 (Cyrene), λείοντος Leg.Gort. 8.22, λείοντα BCH 27.221 (Lato), etc.; ἐξέστω καὶ ἄλλῳ τῷ λῶντι IG 9(1).694.118 (Corc.); συνδειπνέων τῷ λῶντι . ., καὶ τῷ γα μηδὲ λῶντι Epich. 35.1, 2 (Ahrens for γαμηλιῶντι; μὴ λείοντι Brause); λῶσα Hsch.:—Med., 3pl. pres. subj. λῶνται IG 12(7).67.11 (Amorgos, Dor. dial.); 3sg. λάηται· βούληται, Hsch.:—wish, desire, ll. cc. (Cf. λῆ-μα, λῆσις (B), perh. also λελίημαι: the dialects seem to point to λείω (fr. λεί-yω) as the original form, but the forms with λω- cannot have resulted from contr. of λειο-: a stem λαο- is doubtful, λάηται (βούληται) Hsch. being perh. corrupt.)