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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ων, ον<\/b>, <i>v<\/i>. *λῶϊς."
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                    "description": "(&lt; λῶ), ὁ, ἡ, λώϊον, τό, gen. ονος ; <i>Att.<\/i> λῴων, λῷον, A. <i>Pers.<\/i> 526; acc. sg. and neut. pl. λῴω S. <i>Ph.<\/i> 1079, Pl. <i>Phlb.<\/i> 11b; acc. pl. λῴους S. <i>Tr.<\/i> 736; also an o-stem λώϊος (Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 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 AD) :<br\/><b>more desirable, more agreeable, better<\/b>, Hom. only in neut., πολὺ λώϊόν ἐστι, τόδε λ. ἐστι, <i>Il.<\/i> 1.229, <i>Od.<\/i> 2.169, al. ; τῷ σε χρὴ δόμεναι καὶ λώϊον ἠέ περ ἄλλοι σίτου 17.417; as Adv., γνωσόμεθ’ ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον 23.109; μετρεῖσθαι Hes. <i>Op.<\/i> 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 <i>Od.<\/i> 1.376, 2.141; masc. in A.R. 3.850, etc. ; fem. in Call. <i>Aet.<\/i> 4.1.7, <i>AP<\/i> 5.111.6 (Phld.). — In Trag. λῴων was used generally as <i>Comp. of<\/i> ἀγαθός, A. <i>Pers.<\/i> 526, etc. ; φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω S. <i>Ph.<\/i> 1079; λῷον φρονεῖ Id. <i>OT<\/i> 1038; λῴους φρένας ἀμείψασθαι Id. <i>Tr.<\/i> 736; βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι Id. <i>OT<\/i> 1513; εἰς τὸ λῷον σὸν μεθέστηκεν κέαρ E. <i>Med.<\/i> 911; sts. also in Prose, ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 828a; ἀμείνω καὶ λῴω Id. <i>Phlb.<\/i> 11b; λ. καὶ ἄμεινον X. <i>An.<\/i> 6.2.15, SIG 398.41 (Cos, iii BC), 1044.4 (Halic., iv\/iii BC), cf. <i>Berl.Sitzb.<\/i> 1927.165 (Cyrene), etc. <i>Sup.<\/i> λῷστος, η, ον, Thgn. 255; λῷστον δὲ τὸ ζῆν ἄνοσον S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 356; τὰ λῷστα βουλεύων A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 206, etc. ; παραινέσαι τὰ λ. <i>ib.<\/i> 310; τὰ λ. λέγειν Id. <i>Ag.<\/i> 1053, cf. Cratin. 4 D. ; ὦ λῷστε Πῶλε <b>my good friend<\/b>, like ὦ βέλτιστε, Pl. <i>Grg.<\/i> 467b, cf. X. <i>Smp.<\/i> 4.1, etc."
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                    "description": "λώϊον, att. zsgzn <b>λῴων, λῷον<\/b>, von *λάω (<font color='green'>Buttmann<\/font> nimmt einen posit. λῶϊς an), <i>erwünschter, wonach man mehr begehrt, angenehmer<\/i>, καὶ γάρ σφιν ἄφαρ τόδε λώϊόν ἐστιν, <i>Od<\/i>. 2.169 u. öfter, wie Hes.; später übh. = <i>besser<\/i>, als Kompar. zu ἀγαθός betrachtet, εἴ τι δὴ λῷον πέλοι, Aesch. <i>Pers<\/i>. 518, τοῦ λῴονος δαίμονος, Soph. <i>Phil<\/i>. 1088, φρόνησιν ἐν τούτῳ λάβοι λῴω τιν' ἡμῖν, 1068, βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι, <i>O.R<\/i>. 1513, öfter, ὁδοὺς δὲ ταῦτ' ἐμοῦ λῷον φρονεῖ, 1038 ; εἰς τὸ λῷον σὸν μεθέστηκεν κέαρ, Eur. <i>Med<\/i>. 911 ; folgde Dichter, wie in Prosa, θεοῖς οἷς τισιν ἄμεινον καὶ λῷον θύειν, Plat. <i>Legg<\/i>. VIII.628a, wie ἀμείνω καὶ λῴω γίγνεσθαι, <i>Phil<\/i>. 11b ; vgl. Xen. <i>An<\/i>. 5.10.15, θυομένῳ πότερα λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη, wie <i>Lac<\/i>. 8.5 u. Sp., woraus man sieht, daß dies bes. beim Gebet eine solenne Formel war. Auch Sp. noch, λώϊον ἔσεσθαι σφίσι, Pol. 8.30.7 ; Theocr. 26.32 hat auch im plur. τὰ λώϊα. – Hieraus bildete sich ein neuer comp. <b>λωΐτερος<\/b> : εἰ δ' ὕμιν δοκέει τόδε λωΐτερον καὶ ἄμεινον ἔμμεναι, <i>Od<\/i>. 1.376, 2.141, der sich auch bei sp.D. findet, Ap.Rh. 3.186, Antip.Sid. 47 (VII.713).<br\/>Bei Eust. auch λῳότερος ; vgl. <font color='green'>Jacobs<\/font> <i>Anth. Pal<\/i>. p. 75. – Superl. <b>λώϊστος<\/b>, zsgzn <b>λῷστος<\/b>, τὰ λῷστα βουλεύειν, Aesch. <i>Prom<\/i>. 204 u. öfter, τὰ λῷστα καὶ τὰ θυμηδέστατα, <i>Suppl<\/i>. 940 ; τὰ λῷστά σοι λέγω, Soph. <i>O.R<\/i>. 1066, u. öfter bei Eur. Bei Plat. oft in freundlicher Anrede, auch ironisch, ὦ λῷστε, vgl. <i>Gorg<\/i>. 467b, <i>Legg<\/i>. I.638a ; Xen. <i>Symp<\/i>. 4.1 u. A."
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