λωΐων

λωΐων, ([etym.] λῶ), ὁ, ἡ, λώϊον, τό, gen. ονος; [dialect] Att. [full] λῴων, λῷον, A.Pers. 526; acc. sg. and neut. pl.

A

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 IG12(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.,

γνωσόμεθ' ἀλλήλων καὶ λώϊον 23.109

;

μετρεῖσθαι Hes.Op.350

; but

οὐκ . . ἄλλη τῆσδε λωΐων γυνή Semon. 7.30

: also [comp] 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, AP5.111.6 (Phld.).—In Trag. λῴων was used generally as [comp] Comp. of ἀγαθός, A.Pers.526, etc.;

φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω S. Ph.1079

;

λῷον φρονεῖ Id.OT1038

;

λῴους φρένας ἀμείψασθαι Id.Tr. 736

;

βίου λῴονος κυρῆσαι Id.OT1513

;

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

, SIG398.41 (Cos, iii B.C.), 1044.4 (Halic., iv/iii B.C.), cf. Berl.Sitzb.1927.165 ([place name] Cyrene), etc.

II [comp] Sup. [full] 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.