- λᾶας
- λᾶας, ὁ (also ἡ, AP7.491 (Mnasalc.), Nic.Th.45), acc. λᾶαν (A
λᾶα Call.Fr.104
), gen. and dat. λᾶος, λᾶι: dual λᾶε: pl. λᾶες APl. c., gen. λάων, dat. λάεσι, [dialect] Ep. λάεσσι, all which forms occur in Hom., exc. λάεσι, which appears in Epigr.Gr.455.2 ([place name] Bostra), IG14.499 ([place name] Catana): —also masc. [full] λᾶος, ὁ λᾶο (sic)ὅδε Inscr.Cypr.93
H.; acc. λᾶον Puchstein Epigr.Gr.p.76 ([place name] Memphis), Riv.Fil.56.224 ([place name] Cyrene); gen.λάου S.OC196
(lyr.) codd. (cf. Hdn.Gr.1.109), Leg.Gort.10.36; acc. pl.λάους Hes.Fr.115
, Simon. ap. Sch.Il.Oxy.1087.40; dat. λάϋς ( = λάοις) Corinn. Supp.1.33 (fem.), cf. Serv.ad Virg. G.1.63:—poet. Noun (also in dialects, v. supr.), stone, esp. of stones thrown by warriors,ὅσον τ' ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν Il.3.12
, cf. 7.268, al.; λ. ἀναιδής, of the stone of Sisyphus, Od.11.598; ὅς μιν λᾶαν θῆκε turned her into stone, 13.163, cf. Il. 2.319.
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