- λῆρος
- λῆρος (A), ὁ,A trash, trumpery, of what is showy but useless,
λήροις ἀναδῶν τοὺς νικῶντας Ar.Pl.589
;τραγικὸς λ. Id.Ra.1005
; λῆρόν τε τἄλλ' ἡγεῖτο τοῦ γνῶναι πέρι φύσεις ποιητῶν no good as connoisseurs of poets, ib.809;λ. πάντα πρὸς τὸ χρυσίον Antiph.232.1
, cf. X.An.7.7.41; λ. εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ νόμισμα, φύσει δ' οὐθέν mere trash, Arist.Pol.1257b10; a mere trifle, Pl.Phd.72c, Men.Epit.60; λ. ἐστι τἄλλα πρὸς Κινησίαν there's naught to compare with Cinesias, Ar. Lys.860; οἱ ποιηταὶ λ. εἰσιν useless, futile, Xenarch.7.1;ποιητῶν λ. Cratin.306
;ἐμὲ μὲν λ. ἡγεῖσθαι Pl.Chrm.176a
, cf. Tht.176d, Luc. DMeretr.10.3;λεπτοτάτων λ. ἱερεῦ Ar.Nu.359
; λῆροι καὶ παιδιαί, of flute-playing at banquets, Pl.Prt.347d; λῆροι καὶ φλυαρίαι futile nonsense, Id.Hp.Ma.304b;ὁδοὺς καὶ κρήνας καὶ λήρους D.3.29
; παροψίδες καὶ λῆρος side-dishes and suchlike trumpery, Alex.261.5;παρεὶς λ. πολὺν ἀστακὸν ὠνοῦ Archestr.Fr.24
, cf. 35.7; as an exclamation, λῆρος nonsense! humbug! Ar.Pl.23, cf. Eub.41.8.II as Adj., silly,ποιητής Luc.Gall.6
, cf. Rh.Pr.17. Adv. -ρως Tz.H.13.337. (Perh. derived fr. sq.)------------------------------------λῆρος (B) ([dialect] Boeot. [full] λεῖρος IG7.2421), ὁ,A gold ornament on women's tunics, AP6.292 (Hedyl.), cf. Luc.Lex.9, Poll.5.101, Hsch. (Oxyt. in AP l.c., Hsch.)
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