λάρος[ᾰ],ὁ , a ravenous sea-bird, perh.
A. sea-mew, gull, Od. 5.51 , Arist. HA 542b17 , 593b3 : hence, metaph., of greedy demagogues, as Cleon, λ. κεχηνὼς ἐπὶ πέτρας δημηγορῶν
Ar. Eq. 956
; Κλέωνα τὸν λ. δώρων ἑλόντες
Id. Nu. 591
, cf. Av. 567 , Matro Conv. 9 , Timocl. 4.9 ; also of fools, Luc. Tim. 12 , Sch. Ar. Pl. 913 .