pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet
λᾱρός,όν, poet.Adj.
A. pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet, in Hom. always of taste, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας
Il. 19.316
; λαρὸν τετυκοίμεθα δόρπον
Od. 12.283
, 14.408 ;λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμ' ἀνθρώπου sweetto it [the fly] is the blood of man, Il. 17.572 ; μέθυ λαρόν
A.R. 1.456
: Ep.
Sup.
λαρώτατος, οἶνος
Od. 2.350
: Comp.
λαρότερονasAdv., Simon. 183.10 .
2. pleasant to the smell, ἀϋτμή
Mosch. 2.92
; ἄνθεα λαρὰ φύοις
IG 14.1362
; λαρὸν ὄδωδεν
D.P. 936
.
3. pleasant to the eye, lovely,
AP 9.525.12 ;ἄνθεμαλ. ib. 15.11
=
IG 12(1).783 (Lindos).
4. pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, ἔπος
A.R. 3.933
, AP 7.602 ( Agath. );λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδηςib. 9.571 ; λ. χείλεα uttering sweet sounds,
APl. 4.226
( Alc. ). [As ^ ^ can always be substituted forλᾱ- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος , λᾱρόςis prob. contr. fr.λᾰᾰρόςorλᾰερός(this perh. fr.λαϝ-, cf.ἀπο-λαύω).]
