λάχᾰνον [λᾰ], τό,
mostly in plural, garden-herbs, opposed to wild plants, vegetables, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 313, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.15, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.1, etc.; but also λ. ἄγρια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 456, “Pl.” 298: _sing._ is rarer, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδὲν.. ὁρῶ] Refs 5th c.BC+] not a single herb, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 191; ὥστε μηδὲ λ. γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ κήπῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ, i.e. the lettuce, [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 14, compare 54, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in plural also, the vegetable-market, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 557, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 46.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 32.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]