λάρος [ᾰ], ὁ,
a ravenous sea-bird, perhaps sea-mew, gull, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.51, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542b17, 593b3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, metaphorically, of greedy demagogues, as Cleon, λ. κεχηνὼς ἐπὶ πέτρας δημηγορῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 956; Κλέωνα τὸν λ. δώρων ἑλόντες [prev. author] “Nu.” 591, compare “Av.” 567, 4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 9, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 4.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of fools, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 12, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 913. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]