Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

λαγῷος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαγῷος λαγῷη λαγῷον

Structure: λαγῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. for lagw/ios

Sense

  1. of the hare, hare's flesh, dainties, delicacies

Examples

  • ἀναβράττετ’ ἐξοπτᾶτε τρέπετ’ ἀφέλκετε τὰ λαγῷα ταχέωσ, τοὺσ στεφάνουσ ἀνείρετε. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene7)
  • κἀμοὶ λεκάνιον τῶν λαγῴων δὸσ κρεῶν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode 1:18)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ πυόσ τισ ἔνδον καὶ λαγῷα τέτταρα, εἴ τι μὴ ’ξήνεγκεν αὐτῶν ἡ γαλῆ τῆσ ἑσπέρασ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Parabasis, epirrheme6)
  • ἔπειτ’ ἐπιφόρει τοὺσ ἀμύλουσ καὶ τὰσ κίχλασ καὶ τῶν λαγῴων πολλὰ καὶ τοὺσ κολλάβουσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode5)
  • ἀλλ’ ὦ πρὸ τοῦ πεινῶντεσ ἐμβάλλεσθε τῶν λαγῴων· (Aristophanes, Peace, Exodus, trochees3)
  • συῶν τὰ ἄκρεα, λαγωὸσ ὀπτόσ· βοὸσ δὲ καὶ ὀί̈οσ παχῦνόν τε καὶ κεφαλῆσ πλήσμιον · ἔριφοσ δὲ οὐ πάντη κακόσ· γάλα καὶ τυροὶ κεφαλαλγέεσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 59)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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