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)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ πυόσ τισ ἔνδον καὶ λαγῷα τέτταρα, εἴ τι μὴ ’ξήνεγκεν αὐτῶν ἡ γαλῆ τῆσ ἑσπέρασ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Parabasis, epirrheme6)
  • καὶ μετῆλθέ τε ὁ Ἀρισταίνετοσ ἐπὶ τὸν αὑτοῦ τόπον εἰρήνην γεγενῆσθαι ἐλπίσασ, καὶ ἅμα εἰσεκεκόμιστο ἡμῖν τὸ ἐντελὲσ ὀνομαζόμενον δεῖπνον, μία ὄρνισ ἑκάστῳ καὶ κρέασ ὑὸσ καὶ λαγῷα καὶ ἰχθὺσ ἐκ ταγήνου καὶ σησαμοῦντεσ καὶ ὅσα ἐντραγεῖν, καὶ ἐξῆν ἀποφέρεσθαι ταῦτα. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 37:7)
  • λαγῷα δὲ λέγεται κρέα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 6218)
  • πρῶτα μὲν ἐμοὶ γὰρ κουροτρόφῳ προθύεται πλακοῦσ ἐνόρχησ, ἄμυλοσ ἐγκύμων, κίχλαι ἑκκαίδεχ’ ὁλόκληροι μέλιτι διαμεμιγμέναι, λαγῷα δώδεκ’ ἐπισέληνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 58 1:1)
  • οἴμοι, πόθεν λαγῷά μοι γενήσεται; (Aristotle, Episode 1:3)

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

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