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

  • ὥσπερ τὸ πῦρ ἐξάπτεται μὲν εὐχερῶσ ἐν ἀχύροισ καὶ θρυαλλίδι καὶ θριξὶ λαγῴαισ, σβέννυται δὲ τάχιον ἂν μή τινοσ· (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 41)
  • καθάπερ οὖν τὴν φλόγα θριξὶ λαγῴαισ ἀναπτομένην καὶ θρυαλλίσι καὶ συρφετῷ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν ἐπισχεῖν· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 41)
  • καθάπερ οὖν τὴν φλόγα θριξὶ λαγῴαισ ἀναπτομένην καὶ θρυαλλίσι καὶ συρφετῷ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν ἐπισχεῖν ἐὰν δ’ ἐπιλάβηται τῶν στερεῶν καὶ βάθοσ ἐχόντων, ταχὺ διέφθειρε καὶ συνεῖλεν ὑψηλὸν ἡβήσασα τεκτόνων πόνον ὥσ φησιν Αἰσχύλοσ· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 41)

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

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