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λᾶας

laas

stone

Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λᾶας, ὁ (also ἡ, AP 7.491 (Mnasalc.), Nic. Th. 45), acc. λᾶαν (λᾶα Call. Fr. 104), gen. and dat. λᾶος, λᾶι: dual λᾶε: pl. λᾶες APl. c., gen. λάων, dat. λάεσι, Ep. λάεσσι, all which forms occur in Hom., exc. λάεσι, which appears in Epigr.Gr. 455.2 (Bostra), IG 14.499 (Catana): —also masc. λᾶος, ὁ λᾶο (sic) ὅδε Inscr.Cypr. 93 H.; acc. λᾶον Puchstein Epigr.Gr.p.76 (Memphis), Riv.Fil. 56.224 (Cyrene); gen. λάου S. OC 196 (lyr.) codd. (cf. Hdn.Gr.1.109), Leg.Gort. 10.36; acc. pl. λάους Hes. Fr. 115, Simon. ap. Sch.Il.Oxy. 1087.40; dat. λάϋς ( = λάοις) Corinn. Supp. 1.33 (fem.), cf. Serv.ad Virg. G. 1.63:—A. poet. Noun (also in dialects, v. supr.), stone, esp. of stones thrown by warriors, ὅσον τʼ ἐπὶ λᾶαν ἵησιν Il. 3.12, cf. 7.268, al.; λ. ἀναιδής, of the stone of Sisyphus, Od. 11.598; ὅς μιν λᾶαν θῆκε turned her into stone, 13.163, cf. Il. 2.319.
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