λάβρος

λάβρος, ον (also α, ον Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.917): I. in Hom. only of wind and water, furious, boisterous, Ζέφυρος λάβρος ἐπαιγίζων Il. 2.148, cf. Od. 15.293, Thphr. Vent. 50; ὡς ὅτε κῦμα θοῇ ἐν νηῒ πέσῃσι λάβρον Il. 15.625; ποταμὸς . . λ. ὕπαιθα ῥέων 21.271; ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕδωρ Ζεύς 16.385: λ. ὄμβρος Hdt. 8.12; καπνός, σέλας, Pi. O. 8.36, P. 3.40; πνεῦμα A. Pers. 110 (lyr.); πῦρ E. Or. 697; λάβρον αὐχένʼ, of the Hellespont personified, Tim. Pers. 84; simply, huge, mighty, λίθος Pi. N. 8.46; ὕδατα λαβρότερα, expld. by ἀθροώτερα, Arist. Mete. 348b10: neut. as Adv., λάβρον ἐπαιγίζων . . Ἔρως AP 5.285.2 (Paul. Sil.). II. after Hom., of men, boisterous, turbulent, esp. in talking, hasty, Thgn. 634; λάβροι παγγλωσσίᾳ Pi. O. 2.86; λ. στόμα Simon. 177, S. Aj. 1147; λ. ὄμμα E. Hel. 379 (anap., s.v.l.). 2. fierce, δράκοντος λαβρόταται γένυες Pi. P. 4.244, cf.E. HF 253; violent, impetuous, λ. πρὸς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τὴν τῆς τροφῆς Arist. GA 717a23 (Comp.); λάβρῳ χρώμενοι τῷ ποτῷ D.S. 5.26; λάβρος εἰς Βάκχον ὀλισθών AP 11.25 (Apollonid.); λαγνεῖαι λαβρόταται Ti.Locr. 103a; ἐπιθυμία Arist. GA 717a28; Ἔρως AP 5.267 (Paul. Sil.); λάβρῳ μαχαίρᾳ E. Cyc. 403. III. Adv. λάβρως violently, furiously, [ἵπποι] ἄνακτα φέρουσι λάβρως Thgn. 988 (cf. λαβροπόδης, -συτος) ; λ. ὕει Thphr. HP 4.7.1; ἄνεμοι καταιγίζοντες λ. D.S. 5.26; ἀθρόως καὶ λ. App. Hisp. 18, cf. Hann. 48; διδόναι [τὸ ὀξύμελι] κατʼ ὀλίγον καὶ μὴ λ. Hp. Acut. 58, cf. Ph. 1.452. 2. eagerly, greedily, λ. διαρταμᾶν (of the eagle) A. Pr. 1022; τῇ βρώσει χρῆται λ. (of the lion) Arist. HA 594b18, cf. Ph. 1.71.—Poet. word, used also in Ion. and late Prose. [λᾱ- by position in Ep.: λᾰ- E. Or. l. c., HF 861 (troch.), AP 11.25 (Apollonid.).]