λαρός

laros

pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2350
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12283
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14408
Iliad 2
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Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17572
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19316

Dictionary (LSJ)

λαρός, όν, poet. Adj. A. pleasant to the taste, dainty, sweet, in Hom. always of taste, λαρὸν παρὰ δεῖπνον ἔθηκας Il. 19.316; λαρὸν τετυκοίμεθα δόρπον Od. 12.283, 14.408; λαρόν τέ οἱ αἷμʼ ἀνθρώπου sweet to it [the fly] is the blood of man, Il. 17.572; μέθυ λαρόν A.R. 1.456: Ep. Sup. λαρώτατος, οἶνος Od. 2.350: Comp. λαρότερον as Adv., Simon. 183.10. 2. pleasant to the smell, ἀϋτμή Mosch. 2.92; ἄνθεα λαρὰ φύοις IG 14.1362; λαρὸν ὄδωδεν D.P. 936. 3. pleasant to the eye, lovely, AP 9.525.12; ἄνθεμα λ. ib.15.11 = IG 12(1).783 (Lindos). 4. pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, ἔπος A.R. 3.933, AP 7.602 (Agath.); λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδης ib.9.571; λ. χείλεα uttering sweet sounds, APl. 16.226 (Alc.). [As ⏑⏑ can always be substituted for λᾱ- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος, λᾱρός is prob. contr. fr. λᾰᾰρός or λᾰερός (this perh. fr. λαϝ-, cf. ἀπο-λαύω).]

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