4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of λώϊόν:
λωίων (more desirable, more agreeable, better): masc/fem voc comp sg
λωίων (more desirable, more agreeable, better): neut nom/voc/acc comp sg
LSJ entry
λωΐων
λωΐων
, (
λῶ
),
ὁ
,
ἡ
,
λώϊον,
τό
,
gen.
ονος
;
Att.
λῴων
,
λῷον
,
A. Pers. 526
;
acc.
sg.
and
neut.
pl.
λῴω
S. Ph. 1079
,
Pl. Phlb. 11b
;
acc.
pl.
λῴους
S. Tr. 736
:
also
an
o
-stem
λώϊος
(Hdn.Gr.
1.122
,
Thgn. 800
)
from
which
come
neut.
pl.
λώϊα
Thgn. 853
,
Theoc. 26.32
,
and
λῷα
prob.
in
Thgn. 96
:
gen.
pl.
τῶν
λῴων
IG
12(9).1179.36
(Chalcis,
ii
A.D.
):—
A.
more
desirable,
more
agreeable,
better
,
Hom.
only
in
neut.,
πολὺ
λώϊόν
ἐστι,
τόδε
λ.
ἐστι
,
Il. 1.229
,
Od. 2.169
,
al.;
τῷ
σε
χρὴ
δόμεναι
καὶ
λώϊον
ἠέ
περ
ἄλλοι
σίτου
17.417
:
as
Adv.
,
γνωσόμεθʼ
ἀλλήλων
καὶ
λώϊον
23.109
;
μετρεῖσθαι
Hes. Op. 350
;
but
οὐκ
.
.
ἄλλη
τῆσδε
λωΐων
γυνή
Semon. 7.30
:
also
Comp.
λωΐτερος,
α
,
ον
,
also
used
by
Hom.
only
in
neut.,
λωΐτερον
καὶ
ἄμεινον
Od. 1.376
,
2.141
:
masc.
in
A.R. 3.850
,
etc.:
fem.
in
Call. Aet. 4.1.7
,
AP
5.111.6 (
Phld.
).—In
Trag.
λῴων
was
used
generally
as
Comp.
of
ἀγαθός
,
A. Pers. 526
,
etc.;
φρόνησιν
λαβεῖν
λῴω
S. Ph. 1079
;
λῷον
φρονεῖ
Id. OT 1038
;
λῴους
φρένας
ἀμείψασθαι
Id. Tr. 736
;
βίου
λῴονος
κυρῆσαι
Id. OT 1513
;
εἰς
τὸ
λῷον
σὸν
μεθέστηκεν
κέαρ
E. Med. 911
:
sts.
also
in
Prose,
ἄμεινον
καὶ
λῷον
Pl. Lg. 828a
;
ἀμείνω
καὶ
λῴω
Id. Phlb. 11b
;
λ.
καὶ
ἄμεινον
X. An. 6.2.15
,
SIG
398.41
(Cos,
iii
B.C.
), 1044.4
(Halic.,
iv/iii
B.C.
),
cf.
Berl.Sitzb.
1927.165 (
Cyrene
),
etc.
II.
Sup.
λῷστος
,
η
,
ον
,
Thgn. 255
;
λῷστον
δὲ
τὸ
ζῆν
ἄνοσον
S. Fr. 356
;
τὰ
λῷστα
βουλεύων
A. Pr. 206
,
etc.;
παραινέσαι
τὰ
λ.
ib.
310
;
τὰ
λ.
λέγειν
Id. Ag. 1053
,
cf.
Cratin. 4
D.
;
ὦ
λῷστε
Πῶλε
my
good
friend
,
like
ὦ
βέλτιστε,
Pl. Grg. 467b
,
cf.
X. Smp. 4.1
,
etc.