λαρός

See also: λάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *lawerós, possibly related to ἀπολαύω (apolaúō, to enjoy).[1] Pokorny draws it from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (benefit, gain), itself the source of ἀπολαύω (apolaúō).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

λᾱρός • (lārós) m or f (neuter λᾱρον); second declension

  1. (poetic) sweet, delicious, pleasing

Inflection

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λαρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 835
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 665, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 665

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