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λῆρος

leros1 · ὁ

trash, trumpery

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Where it lives

On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k
Plutus 3 · 3.72/10k
Frogs 3 · 3.29/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Hippias Major 1 · 1.18/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λῆρος · lēros — LSJ

trash, trumpery, no good, mere trash, trifle, naught, useless, futile, futile, trumpery, nonsense! humbug!

trash, trumpery, of what is showy but useless, λήροις ἀναδῶν τοὺς νικῶντας Ar. Pl. 589; τραγικὸς λ. Id. Ra. 1005; λῆρόν τε τἄλλʼ ἡγεῖτο τοῦ γνῶναι πέρι φύσεις ποιητῶν no good as connoisseurs of poets, ib. 809; λ. πάντα πρὸς τὸ χρυσίον Antiph. 232.1, cf. X. An. 7.7.41; λ. εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ νόμισμα, φύσει δʼ οὐθέν mere trash, Arist. Pol. 1257b10; a mere trifle, Pl. Phd. 72c, Men. Epit. 60; λ. ἐστι τἄλλα πρὸς Κινησίαν thereʼs naught to compare with Cinesias, Ar. Lys. 860; οἱ ποιηταὶ λ. εἰσιν useless,

2 delirium

delirium, Hp. Epid. 1.4.3 [1.26.γʹ] (as v.l. for παράληρος).

II silly

as Adj., silly, ποιητής Luc. Gall. 6, cf. Rh.Pr. 17. Adv. -ρως Tz. H. 13.337. (Perh. derived fr. sq.)

In the wild

λήρων · lērōn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 305)
λῆρον · lēron Aristophanes, Frogs 1004–1005
λήρων · lērōn Aristophanes, Frogs 1496–1499
λῆρόν · lēron Aristophanes, Frogs 809
λῆρός · lēros Aristophanes, Lysistrata 859 (DIORISIS sentence 647)
λῆρος · lēros Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 10)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λῆρος (scan p. 905; entry #3751).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λῆρος (scan p. 655; entry #4818). Root candidates: *lä-.
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λῆρος (scan p. 1090; entry #3568).

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