A.shaggy, woolly, of sheep, Il.24.125, Od.9.433; λ. θῆρες, of sheep and goats, opp. deer (στικτοὶ θ.), S.Ph.184 (lyr.); “μέλισσαι” Theoc.22.42; τὰ -ώτατα, of horses, X.Eq.2.4; in men, λ. κῆρ was in the heroic age a mark of strength, Il.2.851, 16.554, cf. Pl.Tht.194e; ἐν . . στήθεσσιν λασίοισι, of Achilles, Il.1.189; “τὸ στῆθος ἐπαινεῖν χρὴ τετράγωνόν τε ἐὸν καὶ λ.” Hp.Prorrh.2.7; whereas afterwards a hairy breast was looked upon as a sign of dissoluteness or coarseness, Ar.Nu. 349; or of intrigue and cunning, Ἀγαθοκλεῖος λάσιαι φρένες ἤλασαν ἔξω πατρίδος Alex.Aetol.5; also “λ. κεφαλή” Pl.Ti.76c; “περὶ ὦτα λ.” Id.Phdr.253e; “λ. τὰ σκέλη” Luc.DDeor.4.1; “λ. ὀφρύς” Theoc.11.31; “μηρῶν τρίχες” AP11.326 (Autom.); τὸ λ. hairiness, Luc.DMar.1.1. Adv. “τῶν ὀφρύων -ίως ἔχειν” Philostr.VS2.1.7.
II. generally, bushy, overgrown, “αἴης λάσιον μένος” Emp.27.2; “χωρίον” X.HG4.2.19, cf. Pl.Cra.420e; “δρυμός” Theoc.25.134; “δρῦς” Id.26.3; “ἐκ τῶν λ. τὰ θηρία ἐξελᾶν” X.Cyr.1.4.16; “διὰ τῶν λ. ἐπιγενόμενοι” Id.An.6.4.26: c. dat., overgrown with . . , “γῆ ὕλαις λάσιος” Luc.Prom.l.c.
