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 αἷμ᾽ 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.
4. pleasant to the ear, sweet to hear, “ἔπος” A.R.3.933, AP7.602 (Agath.); λαρὰ φθέγξατο Βακχυλίδης ib.9.571; “λ. χείλεα” uttering sweet sounds, APl.4.226 (Alc.). [As ^ ^ can always be substituted for λα_- in Hom. and the Sup. is -ώτατος, λα_ρός is prob. contr. fr. λα^α^ρός or λα^ερός (this perh. fr. λαϝ-, cf. ἀπο-λαύω).]
