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Strong's #3026 - λῆρος
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- idle talk, nonsense
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λῆρος
(A), ὁ,
I
1. trash, trumpery, of what is showy but useless, λήροις ἀναδῶν τοὺς νικῶντας Ar. Pl. 589; τραγικὸς λ. Id. Ra. 1005; λῆρόν τε τἄλλ' 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 δ' οὐθέν mere trash, Arist. Pol. 1257b10; a mere trifle, Pl. Phd. 72c, Men. Epit. 60; λ. ἐστι τἄλλα πρὸς Κινησίαν there's naught to compare with Cinesias, Ar. Lys. 860; οἱ ποιηταὶ λ. εἰσιν useless, futile, Xenarch. 7.1; ποιητῶν λ. Cratin. 306; ἐμὲ μὲν λ. ἡγεῖσθαι Pl. Chrm. 176a, cf. Tht. 176d, Luc. DMeretr. 10.3; λεπτοτάτων λ. ἱερεῦ Ar. Nu. 359; λῆροι καὶ παιδιαί, of flute-playing at banquets, Pl. Prt. 347d; λῆροι καὶ φλυαρίαι futile nonsense, Id. Hp.Ma. 304b; ὁδοὺς καὶ κρήνας καὶ λήρους D. 3.29; παροψίδες καὶ λῆρος side-dishes and suchlike trumpery, Alex. 261.5; παρεὶς λ. πολὺν ἀστακὸν ὠνοῦ Archestr. Fr. 24, cf. 35.7; as an exclamation, λῆρος nonsense! humbug ! Ar. Pl. 23, cf. Eub. 41.8.
2. delirium, Hp. Epid. 1.26. γ (as v.l. for παράληρος).
II as Adj., silly, ποιητής Luc. Gall. 6, cf. Rh.Proverbs 17:1-28. Adv. - ρως Tz. H. 13.337. (Perh. derived fr. sq.)
λῆρος
(B) (Boeot. λεῖρος IG 7.2421), ὁ,
gold ornament on women's tunics, AP 6.292 (Hedyl.), cf. Luc. Lex. 9, Poll. 5.101, Hsch. (Oxyt. in AP l.c., Hsch.)
λῆρος, ληρου, ὁ, idle talk, nonsense: Luke 24:11. (4 Macc. 5:10; Xenophon, an. 7, 7, 41; Aristophanes, others; plural joined with παιδιαι, Plato, Protag., p. 347 d.; with φλυαριαι, ibid., Hipp., major edition, p. 304 b.)
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** λῆρος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 5:10*;]
silly talk, nonsense: Luke 24:11.†
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This subst. is read by the editor in PSI V. 534.16 (iii/B.C.) οὔτε λήρ ̣ων.
For the corresponding verb see P Fay 114.21 (A.D. 100) μὴ ον (l. οὖν) ληρήσῃς τὸν ἐκτιναγμόν σου, ";don’t talk non-sense about your threshing"; (Edd.), cf. P Giss I. 64.8 (ii/A.D.) ληρεῖ : and for the adj. ληρώδης see BGU III. 1011ii. 15 (ii/B.C.) πολ [λὰ ] ληρώι [δη ] καὶ ψευδῆ προσα ̣γ ̣[γ ]έλ ̣[λε ]ται.
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