λ763Λοῖσθος
last, final, remaining
[Meaning] the ultimate/utmost. Also [sc. attested in the dative as] 'at last', [meaning] to the utmost. "Then he, the last, tosses off his burden and goes into Hades." The saying concerns Alcman.
Λοῖσθος· ὁ ἔσχατος. καὶ Λοίσθῳ, ἐσχάτῳ. εἶθ' ὅγε λοῖσθος ἄχθος ἀπορρίψας οἴχεται εἰς ἀΐδαν. περὶ Ἀλκμᾶνος ὁ λόγος.
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