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λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthyThus they used to call Callias the Athenian for this reason: Xerxes, defeated in the sea-battle at Salamis, fled from Athens, but one of the Persians was stationed on Callias’ [property] and deposited his …highshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThis man [was] an archon in Athens long ago. He held office in the era of Dareios, at a time when there was a heavy fall of snow and everything froze up, preventing anyone …highshort
λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …highmedium
λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch'sAlso [sc. attested is the dative plural] lampa/si] ["for/to/with torches"]. Athenians celebrate three torch-festivals, at [the] Panathenaia, Hephaistia and Prometh[e]ia. Istros says that having a torch-race was something Athenians first did when sacrificing to …highshort
λ112Λαοσσόοςpeople-saver, people-saving[Meaning] she who saves the peoples.highshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ144ΛατῖνοιLatins, LatiniThose who are now [called] Romans; for Telephus the son of Heracles, who had the additional name Latinus, gave those who were of old called Cetii the new name Latini. These were again called …highshort
λ218Λεβηρίςslough, cast skin[Meaning] the skin which a snake sheds. And [sc. there is] a proverb: "blinder than a cast skin and a peg." It is a kind of bird, fleshless and thin. Otherwise [sc. the reading …highshort
λ261ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrineA place in Attica, [taking its name] from a story. Attica was once suffering from a famine, and release from its terrors was [declared to be] the sacrifice of a child. So a certain …highshort
λ288ΛέπρεονLepreon, LepreumA city of Triphylia. [It takes its name] from the steep mountain nearby. Some, though, [derive the name] from the fact that the men founding it caught the disease of leprosy. As a neuter …highmedium
λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectatorsMeaning a theatre of evils. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase]. Some [sc. say that the phrase arose] because of the Hydra, others because of the fact that the Argives carried away the sacrifice-refuse there; …highshort
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil[Meaning] a fiery [one]. Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: 'Lemnian evil'. For after the Lemnian men had abducted women from Athens and gotten children from them, they slaughtered the women together with the …highmedium
λ491ΛίβερνοςLibernos, LibernusName of a place; from a certain story. For in Rome when Quintus Servilius was consul a chasm developed in the midst of the forum, as the earth split open. The Romans knew from …highmedium
λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beasti.e. a degenerated one. For they say that Libya has many beasts but is waterless, and when all kinds [of animals] come together at a single drinking-place the result is that they copulate with …highshort
λ502Λιγνύςmurky flame[Meaning] the sending up of smoke. Aristophanes [writes]: "murky flame will burn to ashes your body and the enfolding walls of your palace with Licymnian bolts". This Licymnius burned down some people's houses. And …highshort
λ505Λιγύμοχθοςshrill-distressedA nightingale is called this because of its distress and the lament that sweetly arises from it towards its child.highshort
λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-DoriansThose Peloponnesians who because of famine migrated into Rhodes and Knidos.highshort
λ568ΛίνοςLinos, LinusOf Chalcis, [son] of Apollo and Terpsichore, but others [say] of Amphimaros and Ourania, others of Hermes and Ourania. This man is said to have been the first to bring the alphabet from Phoenicia …highshort
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice[Meaning] knucklebones sawed through in the middle and bored out. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'smooth tongue', as one that has been rubbed. The Athenians, too, are called as an epithet smooths, because …highmedium
λ626ΛιτυέρσηςLityerses, reaping songA kind of song. Menander in Chalkedonians [writes]: "singing a Lityerses all the while since breakfast". But some [say that it is] a kind of piping. Lityerses was a bastard son of Minos, who …highmedium
λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drinki.e. from a spring discovered by Apollo, drunk by wolves. [Flowing] from wine and honey. Accented circumflex on the penultimate syllable.highshort
λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-wareDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos uses the expression. Didymos asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware …highmedium
λ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus[Lykos] is a hero who has the shape of the beast [sc. of a wolf]. A stone monument to him stands near the jurycourts in Athens; to this, those bribing by tens used to …highshort
λ867Λύσιοι τελεταίdeliverance rites, deliverance rituals[Meaning] those of Dionysos. For when [the] Boeotians had been defeated by [the] Thracians and had fled into Trophonius' [domain], he appeared in a dream and said that Dionysos would be their helper; [so] …highshort
λ878Λυχνίτης λίθοςlit-up stoneAlso [sc. attested is] Lychnitos.highshort