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- λ25ΛάγοςLagos, LagusProper name. [sc. It was he] who married Arsinoe, the mother of Ptolemaios the Saviour. This Ptolemaios, not related to him at all, Lagos in fact exposed upon a bronze shield. And a story …
- 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, …
- λ441ΛῆμαwillWorth and courage. Spirit, profit. "For this child brings such will to light." And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "he has a will which is not cowardly." That is, daring. And elsewhere: "wild will." That …
- 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 …
- λ646ΛογγῖνοςLonginusThis Longinus and Konon [were] brothers of the emperor Zeno. They shared his power lawlessly by setting boundary lines for others’ properties in all the cities; indeed, they directed their support to those who …
- λ694Λουτροφόροςbath-carrier[Bath-carrier] and bath-carrying. It was customary for those getting married at Athens to send out for baths for themselves on the day of the wedding. They used to send for these the boy who …
- λ739ΛώτLotThis man was a nephew of Abraham. So the angels departed for Sodom to wipe out the cities because of their sins. But Abraham supplicated [God] not to destroy the righteous with the impious, …
- λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon[Lykaon,] the son of Pelasgos, king of the Arcadians, justly guarded the instructions of his father. And because he too wanted to keep his subjects from injustice he said that Zeus came to him …