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λ224Λέγεις μοι χαράν λέγεις μοι βοᾶνyou tell me joy (and) you tell me shoutingAristophanes in Plutus [sc. says this]. Meaning you are announcing to me [something] worthy of joy, so that, overcome with joy, I will shout.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle… something of wickerwork, basket-like or mat-like, in which coals are carried. "This charcoal-scuttle is my [fellow-]demesman." "Out of fear the scuttle squirted me thoroughly with coal dust just as cuttlefish do ink." For when …Matched in translationhighshort
λ808ΛύκιςLykis… poet. Aristophanes [writes] : "why on earth should I have carried these bags, if I shall be doing none of the things Phrynichus created, and Lykis and Ameipsias". So these men [are] the three …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life… their lives and stoutly contesting something. Also a[another] proverb: 'the Carpathian [brought in] the hare'. In reference to those who are harming themselves; for the Carpathians, who lived on an island and had no …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ171Λαχώνhaving obtained… is being attacked verbally and physically by the chorus, who charge him with embezzlement. [2] The scholiast carelessly equates here two different procedures in C5-BCE democratic Athens: (random) sortition and (deliberate) voting. The first …Matched in noteshighshort
λ98Λαμπροφόροιlamp-bearers… as if we were lamp-bearers, have stooped over. For those carrying lamps are stooped because of the wind.Matched in translationhighshort
λ102Λαμπρυνομένωνof those gloryingMeaning [a throng] of those boasting and winning in chariot[-race]s.Matched in translationhighshort
λ715Λόχμηthicket, undergrowthA saying: "you're carrying a lot of undergrowth". Meaning you should be depilated. This Phormion was hairy and had swarthy buttocks.Matched in translationhighshort
λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, Lagisca… Kock and K.-A.). [1] Lysias fr. 155 Sauppe, now 208 Carey (OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
λ226Λέαιναlioness… On the handles of kitchen-knives ivory lions used to be carved. So he is saying: I will not assume the position of a whore for a man, like a lioness on a cheesegrater. The …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ264ΛεώκριτοςLeokritos, Leocritus… Kinesias with [K]leokritos instead of wings, so that they were carried in mid air, the outcome will be their death once they are airborne.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… while leaping over a trench". "The emperor Trajan used to care for those who had been wounded in war. With the lack of outer bandages he did not even spare his own clothing, but …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keys… Aristophanes [mentions them]; they are famous. "For the husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with [three] teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had a three-obol …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… of Citium made a hollow lid for his lekythos and carried about a coin [in it], a handy payment for necessities, so that [Krates] would have [it].Matched in translationhighmedium
λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… the Hydra, others because of the fact that the Argives carried away the sacrifice-refuse there; for it was in Lerna that Danaos deposited the heads of the sons of Aigyptos, and probably as an …Matched in translationhighshort
λ92ΛαμπιτώLampito… The name Lampito, chosen by Aristophanes for his chief Spartan character in the play, was also that of several real-life women, notably one of the current Spartan queen mothers (widow of King Archidamus, mother …Matched in noteshighshort
λ46Λακάνηhod, flat pan… 1143, where the Attic-dialect version of the headword appears: 'herons [carried the mortar] in hods'. Again at lambda 230. Outside lexicography, the koine form of the word occurs once in the Septuagint (Judges 5.25). …Matched in noteshighshort
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… (pra/gmata), which indeed are sayables, are spoken of. The best characteristics of discourse [are] 5: Hellenism, clarity, brevity, propriety, consistency. The hypothesis is a logos too. Aristophanes [writes]: "provide Euripides with a plot, and …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ181Λαικαστήςlicentious fellow… another speaker); cf. delta 1547. The opening phrase comes from carpentry, specifically the craft of the wheelwright. The passive homosexuality of Agathon was a comic standby: see alpha 124. [3] A word also found …Matched in noteshighshort
λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares… cf. pi 3221. Bdelycleon (for whom see under lambda 14) charges the demagogues with diverting the revenue from the tribute brought by the member states of the Delian League, that is, the Athenian Empire …Matched in noteshighshort
λ626ΛιτυέρσηςLityerses, reaping song… (West, below). [1] Menander fr. 264 Kock, actually from The Carthaginian (fr.3 Sandbach).Matched in noteshighmedium
λ697Λοφεῖονcrest-case… of debt by locking the full moon in a round carrying-case for a hoplite's crest; thus there would never be a new moon, on which date in the Athenian lunar calendar debts fell due. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, playing the Lydian… has a string of present participles (one referring to, and characterising, each of Magnes' plays) which includes ludi/zwn. [2] The verb here -- plural because of the play's plural title -- is uncertain. Some …Matched in noteshighshort
λ853Λυσανίας πατρῴων μεγάλων κακῶνgrief-dispeller of his father's great troubles… - which is likewise a common personal name, and may carry an allusion to the Spartan regent Pausanias, the victor of Plataia (for another possible implicit comparison between Agamemnon and Pausanias in Athenian tragedy, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… worth citing the passage in Plato's Symposium (193A-B) where the character Aristophanes tells the story of Love that reunites men and women, according to their sexual disposition, to their original states of double-man, double-woman …Matched in noteshighmedium

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