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  1. λ868ΛυσίστρατοςLysistratos, Lysistratus[Lysistratos] and Thoumantis: paupers. Aristophanes [writes]: "to give no offence to Lysistratos, nor to Thoumantis the hearthless, with a willing heart".Matched in translationhighshort
  2. λ863ΛύσιπποςLysippos, LysippusOld Comedy; OCD(4) s.v. Lysippus(1), by W.G. Arnott. [1] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.124D [3.98 Kaibel] and 8.344E [8.33]. [2] (The names of one or more plays have evidently been lost.) For the thyrsus see theta …Matched in noteshighshort
  3. λ860ΛυσικράτηςLysikrates, Lysicrates… [be blacker] if you had boiled the potion with which Lysikrates blackens himself". And elsewhere: "will the nose of Lysikrates be as proud as [that of] handsome men?". For he was snub-nosed and disreputable …Matched in translationhighshort
  4. λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, LagiscaA certain courtesan, whom Lysias mentions.Matched in translationhighshort
  5. λ236Λέκιθοςpease-pudding, pulse… the female seed-seller. And [sc. the word also occurs] in Lysistrata: "by Zeus, I myself saw a long-haired man, a phylarch on a horse, putting into a bronze cap pease-pudding [sc. that he had …Matched in translationhighshort
  6. λ164Λαχάνοις(among) vegetables[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 556, where the dative-plural headword occurs (Lysistrata complains of armed and disruptive soldiers swaggering through the marketplace 'among the pots and among the vegetables'): see web address …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. λ812Λυκόποδεςwolf-feet, white-feet… had a wolf symbol on their shields. But Aristophanes in Lysistrata is speaking of the Alkmaionids. For these men declared war on Hippias the tyrant and the Peisistratids and fortified Leipsydrion, above [Mount] Parnes; …Matched in translationhighmedium
  8. λ578Λιπαρέςobstinate[1] Just-So etymology given in the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673. The form is cited in the neuter singular (of lambda 583) there too, to make the etymology work better. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673-675 …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. λ449Λήμνιον πῦρLemnian fire… on the proverbial phrase 'Lemnian fire' which occurs in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299. For Lemnos cf. lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. λ98Λαμπροφόροιlamp-bearersFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1003; see already at alpha 3344. [1] Aristophanes' words themselves are not actually quoted (and the present headword is not amongst them anyway).Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ715Λόχμηthicket, undergrowthAristophanes, Lysistrata 800, where the quoted phrase occurs (and Phormion is mentioned in line 804; comment from the scholia to both of these lines). The reference is specifically to pubic hair: see Henderson ad …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ854Λυσσάνιεo good sir[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1171, where the vocative lissa/nie (Laconian dialect for a)gaqe/) occurs -- but the scholiast and the lexicographer take it for lussa/nie, "o rabid one". [2] Synesius Letter …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. λ67ΛακωνικόςLaconic… (and cf. lambda 68). [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 276, where the phrase occurs. See LSJ under pne/w, V. For the "way of thinking" idiom cf. already lambda 62.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. λ718Λόχοςcompany, troop… headword lo/xos (again lambda 719) see LSJ s.v. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 451-454 (web address 1)-- here ludicrously misquoted: for 'men', read women. [3] Abridged from the scholia thereto.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ92ΛαμπιτώLampitoAristophanes, Lysistrata 998, with scholion; cf. omicroniota 158. The scholiast is aiming to explain two things: the Doric-dialect noun a)rxa/, here glossed with a)rxh/ (but NB modern editions follow Hermann in printing the verb …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. λ468Ληρεῖς ἔχωνyou are keeping babbling… The headword phrase occurs three times in Aristophanes: Birds 341, Lysistrata 945, and Frogs 512. (The scholia to the last of these supply the present entry.) Literally, "you are having babbling", with the participle …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. λ226Λέαιναlioness… references at Photius lambda133 Theodoridis) follows the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 231 (here quoted); cf. tau 1197 and the notes there.Matched in noteshighmedium
  18. λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle… entry in Harpokration s.v. arises in the first instance from Lysias fr. 139 Sauppe, now 192 Carey OCT, but goes on to cite Acharnians.] In the play Dicaeopolis confronts a chorus -- a posse, …Matched in noteshighshort
  19. λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped… in bibliography). It is used elsewhere in comedy: at Aristophanes, Lysistrata 628-29 and the scholia thereto (cf. delta 619, which has e)pi\ tw=n ma/thn, "he gapes after things that are in vain", rather than …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. λ357Λείβεται τοῖς δακρύοιςis soaked with tears… BCE ([Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 833A, 834A, etc.; Lysias 12.67. Whether his father was Hippodamos of Miletos, the well-known town planner, is open to question, though this is commonly assumed -- see …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. λ278ΛεωτροφίδηςLeotrophides… may also be used of the limp penis (cf. Aristophanes, Lysistrata 28-30 and epsilon 3006, notes) and sexual references are also possible, suggested by the term for a castrated bullock as a point of …Matched in noteshighshort

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