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λ734Λωποδύτηςcloak-stripper… lwpodutei=n, [meaning] to steal outer-garments. "But the dead of the Persians, being unclothed and lacking burial, were a ready feast to the wild animals."Matched in translationhighshort
λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthy… sea-battle at Salamis, fled from Athens, but one of the Persians was stationed on Callias’ [property] and deposited his baggage there because of the precipitous rout, and the servants of the Persian threw a …Matched in translationhighshort
λ592Λιπῶσιsleek… In isolation, this headword and gloss could have been third person plural present active indicative forms; however, they are in fact present active participles, masculine/neuter dative plurals (cf. delta 572), the headword one quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
λ471Λήσειςyou will escape notice… 524. The headword is future indicative active of lanqa/nw, second person singular; for this verb see also lambda 472, lambda 419, lambda 107, lambda 44.Matched in noteshighshort
λ579Λιπαρεῖimportunes… the references at Photius lambda333 Theodoridis. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of lipare/w (cf. lambda 580, lambda 581). It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps a Christian author. [2] Loose …Matched in noteshighshort
λ615Λιταργοῦμενwe will slip away… word picked out as headword here should be litargiou=men (first person plural, future, of litargi/zw), but the Suda gives it as litargou=men. [1] para/ scholion; pro/s here. [2] cf. lambda 614.Matched in noteshighshort
λ753Λοιδορεῖσθαι τοὺς πονηροὺςto revile the wicked… wicked] is not at all invidious; rather, to any right-thinking person, it is an honor to decent men." That is, reviling the wicked becomes an honor of the good. "So if the fellow, who …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… the lekythos." Meaning we do not pity, we are not persuaded. [So says] Aristophanes in Birds. Zeno of Citium made a hollow lid for his lekythos and carried about a coin [in it], a …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccups… the first quotation given, is the present indicative active, third person singular (and present indicative middle/passive, second person singular), of the verb lu/zw, I hiccup, sob violently, wail; see LSJ s.v. [1] cf. lambda …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ674Λοπάςgriddle, hotplate… name for the stone found in Greece. Aristophanes [writes]: "so personally I would not even accept bird's milk in compensation for the life you are now depriving me of. Nor do I enjoy mullet …Matched in translationhighshort
λ237Λέλακαςyou have cried outSecond person singular, perfect, of the epic/poetic verb la/skw. From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 410, where the headword is spoken by Euripides (web address 1). See also lambda 432. [1] Homer, Iliad 20.277 …Matched in noteshighshort
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… of Hades to look for Peirithous and was placed by Persephone to sit on a rock with Peirithous, the part of his buttocks attached to it was left on it when Heracles came down …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… besieged by the Athenians to the point of starvation, were persuaded and surrendered themselves. Also [sc. attested is] "with Melian starvation", a proverb. Since the Athenians afflicted the Melians by besieging them to the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; Lakrateides… the name as Lakratidas). [1] King Dareios (Darius) I of Persia, reigned 522-486. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 220.Matched in noteshighshort
λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous… probably a slip for the name of the goddess Pherephatte (Persephone); cf. pi 1560, where the same quotation occurs with the reading Pherephatte. If it is not an error it could conceivably be yet …Matched in noteshighshort
λ693Λοῦτρονwash-water… Mesopotamia; cf. delta 68) in June 530 CE, the attacking Persian general Peroz (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Perozes) sends a contemptuous message to the Romans defending the city; cf. Kaldellis (32) and epsilon 2306. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ853Λυσανίας πατρῴων μεγάλων κακῶνgrief-dispeller of his father's great troubles… "that ends all grief" - 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 …Matched in noteshighshort