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- λ489Λιβανωτόςfrankincense… the fruit of the frankincense-tree, but li/banos is the plant itself.
- λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-sellercf. generally lambda 236. The headword itself is attested only here (and in Pollux 7.198), but the feminine version occurs in Aristophanes (Plutus [Wealth] 427) and Lucian (Lexiphanes 3).
- λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged… (253 K.-A.), at Photius lambda254 Theodoridis. Both the headword verb itself and the glossing verb (kappa 1645) are verbs describing violent motion; in a sexual context they are classified by Henderson 35 (expanded 151-153) …
- λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares… that eating hare’s flesh means living luxuriously; and this headword itself can by extension cover all sorts of dainties or luxury foodstuffs (see LSJ s.v.).
- λ8Λάβραξbass… byword/proverb, applying to gluttons, see Apostolius 10.38; and for Miletus itself cf. mu 1060. [1] Etymologically 'grabby', thus greedy, a sense present in a couple of the associated terms, lambda 7 and lambda 9. …
- λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… adjective for the adverb ("on account of incessant sitting at…"), itself governing e)pi\ + the article and infinitive. [6] Here a new sentence in our text begins "In which" (e)n w|(=), presumably from the …