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- λ85ΛάμιαlamiaA [sc. kind of] wild beast. [So called] from having a large neck [laimos], [i.e.] laimia and lamia. Aristophanes [writes]: "he had the smell of a seal, and lamia's unwashed testicles." For the testicles …
- λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …
- λ306Λεσβίσαιto lesbise[Meaning] to defile the mouth. For men of Lesbos used to be slandered. On shamefulness. Aristophanes [writes]: "[she is] now about to lesbise the fellow-drinkers."