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- λ653Λογιστήςcalculator, reckoner, arithmetic teacher, auditor[Meaning a] judge, examiner, investigator.
- λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… for previously a young man used to be sacrificed to Artemis Orthosia. And also the 'philitia', which are like symposia and contain pains mixed with pleasures; for no cushion lay under those who feasted, …
- λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… him during the night, and saying this to him: 'Why are you slumbering, great-hearted lion? Fawns are close by'. With a start he realised that the king's fleet was at anchor nearby; he sailed …
- λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThis man [was] an archon in Athens long ago. He held office in the era of Dareios, at a time when there was a heavy fall of snow and everything froze up, preventing anyone …
- λ464Λῆξιν δίκηςallocation of a lawsuitThe twin headword phrases here are lacking (Adler reports) in ms A, as if to suggest that this material is a continuation of lambda 463. But Photius too has this as a discrete entry: …
- λ651Λογισταὶreckoners[Reckoners] and reckoning-houses. The reckoners [are] holders of a particular official position in Athens. They are ten in number; they reckon up the accounts of governmental activity within thirty days of the officials laying …
- λ463Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme register… property; which is how the name came about, from controlling [archein] lexeis; lexeis are both estates and properties. Lexis [is] the complaint in accordance with which we make a statement and are allocated a …
- λ713Λόχμαςthickets[Meaning] densely-planted places. Aristophanes [writes]: "I have armpits denser than a thicket, as was agreed." The women grew out [their] hair, so that, whenever they voted, they would look like men. Also, "having rubbed …
- λ523Λίθος[the] stone… seem to have made oaths at a particular stone, as Aristotle and Philochorus show.
- λ171Λαχώνhaving obtained[Meaning] having received one's portion/share. Aristophanes [writes]: "before having received [your assigned share] you gobble down what belongs to the public". That is, before having [a share] assigned by lot, before being voted [a …
- λ462Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme registerThe name[s] of Athenian citizens old enough to hold office are written up [in it], with their demes added. And on the basis of these registers they allot the offices.
- λ695ΛουσίαLousia[An Attic deme], the demesmen of which [are] Lousieis. And [the singular is] Lousieus; [Lousia is] a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Oineis.
- λ104ΛαμπτρίςLamptreis, Lamptrians… [is] a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Erechtheis. There are two Lamprai, the Coastal and the Upper.
- λ527Λίθῳat the stone… the quotation given. See also beta 257, beta 258. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 683, with scholion. (For 'babbling' cf. tau 763.)
- λ339Λεύκωμαwhiteboard… 24.23 (web address 2). P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford 1981) 555 lists some alternatives to the present headword.
- λ684ΛουκιανὸςLucian… count of the east, in the reign of the emperor Arkadios. His position meant that one who held it was to rule over all those who governed the eastern provinces, and to rectify in …