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- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] 6.7, Gregorius 4.23). The Lerne in question (Lerna in later sources and, via Latin, commonly in English) was a well-watered and, …
- λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening woman… Hesychius lambda1443, with extra material) was, or became, proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.96. The adjective in it is also used of unarmed soldiers: see LSJ s.v.
- λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beastThe headword phrase was (or became) proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.75. Hesychius lambda947 has a briefer entry: "since [there are] deadly reptiles there, and as Libya has such beasts. Also [means he who is] of …
- λ66Λακωνικὸν τρόπονin the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-style… in Hesychius lambda226 and Photius, Lexicon lambda47 Theodoridis, and cf. Apostolius (the paroemiographer) 10.42. This entry brings up the chronological rear of a considerable body of lexicographical and scholiastic mention of the phrase "Spartan-style": …
- λ8Λάβραξbass… For 'Milesian basses' as a 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, …
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides 154B (web address 1). While one …