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23 entries for Moses

λ506Λιγυρώτατονmost shrill, very shrill[Meaning] most/very loud-rattling.Matched in translationhighshort
λ9Λαβρότατοςmost intemperate, very intemperate[Meaning] most/very excessive.Matched in translationhighshort
λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative… called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.Matched in translationhighshort
λ840Λύμηmaltreatment… torture and varied kinds of abuse; and with a punishment most fitting, crucified him on a hill conspicuous to all." Matched in translationhighshort
λ491ΛίβερνοςLibernos, Libernus… that the earth would seal itself back together if the most valuable thing among humankind was pitched into the chasm, so some of them brought gold, and others silver, others their crops, and others …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ594ΛίποιμιI might leave… lei/pw, first person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; most probably from Plato, Apology 29A (web address 1), a passage quoted by Stobaeus, though other extant possibilities include Euripides and Callimachus.Matched in noteshighshort
λ764Λοισθώνηincontinent… unattested outside lexicography. Of the lexica, Hesychius lambda1248 is the most informative, citing the word in the masculine accusative plural (evidently quoted from somewhere) and glossing it as "those unrestrained in their sexual appetites".Matched in noteshighshort
λ130Λαρυγγίζεινto croak… stood around up and down, making a row and squawking most impudently, in the way crows croak."Matched in translationhighshort
λ678Λορδόνbent backwards, convex[Meaning] something humped. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] lordo/taton ["most/very bent"], [meaning something] bent upwards and opposite to the curved [sc. shape, i.e. concave]; that which is also called "stooping".Matched in translationhighshort
λ313ΛευίLevi… second see also ps-Zonaras 1293. [1] cf. under mu 1348 (Moses), and Genesis 29:34 LXX. [2] cf. under kappa 1784.Matched in noteshighshort
λ8Λάβραξbass… is easily caught. In Miletus of Asia the largest and most numerous bass occur. Miletus [is] a city of Asia, where many bass occur, because of the marsh debouching into the sea. The fish, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… for making a mark on surfaces that are not white, most commentators take it as referring to a bare line, untreated with the customary red or black powder (cf. Moeris 202.24; scholion to Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ769ΛυγαῖοςLygaian, Lugaean, Lugian?, Leugaian?, of the twilight… a mythological figure (grandfather of Penelope: Strabo 10.2.24), is thus most commonly met as an adjective meaning gloomy or murky or shadowy. Since the equivalent entry in ps.-Zonaras contains the quotation 'the topos was …Matched in noteshighshort
λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth… the "labyrinth in the sea" addressed in the quotation is most likely metaphorical of some oceanic mollusk with a convoluted shell.Matched in noteshighshort
λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[1] Thucydides 2.7.1 and scholia, though the citations probably come most directly from Photius, Lexicon lambda78 Theodoridis (who has the whole of this opening part of the entry). The treaty in question, the Thirty …Matched in noteshighshort
λ389Λειποστράτιονarmy-abandoning, lipostration… suggests that lipostration was desertion, and this is also the most likely conclusion to be drawn from a scholion to Aristophanes, Knights 226, which reports that on some occasion Kleon (kappa 1731) accused the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white… white marble (cf. pi 643 and pi 644) was the most famous sculpting stone in antiquity, renowned for its purity and whiteness; cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 140) and Blümner (31-34). [3] Babrius, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… 'cesspool of spectators' (see n. 3 below). The place was most famous for being the site of one of the Labours of Herakles, the killing of the Lernaian Hydra (see n. 2 below). [1] …Matched in noteshighshort
λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrine… The daughters were probably worshipped at the Leokoreion, which was most probably somewhere in the Agora, although a few of the sources refer to it being e)n me/sw| tw=| *kerameikw=| (notably Harpokration s.v. Leokoreion, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… Odyssey: 14.161 (web address 1) and 19.306 (web address 2). Most if not all of the material in the entry derives from commentary on these passages, and focuses on explaining the etymology of the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… reign, with bibliography. See Blockley [below] for another translation of most of this entry (vol. 2: 409 & 411) and for a brief discussion of the Suda's use of Malchus (vol. 1: 125), who …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ441Λῆμαwillcf. lambda 445. This entry mostly succeeds in distinguishing lh=ma and lh=mma; lambda 443 does less well. [1] Same glossing, variously, in other lexica (and scholia). The gloss ke/rdos is more appropriate to lh=mma: …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… read) in the original passage in Aristophanes' Frogs on which most discussions of the headword are based (826-30: web address 2). The chorus of the play are balancing the merits of Aeschylus' style against …Matched in noteshighmedium

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