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- λ551ΛίμνηpoolSee generally LSJ s.v. li/mnh. [1] cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 636, and to Homer, Odyssey 3.1. [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.709.
- λ432Ληκεῖνto crackleFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 410, where le/lakas occurs. See already under lambda 237.
- λ480Λιαρόνwarm, lukewarmNeuter singular of this adjective, glossed as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.777 (where it refers to blood).
- λ282Λέπαδναstraps… lexica (see the references at Photius lambda191), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 19.393, where the headword occurs (web address 1). [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 768, where the headword also …
- λ617ΛιτήprayerSame or similar entry in other lexica and several scholia: see the references at Photius lambda357 Theodoridis. cf. lambda 610, lambda 612, lambda 616, lambda 624.
- λ851ΛύσσαravingFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.239, where the headword occurs (web address 1). cf. lambda 854, lambda 869, and under omicron 130 (personification).
- λ836Λυμαινόμενον τοῖς μειρακίοιςinflicting maltreatment on the infantsAristophanes, Clouds 928, with scholia (here lightly abbreviated: the scholia add the infinitive sunta/ssein after au)toi=s, i.e. "it is usual to have the 'to them' syntactic construction").
- λ352Λέχριοςsideways[1] Same definition in the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 2.175, from where the headword is probably quoted. (And compare also Callimachus, Hymns 4.236, where the y scholia gloss le/xrios with plagi/ws.) [2] Greek Anthology …
- λ537Λικριφίςcross-wise… (web address 1). Gloss (also in other lexica) from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 14.463, where it occurs.
- λ800Λυκείηνwolfskincf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.459 (web address 1), where the accusative-case headword occurs (as luke/hn); and Hesychius lambda1373.
- λ85Λάμιαlamia… Aristophanes, Peace 758 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there. (See also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1035, where these phrases about Kleon [kappa 1731] first appear.) [2] Also from the scholia …
- λ53Λακίδας πεπλωμάτωνtatters of robesFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 423, where the phrase laki/das [...] pe/plwn [sic] occurs (of Euripides' clothing).
- λ103Λαμπτῆρεςlamps, lampstandsSophocles, Ajax 284-85, with comment derived from the scholia there; already at alpha 957. Tecmessa tells how the maddened Ajax rushed forth in the late night to attack, as he supposed, the Greek kings. …
- λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, targetMade of animal hide. cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.453, where the word occurs: web address 1. See also Herodotus 7.91 (on the Cilicians in Xerxes' army).
- λ244Λέμμαhusk, rind… (see the references at Photius lambda179 Theodoridis) and in the scholia to Plato, Timaeus 76A (where the headword occurs: web address 1). For the headword cf. under alpha 3379.
- λ507Λιγὺςclear, shrillLikewise or similarly in other lexica and various scholia (see the references at Photius lambda302 Theodoridis), though without this double headword. cf. lambda 504.
- λ445Ληματιᾷςyou are high-spirited… think high spirited things, and are noble"), appearing in the scholia and in iota 239. The entire definition is taken from the scholia ad loc.
- λ854Λυσσάνιεo good sir[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1171, where the vocative lissa/nie (Laconian dialect for a)gaqe/) occurs -- but the scholiast and the lexicographer take it for lussa/nie, "o rabid one". [2] Synesius Letter …
- λ37ΛάϊγγεςpebblesFrom the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.433, where this nominative plural headword occurs (web address 1). Same gloss, with others, in Hesychius lambda118. The nominative singular la=i+gc: diminutive of lambda 1/lambda 2.
- λ481Λιασθείςhaving fallen, having sunkFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.418 (web address 1), where the headword -- aorist passive participle of lia/zomai, masculine nominative singular -- occurs in the description of the death of young Polydoros.
- λ349Λέχοςbedding… lexica: see the references at Photius lambda231 Theodoridis. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.31, where the headword occurs.
- λ578Λιπαρέςobstinate[1] Just-So etymology given in the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673. The form is cited in the neuter singular (of lambda 583) there too, to make the etymology work better. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673-675 …
- λ826Λυκόφωςgloaming, twilight… the references at Photius lambda460 Theodoridis) and similarly in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.433. cf. alpha 1775 (esp. the comment there on the gloss).
- λ355ΛειανέωI will smooth… the addition of o(malo/s, and in the feminine) in the scholia ad loc., as well as the Etymologicum Genuinum and Hesychius.
- λ63ΛακωνικαίLakonians, Laconians… lexica. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 142, with the gloss from the scholia there; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1158; and cf. pi 987. [3] Greek Anthology 6.292.1-2 (Hedylus), here misquoted: it should be …
- λ35Λάεινto seeFrom alpha 1071. [1] cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.69, where the derived verb a)lao/w occurs (web address 1).
- λ312Λευγαλέαςbaneful… The glosses are paralleled in other lexica and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.97 (where the genitive singular occurs). [2] Greek Anthology 6.270.3-4 (Nicias: addressed to the goddess of childbirth). Read oi(= "her" …
- λ467Ληρεῖςyou are babblingcf. alpha 3459, lambda 468. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 517, where the phrase lh=ron lhrei=s occurs; see at n.4 below. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1273. [3] As a variant reading of …
- λ338Λευκώλενοςpale-shouldered, white-shouldered… (see the references at Photius lambda226 Theodoridis), and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.55 (the first of many appearances of this headword as an epithet of Hera). cf. under omega 65.
- λ751Λοιγόνpestilence… Accusative case of this noun, glossed here as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.398, where it occurs.