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Λᾶας
rock
[Meaning] stone. In the Epigrams: "and a rock from porous stone, which sharpened a reed's dull edge."
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Λᾶας
rock
[Meaning] stone. And [sc. also attested is the genitive] la/ou, [meaning] of [a] stone. From the nominative la=os, produced from the genitive la=os. "By a rock's force." "Moving sideways, and crouching low on a …
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3
Λαβαῖς
with handles
[Meaning] with touchings, or with pretexts, or with blame. But [sc. also also attested is the phrase] "bi-mouthed handles", [meaning] the ears of the mixing-bowl, or those which have openings on both sides; or …
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4
Λαβεῖν τιμωρίαν
to exact punishment
[Meaning] to be avenged.
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λ
6
Λαβίνιος
Labinios, Lavinius
A proper name.
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7
Λαβραγόρην
braggart, brashly-speaking
[Meaning him] orating excessively.
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8
Λάβραξ
bass
A kind of fish. And [there is] a proverb: 'Milesian basses'. The appellation was applied because its mouth gapes open and it swallows the bait readily and eagerly [la/brws]; consequently it is easily caught. …
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9
Λαβρότατος
most intemperate, very intemperate
[Meaning] most/very excessive.
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λ
10
Λαβρώνιον
labronion
A kind of drinking-vessel. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] labrw/nios.
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11
Λαβύρινθος
labyrinth
[Meaning a] spiral-shaped place; it is also said of nonsense. [sc. The term arises] from its not having [labein] a door [thura]. Or from using many circles of words. It also means the votive-offering …
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λ
12
Λάγανα
meal-cakes
[Meaning] flat-cakes, like dry [ones]. From the [adjective] lagaru/ ["thin"]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "[him] starving and eating nothing." "And when David had sacrificed in honor of the relocation of the ark …
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Λαγαρόν
slack, flat
[Meaning something] rather hollow. "But they contrived [defenses] that by slackness or simplicity sufficed against the archers." And in the Epigrams: "and the skin hangs slack on my neck." And elsewhere: "because for you …
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15
Λάγειον αἷμα
hare's blood
That of a hare.
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16
Λαγίδης
hare-ish, leveret; Lagid
The [sc. offspring] of the hare.
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17
Λαγίσκα
Lagiska, Lagisca
A certain courtesan, whom Lysias mentions.
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18
Λαγνεία
lechery
[Meaning] prostitution.
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19
Λάγνης
lecher
[la/gnhs is] masculine in place of la/gnos.
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Λάγνος
lecher
[sc. Male] prostitute, low-life, [someone] obsessed by sex.
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21
Λαγόβαρδος
Lagobardos, Longobard, Lombard
Name of a people.
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22
Λαγόβιος
Lagobios, Lagobius
A proper name.
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24
Λαγορία
Lagoria
Name of a city.
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25
Λάγος
Lagos, Lagus
Proper name. [sc. It was he] who married Arsinoe, the mother of Ptolemaios the Saviour. This Ptolemaios, not related to him at all, Lagos in fact exposed upon a bronze shield. And a story …
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26
Λαγωβολεῖον
hare-net
[Meaning something] in which they catch hares.
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λ
30
Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶν
a hare [runs] for his life
A proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the …
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medium
λ
31
Λαγῴοις
on hares
[Meaning] on the flesh of the hare. Aristophanes [writes]: "[with the revenue] from which twenty thousand of the common people [could live] on hares and all sorts of garlands."
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λ
32
Λάγυνος
flask, flagon
[Meaning] the all-receiving.
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34
Λάδωνος
Ladon, Lado
A river of Arkadia.
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λ
35
Λάειν
to see
[Meaning] to look. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)lao/s ["unseeing"], [meaning] a blind man.
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λ
36
Λάειος φόνος
Laian murder
That of Laios.
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Λάϊγγες
pebbles
[Meaning] small stones.
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