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- λ766Λύγαtwilight[Meaning] dark [things]. "For she [Artemis] appeared to her [Hegelochia] next to the threads of the loom, like twilight of fire".
- λ767Λύγδηνwith violent sobs; together[Meaning they] sobbing violently. Or meaning together. "In such ways, locked in each other's arms, they were all weeping with violent sobs."
- λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white"And on [sc. her] chest still those marble-white cones of [her] breasts stood up, stripped of an encircling girdle." In the Epigrams. And elsewhere: "as if carved of white marble, laden with maidenly delights". …
- λ770Λυγαίωςgloomily[Meaning] darkly. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] lu/gh ["twilight"], [meaning] darkness.
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself[Meaning] turning oneself, covering oneself. [sc. The term comes] from withies. A withy is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] …
- λ772Λύγισμαsprain[Meaning] a base sound, a disgusting song; [that is] what Alexandrians say. [sc. Also attested is the related verb] lugi/zei ["he/she/it twists"]. "But he was turning songs, as many as Nero was twisting and …