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- λ1Λᾶαςrock[Meaning] stone. In the Epigrams: "and a rock from porous stone, which sharpened a reed's dull edge."
- λ2Λᾶαςrock[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 …
- λ7Λαβραγόρηνbraggart, brashly-speaking[Meaning him] orating excessively.
- λ10ΛαβρώνιονlabronionA kind of drinking-vessel. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] labrw/nios.
- λ35Λάεινto see[Meaning] to look. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)lao/s ["unseeing"], [meaning] a blind man.
- λ37Λάϊγγεςpebbles[Meaning] small stones.
- λ38Λάϊνον ἕσο χιτῶναyou would have put on a shirt of stone[Meaning] you would have been stoned.
- λ42Λαθικηδέα μαζόνcare-banishing breast[The one] creating forgetfulness of pain in the child.
- λ43Λαθικηδήςcare-banishing[Meaning] one who/that which creates forgetfulness of misfortunes.
- λ44ΛάθωμαιI would forget[Used] with a genitive.
- λ89Λαμπετόωντιgleaming, shining[lampeto/wnti means the same as] la/mponti.
- λ108Λὰξ ἐντείνωνstretching out with the heel[Meaning someone] striking with a kick. Lax is the sort of sound made by the toes.
- λ111Λὰξ ποδὶ κινήσαςmoving with the foot by the heel[Meaning someone] moving with the sole of the foot.
- λ112Λαοσσόοςpeople-saver, people-saving[Meaning] she who saves the peoples.
- λ114Λάπαθονpitfall; dock, monk's rhubarb, sorrelA ditch for the trapping of wild beasts; also an herb, that empties the stomach. Hence also [comes] the [verb] lapa/cai, [meaning] to make empty. Homer [writes]: "he drained the ranks of the young …
- λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn[Meaning] a jar for ashes, or a chest. Primus and Cerealius made an incursion into the [territory] of the Romans "first into the urns with the dead through certain messengers and into baskets containing …
- λ126Λαρόνpleasant[Meaning something] warm, gentle, sweet. "And may the moist dew, which the old man breathed rather pleasantly from his soft mouth, continually dampen him."
- λ137ΛασίοιςshaggyThe saying [is] about Philoctetes: "This man perhaps second to none of the first-born families, lies ill-fated [more] than all in life, alone [far] from others, with dappled or shaggy beasts."
- λ151Λαυκανίηgullet[Meaning] the throat.
- λ152Λαύραalley, lane[Meaning] a narrow public passage, a locality, a street; through which the multitudes flow. Or an alley: a narrow street, where [there is] total impurity. Or the filthy place. Also [sc. attested is] 'alley', …
- λ156Λαφυγμόςedacity, gourmandising[Meaning] gluttony, and extragavance in eating; that is, [one] out of the ordinary, expensive luxury. Eating greedily. Eupolis in Flatterers [writes]: "[he/she/it] will be devoured with altogether vigorous edacity". Homer [writes]: "and [sc. a …
- λ166Λάχεια γῆscanty land[Meaning] small [land].
- λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile[Meaning] hairiness. [The expression] is also used of the sea's foam.
- λ169Λαχνήενταfuzzy, shaggy[Mmeaning] hairy, covered with hairs. Also [sc. attested is] laxnh/eis, [meaning] one who is hairy. Also [sc. attested is] la/xnos, [also meaning] one who is hairy.
- λ171Λαχώνhaving obtained[Meaning] having received one's portion/share. Aristophanes [writes]: "before having received [your assigned share] you gobble down what belongs to the public". That is, before having [a share] assigned by lot, before being voted [a …
- λ173Λάψοντεςintending to lap[Meaning they] being eager to drink: for they, being filled with blood and rushing because of thirst, have their impulse in the spring. See in more detail under a)pola/yeis ['you will lap up'].
- λ183Λαῖλαψstorm[Meaning] rain with winds, and darkness. "He, like some maritime storm or a violent thunderbolt, suddenly pounced [...]." And elsewhere: "the boreal northwind, bearing down with a gust, broke the yard-arm". ['Boreal' means stemming] …
- λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, target[Meaning] a small shield.
- λ203ΛαιστρυγονίαLaistrygonia, LaestrygoniaA city.
- λ204ΛαιστρυγόνοςLaistrygonName of a city.