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λ204ΛαιστρυγόνοςLaistrygonName of a city.highshort
λ205Λαῖτμαgulf [of the sea][Meaning a] wave. Also [meaning] depth.highshort
λ208Λαῖφοςlaiphos[Variously meaning a] sail, cloth, outer-garment; and the dative [is] laiphei.highshort
λ210Λαιψηρόνnimble[Meaning something] swift, light. But Laconians [use this to mean something] half-dry.highshort
λ225ΛέγωI say[Meaning] I speak. It also means I measure and I lie down and I gather and I obtain. From the future tense le/cw [comes] the present tense le/cw, hence le/ceto; and o)/rso, o)/rseo. *le/gw …highshort
λ227ΛεαίνωI smooth['I smooth'] and 'having smoothed' [Attic] and 'having smoothed' [epic]; [this verb is used] with an accusative.highshort
λ233Λέκτραιςon couches[Meaning] on beds. Also [sc. attested is the singular] couch, [meaning] bed.highshort
λ237Λέλακαςyou have cried outMeaning you have shouted; for lhkei=n [means] to utter a sound. [This verb] is also [attested] in the poet: "the shield rang under it." Also, "the bones cried out." Also, "crying out terribly."highshort
λ238Λελάχωσιthey would put [someone] in possession of[Meaning] they would bury [him].highshort
λ242Λελιημένοςlonging for[Meaning he who is] eager for.highshort
λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius[Leontios,] bishop of Tripolis in Lydia; in origin a Mysian of those who live by the Ister, whom Homer calls hand-to-hand fighters. The heretical Philostorgius associates this Leontios with himself in his book as …highlong
λ280Λεωφόροςpeople-carrying[A term applicable to a] public road.highshort
λ282Λέπαδναstraps[Meaning] the girths [i.e. girth-harnesses] of horses. Or thongs across the chest.highshort
λ308ΛέσχαιloungesLounges are what they used to call certain public places in which many people with time to spare would sit. Homer [writes]: "do you not wish to go to a smithy to sleep, or …highshort
λ311ΛεσχίδηςLeschidesAn epic poet. He joined King Eumenes on campaign. He was the most famous of the poets [?who did so?]. Companions of this man were Pythias the historian and Menander, a doctor.highshort
λ312Λευγαλέαςbaneful[Meaning ones that are] lethal, harsh. "For with prayers she called upon you to take the pains of baneful death far away from her in her labour". Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative …highshort
λ315Λευκανίαgullet[Meaning] the throat.highshort
λ319Λεύκηwhite-poplarDemosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [writes]: "those crowned with fennel and white-poplar." Those celebrating the Bacchic rites used to be crowned with white-poplar because the plant is from the nether world and the …highshort
λ331ΛευκοθέηLeukothea, Leucothea, White GoddessA proper name.highshort
λ338Λευκώλενοςpale-shouldered, white-shouldered[Meaning] pale/white-armed.highshort
λ343Λεύσετεyou gaze[Meaning] you see, you look.highshort
λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy[Meaning] creating beds, or sleeping-mats.highshort
λ349Λέχοςbedding[Meaning] intercourse, coitus, sex. The dative [is] tw=| le/xei.highshort
λ354Λείαsmooth; bootyA level road, and carrying off booty. It is also a proper name.highshort
λ355ΛειανέωI will smooth[Meaning] I will make smooth.highshort
λ356Λείαςbooty, plunder[Meaning] spoils from enemies. Also [sc. attested is the headword] lei/as, [meaning] the flocks, the cattle, in Sophocles; hence also lh|sth/s in its proper sense ["plunderer"]. Homer [writes]: "we drove together a lot of …highmedium
λ358Λείβειpours, sheds[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] lets fall, lets drip. "He died after breaking out in lice and being, little by little, both consumed and liquefied".highshort
λ374Λειώδηςsmooth; Leiodes[Meaning] even. Also [sc. attested as] a proper name.highshort
λ375ΛειώκριτοςLeiokritos, LeocritusA proper name.highshort
λ394Λειριόενταlily-like[Meaning] delicate. [sc. The term is derived] from smoothness [leio/ths]. (For a "lily" [is] the flower [of that name].) [But others define it as] soft, pleasant, sweet.highshort

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