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- λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, target… 5.453, where the word occurs: web address 1. See also Herodotus 7.91 (on the Cilicians in Xerxes' army).
- λ699Λοφιήcrest, maneEpic/Ionic version of the word, as in e.g. Homer and Herodotus. Adler suggests that the entry originated in a comment on Homer, Odyssey 19.446, where the headword appears in the accusative, referring to the …
- λ205Λαῖτμαgulf [of the sea]Epic noun. See also under lambda 186. [1] Same glossing in ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; similar in Hesychius lambda166 and ps.-Zonaras. [2] Likewise in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 4.504, …
- λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… probably, 4.483 (where it refers to the river Asopos; cf. Herodotus 9.43.2). See web address 1 & web address 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi …
- λ533Λικμᾶνto winnow… the Winnower and the Seasons that tread in the furrows Heronax from his scanty tilth offers a portion of the corn from his threshing-floor and [these] various vegetables."
- λ667ΛοκρὸςLokrian, Locrian[1] On the two Homeric heroes called Aias (Ajax) see OCD(4) p.46. [2] Rather, two entire regions -- separated by Phokis (phi 639) and Doris (delta 1463) -- of central Greece; see generally OCD(4) …
- λ419ΛήθωI cause [someone] to forget[1] The present lh/qw (Doric la/qw) occurs as a variant of lanqa/nw -- the gloss here -- especially in compounds (and especially with a causative sense). See LSJ s.v. (web address 1). Same glossing …
- λ570Λίνοςlinos, linus… s.v. Linos (below); cf. lambda 568. [2] From glosses on Herodotus 2.79.2 (where the proper name Linos appears).
- λ227ΛεαίνωI smooth… form is leh/nas, which occurs in a figurative sense in Herodotus 8.142.4 (of King Alexander I of Macedon, in the view of the Spartans, toning down Mardonius' speech); see also Nicander, Alexipharmaca 201, 624.
- λ208Λαῖφοςlaiphos… and not a second declension masculine. Of the other lexica, Herodian (Partitions p. 76 Boissonade), the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymological Genuinum, the Etymologicum Magnum, ps.-Zonaras and Gennadius Scholarius, Grammar p. 463, all define it …