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λ856Λύσῃshould releaseMeaning let him release. [It occurs in book] 9 of [Plato's] Laws. "The owner takes him, bound, from the man struck, and should not release him until the slave can persuade the man struck …Matched in translationhighshort
λ722Λωβᾶταιoutrages… Photius lambda497 Theodoridis -- to which may be added Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 994b21: this last strongly suggests that the headword -- third person singular, present indicative, of lwba/omai -- is quoted from Plato, Crito …Matched in noteshighshort
λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] turning about in all twists, going through all means of escape, escaping by bending himself, so as not …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ594ΛίποιμιI might leave… singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; most probably from Plato, Apology 29A (web address 1), a passage quoted by Stobaeus, though other extant possibilities include Euripides and Callimachus.Matched in noteshighshort
λ265ΛέωνLeon… Leon; of Byzantium, Peripatetic philosopher and sophist. A pupil of Plato or, as some [say], of Aristotle. He wrote about the reign of Philip and Byzantium in 7 books; Teuthranticus; On Besaeus; The Sacred …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ819Λυκόστομοςwolf-mouth… Polybius 7.13.7 -- abridged: he attributes 'the Arcadian story' to Plato (Republic 565D) -- on Philip V of Macedon (phi 355).Matched in noteshighshort
λ833Λύματαlumata… Theodoridis connects it there to e)ne/xura lu/sima "redeemable pledges" in Plato, Laws 820E. (The word occurs in Photius near to where, alphabetically, lu/sima would occur, which might suggest it was originally a gloss on …Matched in noteshighshort
λ310Λεσχηνείαgossip… See also omicron 343. [1] Rare word, quoted perhaps from [Plato], Axiochus 369D (where it appears in the genitive case). [2] Manuscripts of the Suda read lesxhno/ths or lesxhni/ths, but on the basis of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ692Λουτράbaths… 'to be borne down along the current' was proverbial: see Plato, Republic 492C, and the paroemiographers (e.g. Gregorius 2.87, Apostolius 9.59).Matched in noteshighshort
λ193Λαιόνleft… De natura animalium 7.8.21; Appian, Libyca 177; Albinus, Epitome doctrinae platonicae 18.1; and see lambda 672) is feminine, implying the noun xei/r 'hand'. In the present instance it is neuter; cf. Hesychius lambda146 and …Matched in noteshighshort