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- λ617ΛιτήprayerSame or similar entry in other lexica and several scholia: see the references at Photius lambda357 Theodoridis. cf. lambda 610, lambda 612, lambda 616, lambda 624.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ171Λαχώνhaving obtainedSee also lambda 167, lambda 170. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.40, where the headword (aorist active participle of lagxa/nw, masculine nominative singular) occurs. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 258, with comment from the …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ352Λέχριοςsideways[1] Same definition in the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 2.175, from where the headword is probably quoted. (And compare also Callimachus, Hymns 4.236, where the y scholia gloss le/xrios with plagi/ws.) [2] Greek Anthology …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ751Λοιγόνpestilence… Accusative case of this noun, glossed here as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.398, where it occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ7Λαβραγόρηνbraggart, brashly-speaking… references at Photius lambda8 Theodoridis) though not, precisely, in the scholia thereto.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ750Λοίγιαpestilential… [1] Neuter plural of this adjective, glossed as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.573, where it occurs (repeating a phrase in 1.518).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ575Λιπαράoily, sleek… [2] An approximation (and abbreviation) of Aristophanes, Acharnians 639-640, with scholia (already at theta 433). Alluding to the lines of Pindar (fr. 76), *)=w tai\ liparai\ kai\ i)oste/fanoi kai\ a)oi/dimoi, *(ella/dos e)/reisma, kleinai\ *)aqa=nai, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ738Λῷστοςfinest[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica and several scholia (see the references at Photius lambda501 Theodoridis); and cf. lambda 726, lambda 728, lambda 729, omega 76. [2] Only here and, according to Adler, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ539ΛιλαίομαιI desire earnestly… (Iliad 13.253, Odyssey 15.308); the present gloss, however, reflects the scholia to Iliad 3.133, where the plural participle lilaio/menoi occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ242Λελιημένοςlonging forcf. Hesychius lambda620; Etymologicum Genuinum lambda60; Etymologicum Magnum 560.3; scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.465 (web address 1), and 5.690 (web address 2), where the headword (masculine nominative singular participle of the defective epic perfect …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ152Λαύραalley, lane… other lexica (references at Photius lambda7 Theodoridis), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 22.128, where the headword occurs. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 99, where its meaning is privy/sewer. [3] The …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares… Aristophanes, Wasps 709-10 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 3221. Bdelycleon (for whom see under lambda 14) charges the demagogues with diverting the revenue from the tribute brought by …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ284Λέπαςcrag… two nouns spelled identically but accented differently. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wealth (Plutus) 1096; cf. the scholia to Wasps 105. [2] Greek Anthology 6.23.1-2 (author unknown); cf. alpha 4240, beta 365.Matched in noteshighmedium
- λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped… used elsewhere in comedy: at Aristophanes, Lysistrata 628-29 and the scholia thereto (cf. delta 619, which has e)pi\ tw=n ma/thn, "he gapes after things that are in vain", rather than kata\ kenou=); at Menander, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ790Λύειlooses, pays… lexica (see the references at Photius lambda440 Theodoridis) and in scholia on Sophocles, Electra 1005 (web address 1) and Oedipus Tyrannus 316 (web address 2). cf. LSJ s.v. V.2. on (te/lh) lu/ein used in …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ782Λυγρόνbaneful… singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective; cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.873 (where the phrase lugro\n o)/leqron occurs: web address 1), and cf. under eta 530.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ587ΛιπαρῶςpersistentlyAdverb of lambda 583. [1] Differently glossed in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 4.210, where it occurs. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 7.107-8 (the headword liparw=s, here omitted, occurs before e)gkeime/nwn): web …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ505Λιγύμοχθοςshrill-distressedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 1380-1, where the headword is an alternative reading for ligu/fqoggos (see web address 1). For the myth of the nightingale Philomela and her son Itys, see Ovid, Metamorphoses …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… and Plato, also appears in Photius (lambda430 Theodoridis); and cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 405C, where the headword participle (from the verb lugi/zw) occurs; see further below, n.5. [1] As LSJ s.v. explains (web …Matched in noteshighmedium
- λ326Λευκή τις ἀνεπήδησ' ὅμοιος Νικίᾳsomeone white like Nikias sprang up… the noun "youth"; see web address 1). Comment from the scholia on the line follows. This early-fourth-century (BCE) Nikias is taken to be a grandson of the ill-fated general of that name (kappa 1731, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ175Λαιδρόςbrash, impudent… Callimachus and Nicander, and it is similarly glossed in the scholia to the latter (Theriaca 689); see also Hesychius lambda123 and lambda124. (Both of these Hesychius entries also associate the word with a)ristera/ or …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ67ΛακωνικόςLaconic… what now follows (and cf. lambda 68). [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 276, where the phrase occurs. See LSJ under pne/w, V. For the "way of thinking" idiom cf. already lambda 62.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… Sophocles fr.885, quoted twice -- as proverbial -- in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights (1031 and 1068). [3] cf. lambda 410, sigma 171.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ289ΛέπρεοςLepreos, LepreusAristophanes, Birds 150-1 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. See already lambda 288. On this Melanthios -- who was also a tragic poet -- see Dunbar ad loc.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ156Λαφυγμόςedacity, gourmandisingFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 52, where the present headword occurs in the genitive case (web address 1). cf. lambda 157. [1] Eupolis fr. 148 Kock, now 166 K.-A. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.176 …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ794ΛυκαβηττὸςLykabettos, Lycabettus… Aristophanes, Frogs 1056-7 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Some editors have followed Bentley in emending Parnassos to Parnes (which is also, like Lykabettos, within Athenian territory); Dover retains Parnassos, and …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ792Λύθροςgore… (see the references at Photius lambda442 Theodoridis), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.503, where the dative case of the headword occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 6.163.7-8 (Meleager [Author, Myth]), Ares objects to the …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ126Λαρόνpleasant… lexica (see the references at Photius lambda101 Theodoridis), and in scholia on Homer, Iliad 17.572 and 19.316; cf. also lambda 129. [2] Greek Anthology 7.24.9-10, in the collection of Epigrams attributed to the lyric …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ81Λαμάχων(from) LamachosesAristophanes, Acharnians 268-271 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. [1] No.1770 in index I of Robert Develin, Athenian Officials 684-321 B.C. (Cambridge, 1989). See also gamma 254, kappa 2568, mu 1126, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ226Λέαιναlioness… elsewhere; see the references at Photius lambda133 Theodoridis) follows the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 231 (here quoted); cf. tau 1197 and the notes there.Matched in noteshighmedium