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- λ4Λαβεῖν τιμωρίανto exact punishment[Meaning] to be avenged.
- λ41Λάθε βιώσαςlive in seclusion; live unnoticed; live unobtrusively"[...] of what is customarily said in a proverb, but enforced by him in deed, 'live in seclusion': so that I would not expect any of the men living at that time, [of the …
- λ43Λαθικηδήςcare-banishing[Meaning] one who/that which creates forgetfulness of misfortunes.
- λ61Λάκκοςpit[A way of referring to] death; since the grave is dug very much like a pit. David [says]: "and I will be made like those who go down into the pit." The holy Scripture …
- λ69ΛακωνισμόςLakonism, Laconism[Meaning] conformity with the Laconians [= Spartans]; just as Atticism [is conformity] with the Athenians.
- λ136Λάσιοιshaggy[Meaning those who are] very hairy, or intelligent.
- 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."
- λ143Λάταξwine-drip[Meaning] a big drop [of wine]. In the Epigrams: "but the drunkards I will leave behind, those who delight in the twinings of wine-drops."
- λ145ΛατρεύωI worship[Meaning] I honor; [used] with an accusative. As in "the pious did not worship creation over and above the creator." Also [used] with a dative, meaning I sacrifice, as in "to offer worship to …
- λ146Λατρείαservice[Meaning] servitude for pay. Sophocles [in] Ajax [writes]: "[what] services she performs in place of what an enviable [status]!"
- λ148Λάτριςhireling, servantThe simple [noun is spelled] with an iota. But ei)dwlola/trhs ["idolator" is spelled] with an eta, in a compound [noun].
- λ149Λάτρονpay[Meaning a] fee/wage. For latrei/a [is] service for pay. And la/tris ["servant" is spelled] with an iota. "To take the unseemly servant back to the potter."
- λ187Λαιμαργίαgluttony[Meaning] intense desire [sc. to eat].
- λ188ΛαιμάσσωI am greedy[Meaning] I eat immoderately.
- λ198Λαίσκαπροςvery lustful[Meaning] one wno is lecherous.
- λ223Λέγειν σὺ δεινόςyou are clever in speaking["You are clever in speaking,] but I am bad at learning from you. For I have found you ill-disposed and severe towards me." The sense [is]: you for your part are clever in speaking, …
- λ238Λελάχωσιthey would put [someone] in possession of[Meaning] they would bury [him].
- 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 …
- λ255ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius[Leontios,] bishop of Antioch, he castrated himself; and in other respects also he was impure; and Aetios the teacher of Eunomios, who augmented the heresy of Arius with his inventive ideas [...].
- λ256ΛεόντιοςLeontios, LeontiusThis man also became a heretic at Antioch. Photius the patriarch wrote against him. For this man addressed audacious and blasphemous nonsenses concerning the "homoousios" to Flavianus.
- λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monkThis man lived in the reign of Zeno; making the hidden meanings of the Scriptures clear by prophetic grace, he had many of the zealous men attending him. As some were distraught at the …
- λ275Λεώςpeople[Meaning] the populace, the crowd: in the Attic dialect.
- λ310Λεσχηνείαgossip[Meaning] insolence. Also [sc. attested is] lesxhnw/ths ["pupil/scholar"], an insolent man.
- λ314ΛευιαθάνLeviathan[Meaning a] serpent [of that name]. But the sense [is]: "great Assyrian," [meaning] the opposing powers. Lurking in the heart of the earth; [the one] whom [God] pulls in with the fishhook of godhead, …
- λ322Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day[Meaning] a good [one], and [sc. suitable] for festivity. Eupolis in Flatterers [uses the expression]. "Night's dark circle yields to white-horsed day to kindle her light."
- 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.
- λ397Λειτουργίαςliturgy, liturgies[Meaning] service/services.
- λ398Λειτουργικήliturgical[Meaning] properly the priestly [sc. kind of service], but by extension the servile [kind]. "Liturgy" [is] properly public service. [sc. The term is derived] from lh/i+ton ["town-hall"] and e)/rgon ["work"]. The Pisidian [writes]: "see …
- λ415Λήθην κυνῶνforgetfulness of dogs (?)[Meaning] of drugs that cause forgetfulness. "Laying aside forgetfulness of their rash deeds." Meaning [forgetfulness] of having become rash men.
- λ476Λῆστιςoblivion[Meaning] forgetfulness. Sophocles [writes]: "[Theseus:] 'And you request what remains for life, but what lies between you either hold in oblivion or disregard." [Meaning] you either forget life or set no value [on it]. …