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- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself[Meaning] turning oneself, covering oneself. [sc. The term comes] from withies. A withy is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] …
- λ772Λύγισμαsprain[Meaning] a base sound, a disgusting song; [that is] what Alexandrians say. [sc. Also attested is the related verb] lugi/zei ["he/she/it twists"]. "But he was turning songs, as many as Nero was twisting and …
- μ472Μελεδαίνεινto care for, to attend upon[Meaning] to take care of. Herodotus [writes] "he left behind the sick men, [ordering] the cities both to care for them and to nourish them."
- μ1167Μνηστήcourted [woman], wooed [woman]She who has been married in accordance with courtship [mnhstei/a] or she who is waiting [me/nousa] [sc. to be wedded] from virginity [sc. is] mnhsth/, which is [to say], she who has not known …
- μ1168Μνηστῆραςsuitors, wooers"They took no thought of the suitors of the office of consul; but they themselves chose someone with a long and excellent knowledge of wars and a champion of noble and admired deeds."
- μ1169Μνῆστιςremembrance, recollection[Meaning] memory. "But have recollection of me also. Memory must be attached to a man, if, I suppose, he should experience something delightful [...] but if the remembrance of anyone who has received benefits …
- μ1333Μῶνsurely not?Aristophanes [writes]: "Surely you're not from a fine and noble family, are you?" -- "No, by the gods!" And elsewhere [sc. one finds the equivalence]: mw=n e)sti; [meaning] a)=ra/ e)stin. "I haven't come too …
- ν610Νῦν σωθείηνnow may I be saved so that I might have this lesson for the futureThis is said in the fable of the tortoise who learns how to fly from the eagle and falls.