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λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch'sAlso [sc. attested is the dative plural] lampa/si] ["for/to/with torches"]. Athenians celebrate three torch-festivals, at [the] Panathenaia, Hephaistia and Prometh[e]ia. Istros says that having a torch-race was something Athenians first did when sacrificing to …highshort
λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebodyThe early Socratics were in the habit of swearing in this way, but Rhadamanthys was the first to prohibit oaths by the gods, [ordaining] instead swearing by goose and dog and ram and suchlike. …highshort
λ96ΛαμπρίαςLampriasSon of Plutarch of Chaironeia. He wrote a Catalogue of the works his father had written on the entirety of Greek and Roman history.highshort
λ104ΛαμπτρίςLamptreis, LamptriansLamprai [sic] [is] a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Erechtheis. There are two Lamprai, the Coastal and the Upper.highshort
λ105Λαμψακηνῶνof Lampsacenes, of LampsakenesOn the wrath of Alexander against them, look under Anaximenes.highshort
λ110Λᾶξινassignment[Meaning] mixture, portion, lot. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].highshort
λ115ΛαπίθηςLapithes, LapithA proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Lapithai, the plural.highshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ123ΛάρισσαLarissa, LarisaName of a city.highshort
λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle[Meaning] something of wickerwork, basket-like or mat-like, in which coals are carried. "This charcoal-scuttle is my [fellow-]demesman." "Out of fear the scuttle squirted me thoroughly with coal dust just as cuttlefish do ink." For …highshort
λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn[Meaning] a jar for ashes, or a chest. Primus and Cerealius made an incursion into the [territory] of the Romans "first into the urns with the dead through certain messengers and into baskets containing …highshort
λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesA proverb in reference to those quick to pay back [sc. what they owe].highshort
λ133Λάσαναcauldrons[Meaning] large pots, for cooking, in which meat is prepared for the [sc. Athenian] council after sacrifices.highshort
λ138ΛάσθηmockeryAelian [writes]: "they say that he did not, out of pride and mockery, (?)substitute additional or imported hair, but by training and extending the natural growth that he had." And elsewhere: "with mockery and …highshort
λ139ΛάσοςLasos, LasusSon of Charbinos, of Hermione, a city of Achaia; born in the 58th Olympiad, when Dareios the son of Hystaspes [sc. was also born]. Some include him in the count of the Seven Sages, …highshort
λ141Λάσταυροςeffeminate, nancy-boy[A term for] a male whore, hairy in the rump, someone being shaggy-arsed; he who is hairy in the arse. "If any amongst the Greeks or the non-Greeks [was] an effeminate in his ways, …highshort
λ144ΛατῖνοιLatins, LatiniThose who are now [called] Romans; for Telephus the son of Heracles, who had the additional name Latinus, gave those who were of old called Cetii the new name Latini. These were again called …highshort
λ152Λαύραalley, lane[Meaning] a narrow public passage, a locality, a street; through which the multitudes flow. Or an alley: a narrow street, where [there is] total impurity. Or the filthy place. Also [sc. attested is] 'alley', …highshort
λ153ΛαυρέντειαLaurenteia, Laurentia, LaurentumA name of a city.highshort
λ154ΛαύρειονLaureion, LauriumA place in Attica, making metal.highshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down[Meaning] having torn to pieces, having feasted without restraint. Aelian [writes]: "these eagles will gulp down the elephants' innards, he showing the banners." "And when the Persians happen across some wells, they gulp water …highshort
λ165ΛαχάρηςLacharesSon of Lachares; of Athens. Sophist. A pupil of Heracleon of Athens; he taught many pupils, among whom Eustephius, Nicolaus and Asterius are well-known. Floruit under the emperors Marcianus and Leon. He wrote On …highmedium
λ166Λάχεια γῆscanty land[Meaning] small [land].highshort
λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile[Meaning] hairiness. [The expression] is also used of the sea's foam.highshort
λ182Λαίλαςlailas, usurper, absolute ruler[Meaning] a tyrant not [sc. legitimized] by birth.highshort
λ184ΛαίλιοςLaeliusA proper name.highshort
λ185Λαῖμαlaima[Meaning] blood [ai(=ma]. [The word] has been counterfeited from laimo/n ["gullet"]. But some [sc. say that it is] lai=ma, that is a rush/swoop. Then again, though, certain people in Asia say this in reference …highshort
λ192ΛαίνιλλαLainilla, Laenilla[no gloss]highshort
λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, target[Meaning] a small shield.highshort
λ196ΛαισίνηLaisine, LaesineA city, and a proper name.highshort