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  1. λ551Λίμνηpool[Meaning] the sea in Homer, and the ocean, and the rivers; so that the word is generic.Matched in translationhighshort
  2. λ805ΛυκίανLykia, LyciaHomer calls the Troad Lycia. "No one in Lycia claims to be better than you."Matched in translationhighshort
  3. λ740ΛωτεῦνταbloomingHomer, Iliad 12.283 (where the present headword lwteu=nta -- in the neuter plural phrase "blooming plains" -- is a variant reading for lwtou=nta), with scholion. See web address 1. Likewise or similarly in other …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. λ356Λείαςbooty, plunder… in Sophocles; hence also lh|sth/s in its proper sense ["plunderer"]. Homer [writes]: "we drove together a lot of booty from out the plain". "For we recently found all the cattle dead and slaughtered". And …Matched in translationhighmedium
  5. λ421Λήϊαcrops, grain-fields… lexica (see the references at Photius lambda246 Theodoridis), including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.147, where the singular of this neuter noun -- lh/i+on (A) in LSJ -- occurs …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. λ780Λύγοςwithy[Meaning] the fibrous plant [of that name]. Homer [writes]: "he bound [them] with pliant withies." And Arrian [writes]: "since the crossing seemed impossible for them, Brut[t]ius brought together the natives and ordered them to …Matched in translationhighmedium
  7. λ600Λισσήsmooth… lisso/s. It is glossed here as in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.412, where it appears (in reference to a rock); see web address 1. Similar glosses in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, targetMade of animal hide. cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.453, where the word occurs: web address 1. See also Herodotus 7.91 (on the Cilicians in Xerxes' army).Matched in noteshighshort
  9. λ166Λάχεια γῆscanty landThe headword phrase occurs in Homer, Odyssey 9.116, and the adjective again in 10.509. Ancient commentators were at a loss to define it, and some took it to mean fertile. See generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. λ538ΛίλαιαLilaia, Lilaea[1] In N. Phokis (Greece); cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.523, where it is mentioned. [2] If not Lilaia again, perhaps Lilaios, on the southern shore of the Black Sea (Barrington Atlas map …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ205Λαῖτμαgulf [of the sea]… Hesychius lambda166 and ps.-Zonaras. [2] Likewise in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 4.504, where the headword occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowyAccusative singular of this adjective, quoted from Homer, Iliad 2.697 or, more probably, 4.483 (where it refers to the river Asopos; cf. Herodotus 9.43.2). See web address 1 & web address 2. The gloss …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. λ203ΛαιστρυγονίαLaistrygonia, Laestrygonia… 204. The Laistrygones were cannibal giants encountered by Odysseus in Homer, Odyssey 10.80-132, and subsequent tradition located them in the western Mediterranean; either Sicily or S Italy. See generally K.J. Dover in Gomme, Andrewes, …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile… lambda127 Theodoridis. The headword is regarded as being extracted from Homer, Iliad: 10.134 according to Latte (on Hesychius lambda455); 2.219 according to Theodoridis. See also lambda 169.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ204ΛαιστρυγόνοςLaistrygon… the genitive case, *laistrugo/nos. However, this is evidently quoted from Homer, Odyssey 10.106 and/or 199, where we see what this genitive really is: 'daughter of Antiphates the Laistrygon'. (Adler's note suggests, following Cohn, that …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. λ763Λοῖσθοςlast, final, remaining… (and lambda 762). Probably (as Latte claims) from commentary to Homer, Iliad 23.536 where the headword occurs; cf. Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 109.3. [2] An interesting garbling of Greek Anthology 7.19.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum). In …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. λ599Λισσάδας πέτραςbare rocks… extracted from the quotation given. [1] cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.412, where a singular lissh\ ... pe/trh occurs; and see also lambda 600. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
  18. λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius… 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 following his Arian heresy. [Leontios] had one son. …Matched in translationhighlong
  19. λ574Λίπαrichly… by the cutting off of letters.) cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.577, where li/p' occurs. [2] Thucydides 4.68.5, on the pro-Athenian faction at Megara in 424 BCE; for the phraseology cf. 1.6.5. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. λ152Λαύραalley, lane… (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 word "lavra" …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn… references at Photius lambda102 Theodoridis) and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 18.413. [2] The lexicographer, having found a passage to illustrate his headword, dealt with the rest negligently. The passage is -- or …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… Synagoge, Photius lambda506 Theodoridis (with other references). From commentary on Homer, Odyssey 9.84, in reference to the Lotus-eaters encountered by Odysseus; cf. the scholia thereto. The term was used of a wide variety of …Matched in noteshighmedium
  23. λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… a son of Priam killed at Troy by Achilles in Homer, Iliad 21.34-135; another Trojan, the father of Pandaros (Iliad 2.826-7); and the Arkadian king of the present entry. This version of the Lykaon …Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. λ33Λάγυνοςflask, flagon… born in the sea off Cyprus (kappa 2738). See the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite. [2] An Homeric formula (delta 128). [3] This unparalleled and enigmatic expression seems (according to Gow and Page, 2. 178) …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. λ667ΛοκρὸςLokrian, Locrian[1] On the two Homeric heroes called Aias (Ajax) see OCD(4) p.46. [2] Rather, two entire regions -- separated by Phokis (phi 639) and Doris (delta 1463) -- of central Greece; see generally OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort

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