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- λ24ΛαγορίαLagoriaName of a city.highshort
- λ34ΛάδωνοςLadon, LadoA river of Arkadia.highshort
- λ39ΛαΐοςLaios, LaeusThe king of Thebes; look under "Oedipus."highshort
- λ49ΛακεδαίμονοςLakedaimon, LacedaemonAlso [sc. attested is] 'Lakedaimonians': see under Datis and Artaphernes.highshort
- λ50ΛακέρειαLakereia, LaceriaName of a city.highshort
- λ54ΛακιδέαςLaodikeians, LaodiceansIn the Epigrams: "avoid the asp, the toad, the serpent, and Laodikeans."highshort
- λ55ΛακίνιονLakinion, LaciniumA mountain of Kroton. Also [sc. attested is] Lakinia, a place.highshort
- λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keysThe same Aristophanes [mentions them]; they are famous. "For the husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with [three] teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had …highmedium
- λ66Λακωνικὸν τρόπονin the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-style[Meaning] to penetrate [sexually], or [for women] to proffer themselves to strangers; for the Spartans [Lakones] keep very little guard over their womenfolk.highshort
- λ72ΛακύδηςLakydes, Lacydesson of Alexander of Cyrene; a philosopher, who was head of the new Academy. He wrote philosophical works including On Nature.highshort
- λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …highmedium
- 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
- λ115ΛαπίθηςLapithes, LapithA proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Lapithai, the plural.highshort
- λ123ΛάρισσαLarissa, LarisaName of a city.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
- 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
- λ154ΛαύρειονLaureion, LauriumA place in Attica, making metal.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