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26 entries for a plot [against someone]

λ846Λυπράwretched… to live in a wretched little hut on a small plot of land and to content himself with the farmer's life. When he was called upon to be dictator, he happened to be working …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor… ['Stone-thrower' means] he who is deserving of having stones cast against him, that is of being stoned to death. And Aelian [writes]: "to destroy that cause of evil and stone-thrower."Matched in translationhighshort
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… rescued them. The authentic speeches of Lykourgos, as preserved, are: Against Aristogeiton, Against Autolykos, Against Leokrates, Against Lykophron - two, Against Pasikles, Against Menaichmos, Against Demades, Defence of himself, In support of the accounts, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ105Λαμψακηνῶνof Lampsacenes, of LampsakenesOn the wrath of Alexander against them, look under Anaximenes.Matched in translationhighshort
λ276ΛεωσθένηςLeosthenes… quite ready zealousness at the critical time in the war against the Macedonians and with his good fortune failing, proceeds against the enemy and makes a rash charge. He is struck by a rock …Matched in translationhighshort
λ266ΛέωνLeon… (lambda 265). For Sacred Wars, declared by the Delphic Amphictiony against states allegedly guilty of sacrilege against Apollo, see OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ553ΛίμνοςLimnos, Limnus[1] That of a conspirator against Alexander the Great (in Plutarch, Alexander 49). [2] i.e. a masculine form of li/mnh, for which see lambda 551.Matched in noteshighshort
λ268ΛέωνLeon, LeoThis man was sent as general by Eutropius the eunuch against the barbarians. He was easily-satisfied and, on account of care for strong drink, easily led astray. For his manhood compelled him to have …Matched in translationhighshort
λ523Λίθος[the] stoneDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Konon [writes]: "leading to the stone one by one, like this, our witnesses who were present and putting them on oath". So Athenians seem to have made oaths at …Matched in translationhighshort
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, …Matched in translationhighshort
λ776ΛυγκεύςLynkeus, Lynceus… of Menander the comic poet and produced plays in competition against him and won.Matched in translationhighshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… hardships. For during the Peloponnesian War the Athenians dispatched Nikias against everyone and laid siege to them so strenuously as to make them perish by starvation. And in the first year Nikias brought Melos …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… that the king's fleet was at anchor nearby; he sailed against it and was victorious in the sea-battle, killing everyone including the general Isidoros. Mithridates fled to Tigranes, the king of the Armenians. Lucullus …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ200Λαισποδίας τὴν φύσινa natural Laispodias… Alternatively, according to the dictionary of Ixion, [the headword means someone] of unrestrained sexual appetite, leading him to fuck [spodein] even farm-animals.Matched in translationhighshort
λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebody… supposedly prophetic bird. It is therefore said of those deceiving someone with an oath. Sybaris [was] an Athenian colony.Matched in translationhighshort
λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… were distraught at the monstrous actions taken by the emperor against the Church, he said, "One should not be astonished at what is done by a man and one who has obtained his authority …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat… "But they contrived [defenses] that by slackness or simplicity sufficed against the archers." And in the Epigrams: "and the skin hangs slack on my neck." And elsewhere: "because for you over [the] kindling a …Matched in translationhighshort
λ357Λείβεται τοῖς δακρύοιςis soaked with tears… his house to the people. [Aristophanes] is saying [this] bitterly against Kleon, [meaning] you for your part are self-serving and gain advantage, but the man who is best disposed to the city is soaked …Matched in translationhighshort
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… to accuse them, makes personal accusations whenever he cannot find someone else [to do it], and stockpiles the gold from all the earth to deposit only for his personal wealth, while causing the cities …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… he was killed by dogs, because he turned his savagery against the truth; for in his "Life of Peregrinus" he attacked Christianity and -- the scoundrel --slandered Christ himself. Wherefore he paid sufficient penalty …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ834Λύματαfilths, excrements, off-scourings… Gaius Claudius were consuls, the Romans decided to make war against the Tarantines, who were Greek colonists, but dwelled in the edge of Italy, for they insulted their ambassadors in unseemly words and deeds, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ739ΛώτLot… and worshiped Beelphegor, and participated in sacrifices. But Moses incited against them those who had not sinned, and twenty-four thousand were killed. Phineas the priest seized an Israelite named Zambri, who had been sexually …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ772Λύγισμαsprain… pestle." lu/gisma and a)=|sma appear together at Gregory of Nazianzus, Against Julian 2.5 (PG 35,709: a)nala/bwmen u(/mnous a)nti\ tumpa/nwn, yalmw|di/an a)nti\ tw=n ai)sxrw=n lugisma/twn te kai\ a)|sma/twn, "let us take up hymns instead of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ853Λυσανίας πατρῴων μεγάλων κακῶνgrief-dispeller of his father's great troubles… of Atreus: Agamemnon and Menelaos), the leaders of the expedition against Troy.Matched in noteshighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… somewhere. Its earliest attested appearances are in Gregory of Nazianzus (Against Julian PG 35.661, Carmina quae spectant ad alios PG 37.1487), but the Lexicon on Gregory of Nazianzus glosses the word as "drawing off, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius CatilinaOn this individual, chiefly (in)famous for the conspiracy he launched against the Roman Republic during the year of Cicero's consulship (63 BCE), see generally Ernst Badian in OCD(4) s.v. 'Sergius(RE 23) Catilina', with bibliography. …Matched in noteshighmedium