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λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… scholion to Plato, Charmides 154B [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage …Matched in noteshighshort
λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, playing the Lydian… lambda438 Theodoridis, but in Aristophanes -- see below -- and Hesychius lambda1352 it is ludi/zwn; cf. lambda 785. [1] For Magnes see generally mu 20, where his play Lydians is mentioned. The present allusion …Matched in noteshighshort
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λ325

Λευκὴ στάθμη

white measuring-line

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those marking obscurities with obscurities; or in reference to those who understand nothing. Sophocles in Kidalion [writes]: "I do not judge by these words of yours, no more…

Λευκὴ στάθμη· ἐπὶ τῶν ἄδηλα ἀδήλοις σημειουμένων· ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν μηδὲν συνιέντων. Σοφοκλῆς Κιδαλίωνι· τοῖς μὲν λόγοις τοῖς σοῖσιν οὐ τεκμαίρομαι, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ λευκῷ λίθῳ λευκὴ στάθμη.…

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Λαβύρινθος

labyrinth

… the references at Photius lambda10 Theodoridis. [2] Also, already, in Hesychius lambda33. [3] Greek Anthology 6.224.1-2 (Theodoridas); on a shell found at the seashore, dedicated to Nymphs; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (192) …

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λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flatThe headword (already in Hesychius lambda35 but with a different gloss: to\ mh\ nasto/n, "what is not firm") is the neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, possibly though not necessarily extracted from the quotations …Matched in noteshighshort

λ52Λακερύζεσθαιto squawkLikewise in Photius, Lexicon lambda35 Theodoridis (and similarly already in Hesychius lambda190). cf. lambda 51.Matched in noteshighshort

λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile… 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

λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectatorsSame entry in Photius, Lexicon lambda204 Theodoridis; similar one in Hesychius lambda689 and lambda 690, Pausanias the Atticist lambda11, a scholion to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] …Matched in noteshighshort

λ327Λευκὴ ψῆφοςwhite pebble, white voteHesychius lambda730; Apostolius 10.62, etc. cf. generally psi 85 (which explains 'or miserably').Matched in noteshighshort

λ394Λειριόενταlily-like… of the entry -- see esp. those of Apollonius and Hesychius -- has produced grammatical confusion in the later ones. See also lambda 395.Matched in noteshighshort

λ422Ληϊβότειραcrop-consuming… of a sow in a simile (web address 1); and Hesychius lambda818. [2] Also in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler. This masculine form is unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort

λ437Ληκυθιστήςhollow-voiced declaimer… 1063 (contextless). Also in Photius lambda257 Theodoridis (and similarly in Hesychius lambda856); and cf. lambda 440. [2] Very rare: other than in the quotation which follows here, attested only in Plutarch, Moralia [That it …Matched in noteshighshort

λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous… the first gloss) = Synagoge lambda126, Photius lambda367 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius lambda1178. [3] Aelian fr. 46a Domingo-Forasté (43 Hercher). Pherekratte is probably a slip for the name of the goddess Pherephatte (Persephone); cf. pi …Matched in noteshighshort

λ674Λοπάςgriddle, hotplate… a shell-fish (IV). The Suda's selection is closely paralleled in Hesychius lambda1262 (where "Greece" is the crux alladh). [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 508-511; cf. omicron 818.Matched in noteshighshort

λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… Proverbs 19.19 LXX, which has the corresponding subjunctive, loimeu/htai; cf. Hesychius s.v. [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For 'bad mixture' cf. under nu 495. For the term katastasis …Matched in noteshighshort

λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… material in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (109.11) whence Etymologicum Gudianum and Hesychius lambda1356. In the latter two it is made clearer than elsewhere that a year is 'darkly going' because the passage of time is …Matched in noteshighshort

λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped… a hope see delta 642, delta 641. [1] Similarly in Hesychius lambda1396. [2] Likewise in Photius lambda452 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort