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506
Λιγυρώτατον
most shrill, very shrill
[Meaning]
most/very
loud-rattling.
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297
Λεπτολογία
subtle argument
… you [priest] of the thinnest foolishnesses." That is, of the
most
intelligent and
most
obscure discourses."
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λ
325
Λευκὴ στάθμη
white measuring-line
… for making a mark on surfaces that are not white,
most
commentators take it as referring to a bare line, untreated with the customary red or black powder (cf. Moeris 202.24; scholion to Homer, …
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λ
254
Λεόντιος
Leontios, Leontius
… the bishops and wished to rule even over the churches,
most
[of the bishops] applauded and marveled as whatever he said, declaring that it was very well stated; but [Leontios] kept silent. And when …
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λ
688
Λούκουλλος
Lucullus
… of the Armenians. Lucullus waged war on Tigranes too, capturing
most
of his cities and laying siege to [sc. the capital] Tigranocerta. Observing the Roman [army] and calculating that it was easy to count, …
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λ
11
Λαβύρινθος
labyrinth
… the "labyrinth in the sea" addressed in the quotation is
most
likely metaphorical of some oceanic mollusk with a convoluted shell.
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λ
267
Λέων
Leon, Leo
… reign, with bibliography. See Blockley [below] for another translation of
most
of this entry (vol. 2: 409 & 411) and for a brief discussion of the Suda's use of Malchus (vol. 1: 125), who …
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λ
302
Λέρνη θεατῶν
Lerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators
… 'cesspool of spectators' (see n. 3 below). The place was
most
famous for being the site of one of the Labours of Herakles, the killing of the Lernaian Hydra (see n. 2 below). [1] …
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λ
441
Λῆμα
will
cf. lambda 445. This entry
mostly
succeeds in distinguishing lh=ma and lh=mma; lambda 443 does less well. [1] Same glossing, variously, in other lexica (and scholia). The gloss ke/rdos is more appropriate to lh=mma: …
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594
Λίποιμι
I might leave
… lei/pw, first person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere;
most
probably from Plato, Apology 29A (web address 1), a passage quoted by Stobaeus, though other extant possibilities include Euripides and Callimachus.
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λ
768
Λύγδινα
marble-white
… white marble (cf. pi 643 and pi 644) was the
most
famous sculpting stone in antiquity, renowned for its purity and whiteness; cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 140) and Blümner (31-34). [3] Babrius, …
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λ
793
Λυκάβας
twelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang
… Odyssey: 14.161 (web address 1) and 19.306 (web address 2).
Most
if not all of the material in the entry derives from commentary on these passages, and focuses on explaining the etymology of the …
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