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19 entries for having made a libation

λ171Λαχώνhaving obtained[Meaning] having received one's portion/share. Aristophanes [writes]: "before having received [your assigned share] you gobble down what belongs to the public". That is, before having [a share] assigned by lot, before being voted [a …Matched in translationhighshort
λ591Λιποτάκτηςdeserter, post-deserter… [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] leipotakth/sas, [meaning someone] having abandoned, having fled.Matched in translationhighshort
λ227ΛεαίνωI smooth['I smooth'] and 'having smoothed' [Attic] and 'having smoothed' [epic]; [this verb is used] with an accusative.Matched in translationhighshort
λ575Λιπαράoily, sleek[Referring to] the anchovy. Aristophanes [writes]: "if anyone, having flattered you, should call Athens 'oily,' he would obtain the whole thing [...] having attached [to you] the honor of anchovies." And elsewhere: "the matter …Matched in translationhighshort
λ535Λίκνονwinnowing-fan… sieve, or winnowing-shovel. But some write it with a diphthong. "Having overturned the winnowing-fan lying on her knees, she ran off." Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] liknoeidh/s ["winnowing-fan-like"], [meaning] a filthy person.Matched in translationhighshort
λ271Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόνa lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) image… situated. "Both in each and every other respect and in having a penis like yours, bent just like a cell".Matched in translationhighshort
λ85ΛάμιαlamiaA [sc. kind of] wild beast. [So called] from having a large neck [laimos], [i.e.] laimia and lamia. Aristophanes [writes]: "he had the smell of a seal, and lamia's unwashed testicles." For the testicles …Matched in translationhighshort
λ61Λάκκοςpit… much like a pit. David [says]: "and I will be made like those who go down into the pit." The holy Scripture is also accustomed to use this name for the great dangers: "and …Matched in translationhighshort
λ264ΛεώκριτοςLeokritos, Leocritus… and for being an alien and a toady. Mention was made of the two of them as being like-minded. Or because Kinesias was slender, and [K]leokritos a scoundrel. So he is saying that if …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ713Λόχμαςthickets… that, whenever they voted, they would look like men. Also, "having rubbed oil upon [her] entire body during the day" she warmed herself in the sun in order to become tanned like a man.Matched in translationhighshort
λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth… said of nonsense. [sc. The term arises] from its not having [labein] a door [thura]. Or from using many circles of words. It also means the votive-offering of the Grotto Nymphs. "You tell me, …Matched in translationhighshort
λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… the Persian and ate his flesh, but the bones he made into handles of knives. And elsewhere: "handles of philosophy", [i.e.] arithmetic and geometry.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white… elsewhere: "a certain man was trying to sell a Hermes, having carved it of white marble".Matched in translationhighshort
λ447Λήμηblear, rheum, sleep-crust… the eyes by resting on them. So [the passage] means having blinded minds, just as those who have the bleariness of people suffering from eye disease are prevented from seeing things. Also [sc. attested …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ648Λογισμόςcalculation, account… by a reckoning [thereof]. [For] calculation/account also [means] reckoning. "He made a calculation of the crowd." And Euripides [writes]: "for justice has no reason for two to argue." That is, contending has no excuse.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… musical instrument in question was so called because it was made from a stalk of one of the plants called lotus, although in the second quotation below an instrument made of horn seems to …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… men that after the engagement they laughed at themselves for having employed arms against such slaves. And Livy said that he was astonished by this battle, for he says that the Roman had never …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, playing the Lydian… as a reflection of what Aristophanes' chorus says about Magnes having been 'driven off the stage' when elderly. But more probably dieskeua/sqhsan, printed by Adler and also in Photius (above), is correct, since it …Matched in noteshighshort
λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… 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 imperceptible (although whether it is conceived of as …Matched in noteshighshort