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λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles[Meaning] with touchings, or with pretexts, or with blame. But [sc. also also attested is the phrase] "bi-mouthed handles", [meaning] the ears of the mixing-bowl, or those which have openings on both sides; or …highmedium
λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth[Meaning a] spiral-shaped place; it is also 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 …highshort
λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat[Meaning something] rather hollow. "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 …highshort
λ14Λαγαριζόμενονscraping a livingAristophanes [writes]: "when [the allies] have perceived the [rest of the] rabble scraping a living out of a voting-urn and munching on nothing."highshort
λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figsA proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].highshort
λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast …highshort
λ33Λάγυνοςflask, flagon"Lie there straightway for the Cyprian, o drunken-stumbling flask, now dedicated, cousin of the nectar-sweet Bacchic goblet, moist-voiced, fellow banqueter at the fairly-distributed feast, narrow-necked one, daughter of the sharing token, self-taught servant to …highshort
λ38Λάϊνον ἕσο χιτῶναyou would have put on a shirt of stone[Meaning] you would have been stoned.highshort
λ42Λαθικηδέα μαζόνcare-banishing breast[The one] creating forgetfulness of pain in the child.highshort
λ47Λάκαινα κύωνSpartan bitchSophocles [writes]: "like some keen-scented stepping of a Spartan bitch."highshort
λ52Λακερύζεσθαιto squawk[Meaning] to gossip, or to insult.highshort
λ57Λακίσματα μελῶνrending of limbs[Meaning] the tearing-off of flesh. And elsewhere: "then the Turks bore around the foliage of frankincense rent by the flame."highshort
λ59Λακκόπρωκτοςpit-arse, tank-arseAristophanes [writes]: "you pit-arse. [--] Sprinkle me, sprinkle me with lots of roses. Don't you know that I like to have plenty of things said about me, even bad things?"highshort
λ61Λάκκοςpit[A way of referring to] death; since the grave is dug very much like a pit. David [says]: "and I will be made like those who go down into the pit." The holy Scripture …highshort
λ67ΛακωνικόςLaconic[A term for] one who is hard, one who is brave. For such [are] the Laconians. Also [found as] an adverb. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'breathing Laconic', meaning strong[ly]; or adopting the …highshort
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 …highshort
λ89Λαμπετόωντιgleaming, shining[lampeto/wnti means the same as] la/mponti.highshort
λ95Λαμπρὰν ἡμέρανbright dayThey say ['bright' day], not pure [one].highshort
λ99Λαμπρόψυχοςbright-souled, dazzling-souled, high-mindedMeaning great-souled.highshort
λ106Λαμυρόνgreedy, wanton[Meaning] sweet-speaking, facile, astonishing, pleasant. In the Epigrams: "man-destroying passion shoots his fire-breathing bows and laughs keenly with greedy eyes". And elsewhere: "the potions were quenched, and the greedy toasts of the goblets". Also …highshort
λ114Λάπαθονpitfall; dock, monk's rhubarb, sorrelA ditch for the trapping of wild beasts; also an herb, that empties the stomach. Hence also [comes] the [verb] lapa/cai, [meaning] to make empty. Homer [writes]: "he drained the ranks of the young …highshort
λ118Λαπίστριαswaggerer-woman[She who is] puffed up, unstable, wishing to be feasted.highshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle[Meaning] something of wickerwork, basket-like or mat-like, in which coals are carried. "This charcoal-scuttle is my [fellow-]demesman." "Out of fear the scuttle squirted me thoroughly with coal dust just as cuttlefish do ink." For …highshort
λ126Λαρόνpleasant[Meaning something] warm, gentle, sweet. "And may the moist dew, which the old man breathed rather pleasantly from his soft mouth, continually dampen him."highshort
λ127Λάρος κεχηνώςa gull agape[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to snatchers and thieves. For the gull is a snatching and gluttonous bird.highshort
λ131ΛαρυγγιῶI will throttleI will shout down the other orators, he is saying; or I will cut out the pharynx and I will silence the orators. For when the pharynx has been cut, one cannot project one's …highshort
λ143Λάταξwine-drip[Meaning] a big drop [of wine]. In the Epigrams: "but the drunkards I will leave behind, those who delight in the twinings of wine-drops."highshort
λ164Λαχάνοις(among) vegetables[Meaning among] the vegetable-markets. Many, when exhibiting adherence to an oath, swear by vegetables, saying 'by the vegetables' and 'by the fair ones'.highshort
λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile[Meaning] hairiness. [The expression] is also used of the sea's foam.highshort