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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
λ38Λάϊνον ἕσο χιτῶναyou would have put on a shirt of stone[Meaning] you would have been stoned.highshort
λ89Λαμπετόωντιgleaming, shining[lampeto/wnti means the same as] la/mponti.highshort
λ118Λαπίστριαswaggerer-woman[She who is] puffed up, unstable, wishing to be feasted.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
λ258ΛεοντίσκοςLeontiskos, LeontiscusThere was also Leontiskos, a Messenian out of Sicily; the so-called Akrokhersites ["Mr Fingertip"] -- for by seizing the fingertips of his opponent he would break them off and not let go before ascertaining …highshort
λ264ΛεώκριτοςLeokritos, Leocritus"If anyone were to wing [K]leokritos with Kinesias, and the winds were to bear [them] over the sea's plain." Comedy makes fun of Kinesias for being very slender and for being an alien and …highmedium
λ271Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόνa lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) imageIn reference to women being debauched and giving birth. A 'cell' [is] the cover of the acorn, where the acorn is situated. "Both in each and every other respect and in having a penis …highshort
λ287ΛέπραleprosyA kind of disease. Malchus [writes]: "leprosy was blooming on his face".highshort
λ292Λεπτὰ ξαίνειςyou are combing wisps[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those leading a life of penury.highshort
λ295Λεπτή τις ἐλπίς ἐστ' ἐφ' ἧς ὀχούμεθαslender is the hope on which we rideThe proverb is said in reference to desperate situations.highshort
λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectatorsMeaning a theatre of evils. Cratinus [sc. uses the phrase]. Some [sc. say that the phrase arose] because of the Hydra, others because of the fact that the Argives carried away the sacrifice-refuse there; …highshort
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation[Meaning] socialising a lot, prattle. In the old days leschai was the name for the seats and places in which men were accustomed to congregate and philosophize. So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 …highmedium
λ318Λευκαὶ φρένεςclear wits, light wits, pale wits[Meaning ones which are] mad, or bright; also [ones which are] good, or soft.highshort
λ324Λευκὴν μᾶζαν φυρῶ σοιI am mixing you a white barley-cakeA proverb in reference to those promising great things.highshort
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite 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 …highshort
λ326Λευκή τις ἀνεπήδησ' ὅμοιος Νικίᾳsomeone white like Nikias sprang upThis Nikias was effeminate.highshort
λ327Λευκὴ ψῆφοςwhite pebble, white voteA proverb in reference to those living happily or miserably.highshort
λ335Λευκοπύγουςwhite-bottomed[Meaning] cowardly [men], like brave men [are] black-bottomed.highshort
λ338Λευκώλενοςpale-shouldered, white-shouldered[Meaning] pale/white-armed.highshort
λ346Λευχηπατίαςlily-livered, white-livered[Meaning] cowardly; for something happens to the liver in certain people, which makes men cowardly. So [the term] is applied to such people.highshort
λ396Λειρόφθαλμοςlily-eyed[Meaning] one who/which has gentle eyes.highshort
λ416Λήθης πεδίονLethe's plain; plain of oblivion[A phrase used] in reference to the impossible.highshort
λ420Λήθωσιthey escape the notice of"For the gusts of wind [escape the notice of] the female bird, except when she has been impregnated". These [words] are from the Oinomaos [Author, Myth] of Sophocles. And see under diexodoi.highshort
λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged[Meaning whenever] we are screwed. Aristophanes [writes]: "especially whenever we are shagged by some man the whole night long".highshort
λ440Ληκυΐζεινto oil-flask-speak[Meaning] to shout and make a sound more loudly.highshort
λ528Λίθων ποτίμωνof drinking stones, of porous stonesPerhaps he is speaking of poroi, which become stronger by drinking the water; alternatively, of [stones] which consume the flesh of the bodies placed on them.highshort
λ546ΛιμηράLimera"From Methone [he] putting in at Epidauros Limera." Meaning poor.highshort
λ547ΛιμηράνLimera, limera[Meaning] hungry. Hence those criticizing the territory of Epidauros used to call it 'limera.'highshort