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- λ766Λύγαtwilight[Meaning] dark [things]. "For she [Artemis] appeared to her [Hegelochia] next to the threads of the loom, like twilight of fire".
- λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white"And on [sc. her] chest still those marble-white cones of [her] breasts stood up, stripped of an encircling girdle." In the Epigrams. And elsewhere: "as if carved of white marble, laden with maidenly delights". …
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself[Meaning] turning oneself, covering oneself. [sc. The term comes] from withies. A withy is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] …
- μ465Μελαίνῃdark, black[Meaning] deep. But [sc. also attested is the phrase] 'dark emotions', [meaning] the ones which lie in depth; for deepness [is] dark.
- μ470Μελδόμενοςbeing boiled-down, being melted-down[Meaning one who is] being burned.
- μ1168Μνηστῆραςsuitors, wooers"They took no thought of the suitors of the office of consul; but they themselves chose someone with a long and excellent knowledge of wars and a champion of noble and admired deeds."
- μ1171Μνίαseaweeds[Meaning] the efflorescences of the sea, or oyster-greens.
- μ1172Μνιαρόνmossy, soft"But accept a garment of a rug, mossy, with thick wool, like a flowery purple."
- μ1175Μνοῦςdown[Meaning] soft hair. In the Epigrams: "[...] and more tender-skinned than down".
- ν608Νῦν πᾶςnow the whole"[Now the whole] trial of wisdom is here in play, over which my friends have a very great contest."