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11 entries for a plot [against someone]

λ381Λειπομαρτυρίου δίκηsuit against a recalcitrant witnessThey [i.e. the Athenians] used to bring a lawsuit against those who knew something of what had happened and promised to give evidence in court, but later absconded; and if convicted, [the defendants] would …Matched in translationhighshort
λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor… ['Stone-thrower' means] he who is deserving of having stones cast against him, that is of being stoned to death. And Aelian [writes]: "to destroy that cause of evil and stone-thrower."Matched in translationhighshort
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… rescued them. The authentic speeches of Lykourgos, as preserved, are: Against Aristogeiton, Against Autolykos, Against Leokrates, Against Lykophron - two, Against Pasikles, Against Menaichmos, Against Demades, Defence of himself, In support of the accounts, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ591Λιποτάκτηςdeserter, post-deserter… Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] leipotakth/sas, [meaning someone] having abandoned, having fled.Matched in translationhighshort
λ523Λίθος[the] stoneDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Konon [writes]: "leading to the stone one by one, like this, our witnesses who were present and putting them on oath". So Athenians seem to have made oaths at …Matched in translationhighshort
λ281ΛεωχάρηςLeochares… probably here because it is the name of other Athenians against whom both Demosthenes and Dinarchus (cf. delta 288) wrote lawcourt speeches.Matched in noteshighshort
λ200Λαισποδίας τὴν φύσινa natural Laispodias… Alternatively, according to the dictionary of Ixion, [the headword means someone] of unrestrained sexual appetite, leading him to fuck [spodein] even farm-animals.Matched in translationhighshort
λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… were distraught at the monstrous actions taken by the emperor against the Church, he said, "One should not be astonished at what is done by a man and one who has obtained his authority …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… he was killed by dogs, because he turned his savagery against the truth; for in his "Life of Peregrinus" he attacked Christianity and -- the scoundrel --slandered Christ himself. Wherefore he paid sufficient penalty …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… where a white line, chalked or unchalked, would be useless against a white background. For other applications of the phrase see Libanius, Epistles 481.2; Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle's De caelo 7.404. [1] Sophocles fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… with these: for often he ordained that one should guard against avarice. And establishing aristocracy and two kings from among the descendants of Herakles, he laid down that the elders should be ephors; he …Matched in translationhighlong