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- 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, …
- λ376Λειώσαςgrinding smooth, pounding fine[Meaning someone] cutting up.
- λ337Λευκόχρωςpale-fleshed, white-fleshed[Meaning someone] having a pale/white body. In the Epigrams: "Daphnis the pale/white-fleshed, making music with a fine pan-pipe".
- λ141Λάσταυροςeffeminate, nancy-boy[A term for] a male whore, hairy in the rump, someone being shaggy-arsed; he who is hairy in the arse. "If any amongst the Greeks or the non-Greeks [was] an effeminate in his ways, …
- 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.
- λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat… "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 over [the] kindling a …
- λ470Λῆροςdementia, delirium… delirium; and subdued damage is called raving. But liros [is] someone impudent; from "looking a lot" (lian oran); it is spelled with an iota.
- λ772Λύγισμαsprain… pestle." lu/gisma and a)=|sma appear together at Gregory of Nazianzus, Against Julian 2.5 (PG 35,709: a)nala/bwmen u(/mnous a)nti\ tumpa/nwn, yalmw|di/an a)nti\ tw=n ai)sxrw=n lugisma/twn te kai\ a)|sma/twn, "let us take up hymns instead of …
- λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… of the play are balancing the merits of Aeschylus' style against those of Euripides, and the phrase is applied by them to Euripides in a witty pastiche of his style, simultaneously a critique of …