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- 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 …
- 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 …
- λ36Λάειος φόνοςLaian murderThat of Laios.
- λ39ΛαΐοςLaios, LaeusThe king of Thebes; look under "Oedipus."
- λ42Λαθικηδέα μαζόνcare-banishing breast[The one] creating forgetfulness of pain in the child.
- λ47Λάκαινα κύωνSpartan bitchSophocles [writes]: "like some keen-scented stepping of a Spartan bitch."
- λ74Λαλάγημαbabbling, prattling[Meaning an] utterance, sound. "To you a holy refuge -- as a thank-offering for my life -- and a babbling [...] I dedicate."
- λ76Λαλητέοςworthy of mention"All Achaea [is] your monument, Euripides; surely [you are] not muted, but even worthy of mention."
- λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …
- 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 …
- λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch'sAlso [sc. attested is the dative plural] lampa/si] ["for/to/with torches"]. Athenians celebrate three torch-festivals, at [the] Panathenaia, Hephaistia and Prometh[e]ia. Istros says that having a torch-race was something Athenians first did when sacrificing to …
- λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebodyThe early Socratics were in the habit of swearing in this way, but Rhadamanthys was the first to prohibit oaths by the gods, [ordaining] instead swearing by goose and dog and ram and suchlike. …
- λ108Λὰξ ἐντείνωνstretching out with the heel[Meaning someone] striking with a kick. Lax is the sort of sound made by the toes.
- λ111Λὰξ ποδὶ κινήσαςmoving with the foot by the heel[Meaning someone] moving with the sole of the foot.
- 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 …
- λ115ΛαπίθηςLapithes, LapithA proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Lapithai, the plural.
- 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 …
- λ137ΛασίοιςshaggyThe saying [is] about Philoctetes: "This man perhaps second to none of the first-born families, lies ill-fated [more] than all in life, alone [far] from others, with dappled or shaggy beasts."
- λ144ΛατῖνοιLatins, LatiniThose who are now [called] Romans; for Telephus the son of Heracles, who had the additional name Latinus, gave those who were of old called Cetii the new name Latini. These were again called …
- λ153ΛαυρέντειαLaurenteia, Laurentia, LaurentumA name of a city.
- λ169Λαχνήενταfuzzy, shaggy[Mmeaning] hairy, covered with hairs. Also [sc. attested is] laxnh/eis, [meaning] one who is hairy. Also [sc. attested is] la/xnos, [also meaning] one who is hairy.
- λ203ΛαιστρυγονίαLaistrygonia, LaestrygoniaA city.
- λ204ΛαιστρυγόνοςLaistrygonName of a city.
- λ212ΛέαρχοςLearchus, Learchos, Learkhos[no gloss]
- λ223Λέγειν σὺ δεινόςyou are clever in speaking["You are clever in speaking,] but I am bad at learning from you. For I have found you ill-disposed and severe towards me." The sense [is]: you for your part are clever in speaking, …
- λ237Λέλακαςyou have cried outMeaning you have shouted; for lhkei=n [means] to utter a sound. [This verb] is also [attested] in the poet: "the shield rang under it." Also, "the bones cried out." Also, "crying out terribly."
- λ238Λελάχωσιthey would put [someone] in possession of[Meaning] they would bury [him].
- λ239ΛέλεγεςLeleges, LelegiansA people [of that name].
- λ251Λεοντεία δοράlion's hide"He immediately put on the lionskin."
- λ261ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrineA place in Attica, [taking its name] from a story. Attica was once suffering from a famine, and release from its terrors was [declared to be] the sacrifice of a child. So a certain …