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λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… of Odymnathus. He wrote: On the Natural Life; Difficulties in Homer; Whether Homer is a Philosopher; Homeric Problems and Solutions (2 books); Things Contrary to History which the Grammarians Explain as Historical; On Words …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] turning about in all twists, going through all means of escape, escaping by …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… of a noun that occurs in the genitive twice in Homer's Odyssey: 14.161 (web address 1) and 19.306 (web address 2). Most if not all of the material in the entry derives from commentary …Matched in noteshighshort
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… customary red or black powder (cf. Moeris 202.24; scholion to Homer, Iliad 15.10; scholion to Plato loc.cit.). Perhaps most of the commentary is generated by changing fashions in line-chalking that rendered Plato's phrase ambiguous …Matched in noteshighshort