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10 entries for a plot [against someone]

λ486ΛιβάνιοςLibanius, Libanios… to cause distress to the great sophist Prohaeresius by giving someone else more honour. At any rate, a certain Acacius, someone who was eloquent in rhetoric, and Tuscianus of Phrygia, constantly criticised him for …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… is a logos too. Aristophanes [writes]: "provide Euripides with a plot, and it becomes a tragedy". Search for Chrysippus' "abominable discourses" in the "Chrysippus" [entry].Matched in translationhighmedium
λ776ΛυγκεύςLynkeus, Lynceus… of Menander the comic poet and produced plays in competition against him and won.Matched in translationhighshort
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… that the king's fleet was at anchor nearby; he sailed against it and was victorious in the sea-battle, killing everyone including the general Isidoros. Mithridates fled to Tigranes, the king of the Armenians. Lucullus …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebody… supposedly prophetic bird. It is therefore said of those deceiving someone with an oath. Sybaris [was] an Athenian colony.Matched in translationhighshort
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… to accuse them, makes personal accusations whenever he cannot find someone else [to do it], and stockpiles the gold from all the earth to deposit only for his personal wealth, while causing the cities …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… Porphyry. [3] Zenobia was the queen of Palmyra who rebelled against Rome after the death of her husband Odaenathus; cf. under alpha 4458. [4] The transmitted text (peri\ tou= kata\ fubi/ou) is corrupt, and …Matched in noteshighmedium
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.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
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… somewhere. Its earliest attested appearances are in Gregory of Nazianzus (Against Julian PG 35.661, Carmina quae spectant ad alios PG 37.1487), but the Lexicon on Gregory of Nazianzus glosses the word as "drawing off, …Matched in noteshighshort