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12 entries for having made a libation

λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down[Meaning] having torn to pieces, having feasted without restraint. Aelian [writes]: "these eagles will gulp down the elephants' innards, he showing the banners." "And when the Persians happen across some wells, they gulp water …Matched in translationhighshort
λ135Λασιόκωφοςhairy-mute[Meaning] one who is excessively mute; e.g. having hairy ears, resulting in deafness and sense-deprivation.Matched in translationhighshort
λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… of the Caesar Aurelian, and was executed by him for having conspired with Zenobia, the wife of Odymnathus. He wrote: On the Natural Life; Difficulties in Homer; Whether Homer is a Philosopher; Homeric Problems …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ165ΛαχάρηςLachares… than a sophist. He was an especially pious man, and having lost his sight he regained it.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… not persuaded. [So says] Aristophanes in Birds. Zeno of Citium made a hollow lid for his lekythos and carried about a coin [in it], a handy payment for necessities, so that [Krates] would have …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ692Λουτράbaths"On their passing into a city which had baths, some hand-made and artificial, some bubbling up from the bosom of the earth and overflowing, with pleasure for men and usefulness and enjoyment for those …Matched in translationhighshort
λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… the Persian and ate his flesh, but the bones he made into handles of knives. And elsewhere: "handles of philosophy", [i.e.] arithmetic and geometry.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ332Λευκόνwhite, clear… IV: 'in the Logic of Arist[otle] ta\ o(mw/numa are things having the same name but different natures and definitions'. [2] alpha 118, alpha 119.Matched in noteshighshort
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… men that after the engagement they laughed at themselves for having employed arms against such slaves. And Livy said that he was astonished by this battle, for he says that the Roman had never …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ843Λύπηpain, distress, vexation… (a)paqh/s; see Diogenes Laertius 7.117) in being completely rational and having his impulses in accord with right reason. So, insofar as pain is an irrational contraction of the soul, the sage person cannot feel …Matched in noteshighshort
λ470Λῆροςdementia, delirium… not as transparent, and moreover when the fluids inside are made drier by time, congealed, and unable to transport the sensations of perceptions through the optic nerve — that is when it happens that …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… Gudianum and Hesychius lambda1356. In the latter two it is made clearer than elsewhere that a year is 'darkly going' because the passage of time is imperceptible (although whether it is conceived of as …Matched in noteshighshort