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λ1Λᾶαςrock[Meaning] stone. In the Epigrams: "and a rock from porous stone, which sharpened a reed's dull edge."highshort
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 …highshort
λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat[Meaning something] rather hollow. "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 …highshort
λ23Λαγόνοςflank, hollow[no gloss]highshort
λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figsA proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].highshort
λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast …highshort
λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares[Meaning] on the flesh of the hare. Aristophanes [writes]: "[with the revenue] from which twenty thousand of the common people [could live] on hares and all sorts of garlands."highshort
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 …highshort
λ45Λαθραίωςsecretly[Secretly] and in secret and secretively: [all] meaning in a hidden manner.highshort
λ46Λακάνηhod, flat panWhat in common dialect [sc. is the headword] laka/nh; from the intensive prefix la- and the [verb] xai/nein ['to gape open']; for [it is] flat; but the Attic form [is] leka/nh.highshort
λ51Λακέρυζα κορώνηcawing crow[Meaning] one making loud shrieks.highshort
λ54ΛακιδέαςLaodikeians, LaodiceansIn the Epigrams: "avoid the asp, the toad, the serpent, and Laodikeans."highshort
λ57Λακίσματα μελῶνrending of limbs[Meaning] the tearing-off of flesh. And elsewhere: "then the Turks bore around the foliage of frankincense rent by the flame."highshort
λ59Λακκόπρωκτοςpit-arse, tank-arseAristophanes [writes]: "you pit-arse. [--] Sprinkle me, sprinkle me with lots of roses. Don't you know that I like to have plenty of things said about me, even bad things?"highshort
λ61Λάκκοςpit[A way of referring to] death; since the grave is dug very much like a pit. David [says]: "and I will be made like those who go down into the pit." The holy Scripture …highshort
λ63ΛακωνικαίLakonians, Laconians[A type of] men’s shoes. "Where [is] your prick, where your cloak, where your Laconians?" Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [sc. says this]. Also in [the] Epigrams: "and those Laconians fine-robed".highshort
λ71ΛάκτινpestleWhat they call a stirrer, a ladle, which is [to say] a soup-ladle. "Well-made pestle".highshort
λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling[Meaning] sounding melodically. In the Epigrams: "the rustic strain formerly babbling in the groves [the cicada] adapted to the tune of our lyre-plucking."highshort
λ74Λαλάγημαbabbling, prattling[Meaning an] utterance, sound. "To you a holy refuge -- as a thank-offering for my life -- and a babbling [...] I dedicate."highshort
λ75Λαλέοντοςchattering, speaking[lale/ontos is the same as] lalou=ntos.highshort
λ76Λαλητέοςworthy of mention"All Achaea [is] your monument, Euripides; surely [you are] not muted, but even worthy of mention."highshort
λ102Λαμπρυνομένωνof those gloryingMeaning [a throng] of those boasting and winning in chariot[-race]s.highshort
λ106Λαμυρόνgreedy, wanton[Meaning] sweet-speaking, facile, astonishing, pleasant. In the Epigrams: "man-destroying passion shoots his fire-breathing bows and laughs keenly with greedy eyes". And elsewhere: "the potions were quenched, and the greedy toasts of the goblets". Also …highshort
λ112Λαοσσόοςpeople-saver, people-saving[Meaning] she who saves the peoples.highshort
λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle[Meaning] something of wickerwork, basket-like or mat-like, in which coals are carried. "This charcoal-scuttle is my [fellow-]demesman." "Out of fear the scuttle squirted me thoroughly with coal dust just as cuttlefish do ink." For …highshort
λ126Λαρόνpleasant[Meaning something] warm, gentle, sweet. "And may the moist dew, which the old man breathed rather pleasantly from his soft mouth, continually dampen him."highshort
λ139ΛάσοςLasos, LasusSon of Charbinos, of Hermione, a city of Achaia; born in the 58th Olympiad, when Dareios the son of Hystaspes [sc. was also born]. Some include him in the count of the Seven Sages, …highshort
λ143Λάταξwine-drip[Meaning] a big drop [of wine]. In the Epigrams: "but the drunkards I will leave behind, those who delight in the twinings of wine-drops."highshort
λ147Λάτρηςhireling, servant[la/trhs, genitive] la/trou. But in the feminine [it is] la/tris, [meaning] handmaid, female slave, beggar-woman. "[...] who dedicated these mountain's [ = mountaineer's] garments and blond locks, fearing the half-female servant of the goddess."highshort
λ149Λάτρονpay[Meaning a] fee/wage. For latrei/a [is] service for pay. And la/tris ["servant" is spelled] with an iota. "To take the unseemly servant back to the potter."highshort

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