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λ521Λίθον ἕψειςyou are boiling a stone[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to achieve something impossible; as if [to say] you are trying impossible things.highshort
λ529Λίθων χοαίstreams of stones, outpourings of stones[Meaning] gold and silver. For Euripides says: "having white stones they boast greatly".highshort
λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-DoriansThose Peloponnesians who because of famine migrated into Rhodes and Knidos.highshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation[A phrase used] in reference to hardships. For during the Peloponnesian War the Athenians dispatched Nikias against everyone and laid siege to them so strenuously as to make them perish by starvation. And in …highmedium
λ566Λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειςyou are joining linen with linen[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who mix similar things, or who are deceived and demand [something] back. Strattis in Rivers [sc. uses the phrase].highshort
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice[Meaning] knucklebones sawed through in the middle and bored out. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'smooth tongue', as one that has been rubbed. The Athenians, too, are called as an epithet smooths, because …highmedium
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; languageDiscourse is a meaningful uttered sound deriving from thought. It has 6 meanings. Expression and discourse are different; for an expression can be meaningless, like bli/turi, while discourse can in no way be meaningless. …highmedium
λ661Λόγοισιν Ἑρμόδωρος ἐμπορεύεταιHermodoros is a shipper in speechesHermodoros became a student of Plato, took his collected works and was selling them in Sicily.highshort
λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a LocrianA proverb. It is applied to those being deceived.highshort
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 …highshort
λ715Λόχμηthicket, undergrowthA saying: "you're carrying a lot of undergrowth". Meaning you should be depilated. This Phormion was hairy and had swarthy buttocks.highshort
λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than LynkeusThis man was a brother of Idas; but Aristophanes in Danaids [makes him] a son of Aigyptos. He was the sharpest-eyed by such a long way that he was able to see, through a …highshort
λ787Λυδὸς ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ παίζειa Lydian is playing at noon[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to licentious men; those being the times for licentious behaviour. For the Lydians are a comic target because they satisfy their genital urges with their own hands. This …highshort
λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drinki.e. from a spring discovered by Apollo, drunk by wolves. [Flowing] from wine and honey. Accented circumflex on the penultimate syllable.highshort
λ811Λύκον εἶδεςyou saw a wolf[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to sudden astonishing occurrences. "You might not be able to look back at him; instead, there if anywhere, the saying 'you would not speak, you saw a wolf' …highshort
λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagle[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things that are inescapable.highshort
λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those hoping to have something, but failing to attain their hope. They say that the wolf, when he wishes to seize something, attacks it gaping. So when …highshort
λ817Λύκος περὶ φρέαρ χορεύειa wolf is dancing round a well[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those toiling about something in vain. And because it circles ineffectually, whenever it is thirsty, not being able to drink -- since as it pursues something the …highshort
λ818Λύκος χανώνa wolf gaping[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to unsuccessful [persons/things]. Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, …highshort
λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-companyA proverbial phrase. [Used] because Lykos the hero had a shrine near the jurycourts [sc. in Athens], where the blackmailers would lie in wait. Three obols a day was set apart for him.highshort
λ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus[Lykos] is a hero who has the shape of the beast [sc. of a wolf]. A stone monument to him stands near the jurycourts in Athens; to this, those bribing by tens used to …highshort
λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathers[This proverbial phrase] is said in reference to impossible things, when fear extends to the [very] words.highshort
λ845Λυπηρότεροι σταλαγμοῦmore vexing than a drool[sc. This proverbial phrase] is said because of the disgust in continuous dribbling.highshort
λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening woman[Meaning] she who has drawn near to a man. For virgins about to have sex dedicated their virginal lingerie to Artemis.highshort
λ860ΛυσικράτηςLysikrates, LysicratesThis man used to blacken his own hair with a particular potion. Aristophanes [writes]: "you could not [be blacker] if you had boiled the potion with which Lysikrates blackens himself". And elsewhere: "will the …highshort
λ867Λύσιοι τελεταίdeliverance rites, deliverance rituals[Meaning] those of Dionysos. For when [the] Boeotians had been defeated by [the] Thracians and had fled into Trophonius' [domain], he appeared in a dream and said that Dionysos would be their helper; [so] …highshort
λ880Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειςyou are lighting a lamp at noon[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those doing something at an inappropriate time.highshort

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