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- λ327Λευκὴ ψῆφοςwhite pebble, white voteHesychius lambda730; Apostolius 10.62, etc. cf. generally psi 85 (which explains 'or miserably').
- λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a Locrian… the headword phrase is given as *Lokrw=n cunqh/mata "Lokrians' agreements"). Hesychius lambda1254 and Zenobius 4.97 give the supposed aetiology: the Lokrians (cf. lambda 667) renege on an agreement with the Heraclidae.
- λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drink… Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.
- λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening womanThe headword phrase (= headword + gloss in Hesychius lambda1443, with extra material) was, or became, proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.96. The adjective in it is also used of unarmed soldiers: see LSJ s.v.
- λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-DoriansSame entry in Photius (lambda314 Theodoridis), and cf. more fully Hesychius lambda1041. The episode is undated, but presumably early. Outside lexicography, the term is attested in e.g. a proverb-collection attributed to Plutarch (where only …
- λ450Λημνίᾳ χειρίwith a Lemnian handcf. Hesychius lambda872 and Zenobius 4.91 (and more summarily in other paroemiographers). For Lemnos cf. lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.
- λ410Λήθαργος κύωνlazy dog, lethargic dogVery similar entry in Hesychius and (showing that the headword phrase was, or became, proverbial) Zenobius 4.90 and other paroemiographers; and cf. lambda 178. For the adjective contrast lambda 409.
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… scholion to Plato, Charmides 154B [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage …
- λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beastThe headword phrase was (or became) proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.75. Hesychius lambda947 has a briefer entry: "since [there are] deadly reptiles there, and as Libya has such beasts. Also [means he who is] of …
- λ218Λεβηρίςslough, cast skin… a bird of ill omen. [4] From gamma 491. [5] Hesychius lambda483 has a similar statement.
- λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped… a hope see delta 642, delta 641. [1] Similarly in Hesychius lambda1396. [2] Likewise in Photius lambda452 Theodoridis.
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectatorsSame entry in Photius, Lexicon lambda204 Theodoridis; similar one in Hesychius lambda689 and lambda 690, Pausanias the Atticist lambda11, a scholion to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] …
- λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… 'I unite, attach by making one with' ('throw towards', at Hesychius pi3733), contrasted with a)pospa/w, as here, by Michael III, Oratio aditialis, line 562. [8] (Probably a texual error for "snatched the rock away".) …