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- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] 6.7, Gregorius 4.23). The Lerne in question (Lerna in later sources and, via Latin, commonly in English) was a well-watered and, …
- λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening woman… 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.
- λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesLikewise Apostolius 10.48. Photius, Lexicon lambda103 Theodoridis gives the phrase as 'a gull in Nemesis', which one might have thought the preferable lectio difficilior, but Theodoridis, while printing it, mentions Dindorf's rejection of it; …