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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
λ12Λάγαναmeal-cakes[Meaning] flat-cakes, like dry [ones]. From the [adjective] lagaru/ ["thin"]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "[him] starving and eating nothing." "And when David had sacrificed in honor of the relocation of the ark …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
λ32Λάγυνοςflask, flagon[Meaning] the all-receiving.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
λ56Λάκισμαrent[Meaning a] tear. " [...] they found the chiton bloodstained and rent". Meaning torn.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
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
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
λ82ΛαμβάνωI take[Used] with a genitive. But [also] with an accusative: "and the previous disorder takes order".highshort
λ83ΛάμεχLamechScripture mentions two Lamechs, one being the descendant of Cain, the other being the descendant of Enoch. For Noah had been begotten through Lamech, the one who is not [a descendant] from Cain, who …highmedium
λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …highmedium
λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch'sAlso [sc. attested is the dative plural] lampa/si] ["for/to/with torches"]. Athenians celebrate three torch-festivals, at [the] Panathenaia, Hephaistia and Prometh[e]ia. Istros says that having a torch-race was something Athenians first did when sacrificing to …highshort
λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebodyThe early Socratics were in the habit of swearing in this way, but Rhadamanthys was the first to prohibit oaths by the gods, [ordaining] instead swearing by goose and dog and ram and suchlike. …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
λ108Λὰξ ἐντείνωνstretching out with the heel[Meaning someone] striking with a kick. Lax is the sort of sound made by the toes.highshort
λ109ΛαξευτήριονstonecutterA builder's tool; for a builder is [called] a stonecutting man.highshort
λ112Λαοσσόοςpeople-saver, people-saving[Meaning] she who saves the peoples.highshort
λ113Λαμπαδεύεσθαιto act as a torch-bearer"So Aristogenes, an initiate of Dionysus, as he was about to act as a torch-bearer, then went limp in the right-hand portions [sc. of his body]."highshort
λ117Λαπιστήςswaggerer[Meaning] liar/cheat, [one who is] reckless.highshort
λ119Λάπτεινto lap[Meaning] to empty out. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] la/ptontes ["they lapping"], [meaning] they drinking with the tongue. Concerning those who lapped their tongues [sic], look in the 'Gideon' [entry].highshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesA proverb in reference to those quick to pay back [sc. what they owe].highshort
λ133Λάσαναcauldrons[Meaning] large pots, for cooking, in which meat is prepared for the [sc. Athenian] council after sacrifices.highshort
λ138ΛάσθηmockeryAelian [writes]: "they say that he did not, out of pride and mockery, (?)substitute additional or imported hair, but by training and extending the natural growth that he had." And elsewhere: "with mockery and …highshort
λ145ΛατρεύωI worship[Meaning] I honor; [used] with an accusative. As in "the pious did not worship creation over and above the creator." Also [used] with a dative, meaning I sacrifice, as in "to offer worship to …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
λ148Λάτριςhireling, servantThe simple [noun is spelled] with an iota. But ei)dwlola/trhs ["idolator" is spelled] with an eta, in a compound [noun].highshort