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λ4Λαβεῖν τιμωρίανto exact punishment[Meaning] to be avenged.highshort
λ7Λαβραγόρηνbraggart, brashly-speaking[Meaning him] orating excessively.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
λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, LagiscaA certain courtesan, whom Lysias mentions.highshort
λ52Λακερύζεσθαιto squawk[Meaning] to gossip, or to insult.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
λ68Λακωνικῶς ταῦτα καὶ συντόμως λέγωLaconically do I say these things and briefly['Laconically' is used] meaning bravely: for such [are] the Laconians.highshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThis man [was] an archon in Athens long ago. He held office in the era of Dareios, at a time when there was a heavy fall of snow and everything froze up, preventing anyone …highshort
λ77Λαλιάdiscourse[Meaning] public speaking. "In his discourse Arcesilaos was precise [in his use] of expressions and quite [...] outspoken."highshort
λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative[Meaning] clever[ness] in utterance. Also called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.highshort
λ82ΛαμβάνωI take[Used] with a genitive. But [also] with an accusative: "and the previous disorder takes order".highshort
λ86ΛαμπάδιονtorchletWhat they now call a torch. So Dinarchus and Plato [sc. use the term].highshort
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
λ99Λαμπρόψυχοςbright-souled, dazzling-souled, high-mindedMeaning great-souled.highshort
λ104ΛαμπτρίςLamptreis, LamptriansLamprai [sic] [is] a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Erechtheis. There are two Lamprai, the Coastal and the Upper.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
λ130Λαρυγγίζεινto croak[Meaning] broadening the voice and not speaking naturally, but seeking to use the larynx rather laboriously. Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] "they croak," [meaning] they …highshort
λ131ΛαρυγγιῶI will throttleI will shout down the other orators, he is saying; or I will cut out the pharynx and I will silence the orators. For when the pharynx has been cut, one cannot project one's …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
λ223Λέγειν σὺ δεινόςyou are clever in speaking["You are clever in speaking,] but I am bad at learning from you. For I have found you ill-disposed and severe towards me." The sense [is]: you for your part are clever in speaking, …highshort
λ248Λεξείδιονlittle phrase, little word[no gloss]highshort
λ259ΛεωγόραςLeogorasA proper name. [That of the man] who was father of Andocides the rhetor.highshort
λ260ΛεωδάμαςLeodamasA proper name.highshort
λ266ΛέωνLeonof Alabanda. Rhetor. He wrote On Caria (4 books); On Lycia (in 2 books); an Art; On Issues; The Sacred War between the Phocians and Boeotians.highshort
λ277ΛεώστρατοςLeostratos, LeostratusA proper name.highshort
λ281ΛεωχάρηςLeochares[Genitive] Leocharous.highshort
λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument"He did not devote himself to subtle argument or extend his discourses." Philostratus the Lemnian writes [this] about Apollonius. Hermippos in Demesmen [sc. also uses the word.] "I am already seeking to chop logic, …highshort
λ300Λεπτυσμόςthinning'Thinning' is when the depth of the phalanx is contracted, and instead of 16 men they become fewer.highshort
λ308ΛέσχαιloungesLounges are what they used to call certain public places in which many people with time to spare would sit. Homer [writes]: "do you not wish to go to a smithy to sleep, or …highshort

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