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- λ694Λουτροφόροςbath-carrier… this was a boy with a hydria. They used to carry the bath[-water] from the spring now called Enneakrounos, formerly Kallirhoe.
- λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle… 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 when …
- 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, …
- λ526Λιθουργικὴstone-working… Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Nausias, concerning the carving [writes]: "[...] but because there are three skills in the work, stone-working and stone-polishing and, in addition, creating the luxury".
- 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.
- λ536Λικνοφόροςbearer of the winnowing-fan… is suitable for every rite and sacrifice. The man who carries it is called bearer of the winnowing-fan.
- λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite Headland… matter more cautiously. [1] Lysias fr. 9 Sauppe (still 9 Carey OCT).
- λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, Lagisca… Kock and K.-A.). [1] Lysias fr. 155 Sauppe, now 208 Carey (OCT).
- λ347ΛέχαιονLechaion, Lechaeum… of this place-name in Lysias fr. 179 Sauppe (now 225 Carey OCT), and citing Strabo (8.6.22) for the information given. On the Corinthian Gulf; the western-facing counterpart to Kenchreai (kappa 1220).
- λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch's… the first instance on Lysias fr. 106 Sauppe (now 123b Carey OCT -- but truncated there). [1] This phrase, not in Harpok., occurs in some mss only. [2] Istros FGrH 334 F2 (longer, but …
- λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… (pra/gmata), which indeed are sayables, are spoken of. The best characteristics of discourse [are] 5: Hellenism, clarity, brevity, propriety, consistency. The hypothesis is a logos too. Aristophanes [writes]: "provide Euripides with a plot, and …
- λ57Λακίσματα μελῶνrending of limbs… twice in the writings of Gregory of Nazianzus: in the Carmina moralia, and (with definite articles) in speech 15 In praise of the Macabees (PG 35, 925.23). [2] Menander Protector fr. 20 FHG (4.227b), …