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15 entries for a plot [against someone]

λ381Λειπομαρτυρίου δίκηsuit against a recalcitrant witnessThey [i.e. the Athenians] used to bring a lawsuit against those who knew something of what had happened and promised to give evidence in court, but later absconded; and if convicted, [the defendants] would …Matched in translationhighshort
λ660Λόγου τυχεῖνto get a wordMeaning [to get] praise. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… rescued them. The authentic speeches of Lykourgos, as preserved, are: Against Aristogeiton, Against Autolykos, Against Leokrates, Against Lykophron - two, Against Pasikles, Against Menaichmos, Against Demades, Defence of himself, In support of the accounts, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ618ΛιτήLite, Lete[sc. A city] of Macedonia; Hyperides in the [speech] Against Demades mentions it.Matched in translationhighshort
λ266ΛέωνLeon… (lambda 265). For Sacred Wars, declared by the Delphic Amphictiony against states allegedly guilty of sacrilege against Apollo, see OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ486ΛιβάνιοςLibanius, Libanios… to cause distress to the great sophist Prohaeresius by giving someone else more honour. At any rate, a certain Acacius, someone who was eloquent in rhetoric, and Tuscianus of Phrygia, constantly criticised him for …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ523Λίθος[the] stoneDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Konon [writes]: "leading to the stone one by one, like this, our witnesses who were present and putting them on oath". So Athenians seem to have made oaths at …Matched in translationhighshort
λ281ΛεωχάρηςLeochares… probably here because it is the name of other Athenians against whom both Demosthenes and Dinarchus (cf. delta 288) wrote lawcourt speeches.Matched in noteshighshort
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… is a logos too. Aristophanes [writes]: "provide Euripides with a plot, and it becomes a tragedy". Search for Chrysippus' "abominable discourses" in the "Chrysippus" [entry].Matched in translationhighmedium
λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative[Meaning] clever[ness] in utterance. Also called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.Matched in translationhighshort
λ82ΛαμβάνωI take[1] In the sense of grasping or seizing someone/something by a body-part in the genitive case. See LSJ s.v., under I.1.a. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as from …Matched in noteshighshort
λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous[sc. Someone] snatching eagerly at the dishes, insatiable, gobbling, overeating. Aelian [writes]: "a man fattening his gluttonous and licentious eye with evil entertainment thirsted to witness the rites of Pherekratte although he was uninitiated."Matched in translationhighshort
λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-wareDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos uses the expression. Didymos asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ645ΛογγῖνοςLonginus… Porphyry. [3] Zenobia was the queen of Palmyra who rebelled against Rome after the death of her husband Odaenathus; cf. under alpha 4458. [4] The transmitted text (peri\ tou= kata\ fubi/ou) is corrupt, and …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ772Λύγισμαsprain… pestle." lu/gisma and a)=|sma appear together at Gregory of Nazianzus, Against Julian 2.5 (PG 35,709: a)nala/bwmen u(/mnous a)nti\ tumpa/nwn, yalmw|di/an a)nti\ tw=n ai)sxrw=n lugisma/twn te kai\ a)|sma/twn, "let us take up hymns instead of …Matched in noteshighshort