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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
λ165ΛαχάρηςLacharesSon of Lachares; of Athens. Sophist. A pupil of Heracleon of Athens; he taught many pupils, among whom Eustephius, Nicolaus and Asterius are well-known. Floruit under the emperors Marcianus and Leon. He wrote On …highmedium
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
λ265ΛέωνLeonSon of Leon; of Byzantium, Peripatetic philosopher and sophist. A pupil of Plato or, as some [say], of Aristotle. He wrote about the reign of Philip and Byzantium in 7 books; Teuthranticus; On Besaeus; …highmedium
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

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