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- λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keysThe same Aristophanes [mentions them]; they are famous. "For the husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with [three] teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had …
- λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankleSome [sc. explain this as] a light glove, some as a kind of outer bandage, some as the doctors' splint [for] putting the ankle in a splint, some as field-plasters. Aristophanes [writes]: "a lint-bandage …
- λ91Λαμπήνηcoach[Meaning] a royal/imperial wagon; a famous [?]rhedion, which is a covered chariot.
- λ116Λαπίνηcoach[Meaning] a wagon.
- λ154ΛαύρειονLaureion, LauriumA place in Attica, making metal.
- λ211Λεάντειρανgrinding[Meaning] that which is polishing/smoothing. "[Akestondas dedicated...] his circle-drawing compasses and his grinding pumice."
- λ226ΛέαιναlionessA creature, a wild beast. And Aristophanes [writes]: "I will not stand like a lioness on a cheesegrater". Meaning in the manner of a lioness. It is a shameful [sexual] position used by courtesans. …
- λ282Λέπαδναstraps[Meaning] the girths [i.e. girth-harnesses] of horses. Or thongs across the chest.
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those marking obscurities with obscurities; or in reference to those who understand nothing. Sophocles in Kidalion [writes]: "I do not judge by these words of yours, no …
- λ339ΛεύκωμαwhiteboardA wall smeared with gypsum, suitable for notices about public business.
- λ401Λειψυδρίαdrought[Meaning] the lack of water.
- λ411Ληθεδανόςforgetfulness-inducing[no gloss]
- λ449Λήμνιον πῦρLemnian fireThere is a particular[ly] harsh exhalation/vapour of fire in Lemnos.
- λ496ΛιβυρνικαίLiburnics, LiburniansShips [which] did not have the form of a trireme but were instead rather piratical: brazen-beaked and strong and armoured, and unreliable in respect of speed.
- λ519Λιθολόγοιmasons[Meaning house-]builders.
- λ520Λιθομυλίαstone-pavingAppius, a Roman censor, covered Rome with stone-paving and built aqueducts.
- λ526Λιθουργικὴstone-working[Stone-working] and stone-polishing are different. Stone-working [is the task] which those who work in the mines perform: cutting the stones. But stone-polishing is what is done by those who grind down and beautify the …
- λ528Λίθων ποτίμωνof drinking stones, of porous stonesPerhaps he is speaking of poroi, which become stronger by drinking the water; alternatively, of [stones] which consume the flesh of the bodies placed on them.
- λ635Λογάδεςwhites of the eye[Meaning] the eyes. In the Epigrams: "Indian hyacinth has the grace of sparkling splendour, but a far feebler one than the whites of your eyes."
- λ636Λογάδηνpicked[Meaning] select. Thucydides [writes]: "not having stone-working tools of iron but carrying stones picked, they fitted each one at random." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'picked stones'. "Created from picked stones." That is, …
- λ673ΛοξίαςLoxias[Another name for] Apollo, he who sends out an oblique [loch/n] voice [i)/a/i)/an]; for he used to issue oracles obliquely; [e.g.] 'by crossing the Halys Croesus will destroy a great empire'. Or he who …
- λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent[Meaning he/she/it] is creating ruin, is harming. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] loimo/s, [meaning] a ruin-creating disease. "A bad atmospheric mixture and a pestilential turn in the weather is called a katastasis".
- λ780Λύγοςwithy[Meaning] the fibrous plant [of that name]. Homer [writes]: "he bound [them] with pliant withies." And Arrian [writes]: "since the crossing seemed impossible for them, Brut[t]ius brought together the natives and ordered them to …
- 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 …
- λ826Λυκόφωςgloaming, twilight[Meaning] the light [sc. that occurs] around daybreak.
- λ860ΛυσικράτηςLysikrates, LysicratesThis man used to blacken his own hair with a particular potion. Aristophanes [writes]: "you could not [be blacker] if you had boiled the potion with which Lysikrates blackens himself". And elsewhere: "will the …
- λ878Λυχνίτης λίθοςlit-up stoneAlso [sc. attested is] Lychnitos.
- λ879Λυχνιτάριονruby[no gloss]