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- λ814ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus… under the Successors [sc. of Alexander the Great] and was plotted against by Demetrios of Phaleron. This man wrote a history of Libya, and about Sicily.
- λ664Λόγχηlance, spearThey name each composite whole in the singular, as if someone might say "horse" in reference to many horses. So a "lance" [is] an iron javelin.
- 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].
- λ732ΛωπίζωI strip, I uncoverThe headword verb literally means to disrobe (someone); cf. generally lambda 731, lambda 724, lambda 735. Its occurrences are confined to lexica (e.g. Hesychius lambda1510) and grammars, but for the compound e)klwpi/zw (epsilon 487) …
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… where a white line, chalked or unchalked, would be useless against a white background. For other applications of the phrase see Libanius, Epistles 481.2; Simplicius, Commentary on Aristotle's De caelo 7.404. [1] Sophocles fr. …
- λ853Λυσανίας πατρῴων μεγάλων κακῶνgrief-dispeller of his father's great troubles… of Atreus: Agamemnon and Menelaos), the leaders of the expedition against Troy.
- λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… to be sure, pretend to be well disposed but are plotting in secret.