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- λ551ΛίμνηpoolSee generally LSJ s.v. li/mnh. [1] cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 636, and to Homer, Odyssey 3.1. [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.709.
- λ53Λακίδας πεπλωμάτωνtatters of robesFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 423, where the phrase laki/das [...] pe/plwn [sic] occurs (of Euripides' clothing).
- λ103Λαμπτῆρεςlamps, lampstandsSophocles, Ajax 284-85, with comment derived from the scholia there; already at alpha 957. Tecmessa tells how the maddened Ajax rushed forth in the late night to attack, as he supposed, the Greek kings. …
- λ790Λύειlooses, pays… lexica (see the references at Photius lambda440 Theodoridis) and in scholia on Sophocles, Electra 1005 (web address 1) and Oedipus Tyrannus 316 (web address 2). cf. LSJ s.v. V.2. on (te/lh) lu/ein used in …
- λ303Λερόνlevel… line 159, and is glossed lei/an (inter alia) in the scholia there. For the glossing adjective see lambda 372; and cf. lambda 369, lambda 370, lambda 371, lambda 373, lambda 374.
- λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drink… Sophocles, Philoctetes 1461: 'o springs and Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.
- λ735Λῶποςcloak… lexica (references at Photius lambda505 Theodoridis), and see also the scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 925; cf. under lambda 732.
- λ664Λόγχηlance, spearSee also lambda 663, lambda 665. [1] From the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1311 (web address 1). The "seven lances" there are referring to seven troops of spearmen (LSJ s.v. lo/gxh III). …
- λ502Λιγνύςmurky flame[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and in diverse scholia: see the references at Photius lambda301 Theodoridis. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 1241-2, with scholion. Licymnius was an uncle of Heracles.
- λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… Sophocles fr.885, quoted twice -- as proverbial -- in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights (1031 and 1068). [3] cf. lambda 410, sigma 171.
- λ289ΛέπρεοςLepreos, LepreusAristophanes, Birds 150-1 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. See already lambda 288. On this Melanthios -- who was also a tragic poet -- see Dunbar ad loc.
- λ582Λιπαρεῖ χειρίwith an importunate hand… adjective liparh/s; cf. lambda 578, lambda 583) comes from the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 1378: see below. The related verb is defined at lambda 579. [2] Comparable definitions in e.g. the Lexicon on Gregory …
- λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[1] Thucydides 2.7.1 and scholia, though the citations probably come most directly from Photius, Lexicon lambda78 Theodoridis (who has the whole of this opening part of the entry). The treaty in question, the Thirty …
- λ648Λογισμόςcalculation, account… fact Sophocles: Chrysothemis in Electra 466-467 (with comment from the scholia there). The connection of this passage to the foregoing is indirect: the noun used is lo/gos (cf. LSJ s.v., III.2), not logismo/s.
- λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… (1993) 89-92. [5] Aristophanes, Peace 146-147, with comment from the scholia there. "Plot" is the conventional translation of logos in dramatic contexts, i.e. the main story in the narrative or drama. [6] chi 569.
- λ441Λῆμαwill… less well. [1] Same glossing, variously, in other lexica (and scholia). The gloss ke/rdos is more appropriate to lh=mma: see LSJ s.v. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler: Callimachus, Hecale fr. 345 Pfeiffer. [3] …
- λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… Oedipus at Colonus 473 (web address 1), and scholion. The scholiast's gloss implies the reading kra=t' e)/reyon in preference to kate/reyon. [3] cf. alpha 3201, beta 15, omega 284. [4] Summary version of an …