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λ8ΛάβραξbassA kind of fish. And [there is] a proverb: 'Milesian basses'. The appellation was applied because its mouth gapes open and it swallows the bait readily and eagerly [la/brws]; consequently it is easily caught. …highmedium
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
λ15Λάγειον αἷμαhare's bloodThat of a hare.highshort
λ16Λαγίδηςhare-ish, leveret; LagidThe [sc. offspring] of the hare.highshort
λ25ΛάγοςLagos, LagusProper name. [sc. It was he] who married Arsinoe, the mother of Ptolemaios the Saviour. This Ptolemaios, not related to him at all, Lagos in fact exposed upon a bronze shield. And a story …highmedium
λ26Λαγωβολεῖονhare-net[Meaning something] in which they catch hares.highshort
λ27Λαγῴδιονleveret[no gloss]highshort
λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figsA proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].highshort
λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast …highshort
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his lifeA proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the …highmedium
λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares[Meaning] on the flesh of the hare. Aristophanes [writes]: "[with the revenue] from which twenty thousand of the common people [could live] on hares and all sorts of garlands."highshort
λ47Λάκαινα κύωνSpartan bitchSophocles [writes]: "like some keen-scented stepping of a Spartan bitch."highshort
λ51Λακέρυζα κορώνηcawing crow[Meaning] one making loud shrieks.highshort
λ52Λακερύζεσθαιto squawk[Meaning] to gossip, or to insult.highshort
λ54ΛακιδέαςLaodikeians, LaodiceansIn the Epigrams: "avoid the asp, the toad, the serpent, and Laodikeans."highshort
λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling[Meaning] sounding melodically. In the Epigrams: "the rustic strain formerly babbling in the groves [the cicada] adapted to the tune of our lyre-plucking."highshort
λ74Λαλάγημαbabbling, prattling[Meaning an] utterance, sound. "To you a holy refuge -- as a thank-offering for my life -- and a babbling [...] I dedicate."highshort
λ85ΛάμιαlamiaA [sc. kind of] wild beast. [So called] from having a large neck [laimos], [i.e.] laimia and lamia. Aristophanes [writes]: "he had the smell of a seal, and lamia's unwashed testicles." For the testicles …highshort
λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebodyThe early Socratics were in the habit of swearing in this way, but Rhadamanthys was the first to prohibit oaths by the gods, [ordaining] instead swearing by goose and dog and ram and suchlike. …highshort
λ114Λάπαθονpitfall; dock, monk's rhubarb, sorrelA ditch for the trapping of wild beasts; also an herb, that empties the stomach. Hence also [comes] the [verb] lapa/cai, [meaning] to make empty. Homer [writes]: "he drained the ranks of the young …highshort
λ120Λαρινεύεινto fattenThe [verb that means] to feed up.highshort
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen[Meaning] the ones from Epirus, [named] after Larinus the oxherd who stole the oxen of Heracles -- as Lykos of Rhegion [states] -- when [Heracles] brought the oxen of Geriones. But Proxenos [says] that …highmedium
λ122Λαρινόςfat, fatted[Meaning] sweet.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
λ127Λάρος κεχηνώςa gull agape[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to snatchers and thieves. For the gull is a snatching and gluttonous bird.highshort
λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesA proverb in reference to those quick to pay back [sc. what they owe].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
λ134Λάσιαshaggy[Meaning] rough-coated.highshort
λ137ΛασίοιςshaggyThe saying [is] about Philoctetes: "This man perhaps second to none of the first-born families, lies ill-fated [more] than all in life, alone [far] from others, with dappled or shaggy beasts."highshort
λ140ΛασταυροκάκκαβονlastaurokakkabonIt is a particular food mentioned in Chrysippus, in his [treatise] On the Fine and Pleasurable; its preparation would be rather troublesome.highshort