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λ694Λουτροφόροςbath-carrier… this was a boy with a hydria. They used to carry the bath[-water] from the spring now called Enneakrounos, formerly Kallirhoe.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… time of the Emperor Trajan and later. Early in his career this man was a lawyer in Syrian Antioch, but, after proving unsuccessful at this, he turned to writing and wrote endlessly. The story …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ808ΛύκιςLykis… poet. Aristophanes [writes] : "why on earth should I have carried these bags, if I shall be doing none of the things Phrynichus created, and Lykis and Ameipsias". So these men [are] the three …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life… their lives and stoutly contesting something. Also a[another] proverb: 'the Carpathian [brought in] the hare'. In reference to those who are harming themselves; for the Carpathians, who lived on an island and had no …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ476Λῆστιςoblivion… to be helped by me, when I die, you will care for my old age while I am alive.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ226Λέαιναlioness… On the handles of kitchen-knives ivory lions used to be carved. So he is saying: I will not assume the position of a whore for a man, like a lioness on a cheesegrater. The …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ264ΛεώκριτοςLeokritos, Leocritus… Kinesias with [K]leokritos instead of wings, so that they were carried in mid air, the outcome will be their death once they are airborne.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… while leaping over a trench". "The emperor Trajan used to care for those who had been wounded in war. With the lack of outer bandages he did not even spare his own clothing, but …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keys… 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 a three-obol …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… of Citium made a hollow lid for his lekythos and carried about a coin [in it], a handy payment for necessities, so that [Krates] would have [it].Matched in translationhighmedium
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… (pra/gmata), which indeed are sayables, are spoken of. The best characteristics of discourse [are] 5: Hellenism, clarity, brevity, propriety, consistency. The hypothesis is a logos too. Aristophanes [writes]: "provide Euripides with a plot, and …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ626ΛιτυέρσηςLityerses, reaping song… (West, below). [1] Menander fr. 264 Kock, actually from The Carthaginian (fr.3 Sandbach).Matched in noteshighmedium
λ648Λογισμόςcalculation, account… provided no financial support for Belisarius's second Italian campaign. While carefully avoiding any engagement with Totila (cf. tau 879), the ill-equipped Byzantine general plundered Ravenna and Sicily on the pretext that it was retribution …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… worth citing the passage in Plato's Symposium (193A-B) where the character Aristophanes tells the story of Love that reunites men and women, according to their sexual disposition, to their original states of double-man, double-woman …Matched in noteshighmedium