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29 entries for Cocles, One-Eyed

λ83ΛάμεχLamechScripture mentions two Lamechs, one being the descendant of Cain, the other being the descendant of Enoch. For Noah had been begotten through Lamech, the one who is not [a descendant] from Cain, who …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ876Λυτρωτήςredeemer… [He is] 'Lord' as maker and creator, and 'helper' as one who has given the aid of the law: for law, he says, he has given with a view to aid. And [he is] …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ634Λοβόςlobe… ears, [spelled] with an omega. Also [sc. attested is] lwbo/s ['one who has been mutilated'], [meaning] the one who has been harmed.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ684ΛουκιανὸςLucianAnother one, count of the east, in the reign of the emperor Arkadios. His position meant that one who held it was to rule over all those who governed the eastern provinces, and to …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware that one would not find such an expression arising from proper names, rather from cities and peoples; like "a couch Milesian-made" and the like. So …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ858ΛυσίαςLysias… a Syracusan, an orator, pupil of T[e]isias and of Nikias, one of the 10 orators [sc. selected as the best] with Demosthenes. He was born in Athens, after Kephalos had migrated there [sc. from …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ323Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day, brilliant day… [they had passed the day] troublesomely, [they dropped] a black one. Accordingly, in the case of men who were dying, they brought out their quivers and counted the pebbles; and if many white ones …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ685ΛουκιανὸςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… content, and there had been continuous changes in them from one thing to another, and on account of certain worthless men, who had been in the forefront of Hellenism and who wished to pervert …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… son of Lykophron, an Athenian, member of the Eteoboutadai clan, one of the orators selected to join Demosthenes. Irreproachable during his life, he died of a disease and left sons; but after they had …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotosA sweet-smelling plant; [the one] which some call 'myrrh-lotus.' Also [sc. attested is] 'lotuses', [meaning] pipes particular to the wedding chamber. "Lotuses were sounding, and the doors of the wedding chamber were rattling." In …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ753Λοιδορεῖσθαι τοὺς πονηροὺςto revile the wicked… kithara-player who sang the so-called orthios nomos and the white [one], which were the ones admired at that time. As to Ariphrades, his licentiousness with women was unnatural.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ441Λῆμαwill… "both had courage which was not cowardly, minds not idle. One should expect Euripides on the one hand to say something refined and polished; and on the other Aeschylus, on the attack, to toss …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… mortal guest, to inspect both the just and unjust. And one time, preparing to entertain the god [at dinner] (as he put it), he made a sacrifice. Those present at the sacrifice wanted to …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… actions taken by the emperor against the Church, he said, "One should not be astonished at what is done by a man and one who has obtained his authority from men, when even Saul …Matched in translationhighmedium
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 …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil[Meaning] a fiery [one]. Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: 'Lemnian evil'. For after the Lemnian men had abducted women from Athens and gotten children from them, they slaughtered the women together with the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… me, says Malchus, I do not consider it luck, if one strips his subjects of their property, keeps slanderers continually on his payroll to accuse them, makes personal accusations whenever he cannot find someone …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ265ΛέωνLeon… wife who is much fatter, and when we are at one our bed is large enough for us, but when we argue our whole house is not.' The Athenian people came to an accord, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ288ΛέπρεονLepreon, Lepreum… Aristophanes proffered [it] as a masculine: "Eleian" - meaning the one in Elis - "Lepreus". It took this name because of the fact that their skin peels [lepein] - making them transparent; [or] from …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ846Λυπράwretched[Meaning one that is] cheap, poor. "So moderate and self-controlled was Quinctius Cincinnatus who became dictator as to live in a wretched little hut on a small plot of land and to content himself …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ549Λιμιταναῖοιborder-troops, frontier-troops, limitanei… Note that, for the Romans, a limitatus [sic] field is one abandoned by the enemy.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… out. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'smooth tongue', as one that has been rubbed. The Athenians, too, are called as an epithet smooths, because they are, being boatmen and sitting constantly at rowing, …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ226ΛέαιναlionessAfter the opening definition this entry (a longer version of one elsewhere; see the references at Photius lambda133 Theodoridis) follows the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 231 (here quoted); cf. tau 1197 and the notes …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ447Λήμηblear, rheum, sleep-crust… walking". See web address 1. [4] An obvious phrase, but one which does not seem to have been used elsewhere: the closest is Hippocrates, Prorrheticon 2.18 o)fqalmoi\ de\ lhmw=ntes, "bleary eyes overlap [in symptoms] …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ84ΛαμίαLamia… end, K.-A. record the suggestions 'triremes' (Arnott) and 'women' (Post); one could add (DW) 'armies'.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself[Meaning] turning oneself, covering oneself. [sc. The term comes] from withies. A withy is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… Thucydides 5.84.2. [4] i.e. a "Melian starvation" means an enormous one. [5] Melos is, rather, an island in the Cyclades. The Suda has confused it with the region of central Greece, just south of …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keys… 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 seal-ring made, to open the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccups… "Then he wails and weeps and speaks to his loved ones." Also in the Epigrams: "and wailing, mournful Eros let out a groan." Also [sc. attested is] lu/gdhn ["with violent sobs"], an adverb. From …Matched in translationhighmedium