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- λ467Ληρεῖςyou are babblingcf. alpha 3459, lambda 468. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 517, where the phrase lh=ron lhrei=s occurs; see at n.4 below. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1273. [3] As a variant reading of …
- λ284Λέπαςcrag… two nouns spelled identically but accented differently. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wealth (Plutus) 1096; cf. the scholia to Wasps 105. [2] Greek Anthology 6.23.1-2 (author unknown); cf. alpha 4240, beta 365.
- λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… Birds 186, the first two closely related to notes in scholia thereto, the third drawn from a paroemiographic source. [1] Thucydides 5.84.3 lists the Athenian generals as Kleomedes and Teisias; Nikias was among the …
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… and Plato, also appears in Photius (lambda430 Theodoridis); and cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 405C, where the headword participle (from the verb lugi/zw) occurs; see further below, n.5. [1] As LSJ s.v. explains (web …
- λ447Λήμηblear, rheum, sleep-crust… 2467. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (and various scholia): see the references at Photius lambda268 Theodoridis. [2] Folk etymology appearing also in the Etymologicum Gudianum. [3] The passage is taken from the …
- λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… the headword as li/spai; cf. LSJ s.v. See also the scholia to Plato, Symposium 193A (cf. note [2] below). The word (here in the nominative plural) is clearly an Atticism and part of a …
- λ226Λέαιναlioness… elsewhere; see the references at Photius lambda133 Theodoridis) follows the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 231 (here quoted); cf. tau 1197 and the notes there.
- λ288ΛέπρεονLepreon, Lepreum… [3] Reading xro/an for the transmitted xw/ran. [4] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 149, here quoted (web address 1). For the continuation of the passage see lambda 289.
- λ808ΛύκιςLykisAristophanes, Frogs 12-15 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. For Ameipsias see alpha 1572; for Phrynichus, phi 763. [1] The discrepancy is left unresolved by external evidence, which merely attests a …
- λ8ΛάβραξbassThe entry derives from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 361, where the phrase 'eating Milesian basses' occurs (web address 1); hence the accusative plural here. For 'Milesian basses' as a byword/proverb, applying to gluttons, …
- λ846Λυπράwretched… lupro/s (cf. lambda 847, lambda 848). Glossed as in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 13.243, where luprh/ occurs. [2] John of Antioch fr.48 FHG (4.556), now 85 Roberto; quoted more fully at kappa 2732. …
- λ753Λοιδορεῖσθαι τοὺς πονηροὺςto revile the wickedAristophanes, Knights 1274-79 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; cf. already epsiloniota 146 and the cross-references there.
- λ812Λυκόποδεςwolf-feet, white-feetFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 667, where the headword occurs (web address 1) -- but not as luko/podes (metrically impossible); rather, as leuko/podes, "White-feet", which is probably "an honorific way of referring to …
- 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.
- λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… K.-A. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 465-6, with scholion. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 925; Herodian 1.184.16.
- 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.
- λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… in reference to the Lotus-eaters encountered by Odysseus; cf. the scholia thereto. The term was used of a wide variety of different plants: see LSJ s.v. [2] An approximation of Greek Anthology 7.182.3-4 (Meleager …
- 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] …
- λ683ΛουκιανόςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… p.102 Henry]) stressed the seriousness of his mockery. The extensive scholia by Arethas, archbishop of Caesarea during the early 10th century, echo the Suda's disgust over the De morte Peregrini (pp.216-220 Rabe). On this …
- 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 …