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λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keysThe same 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 …highmedium
λ84ΛαμίαLamiaShe, as Douris tells in [book] 2 of his Libyan Histories, was a beautiful woman in Libya; after Zeus had mated with her, Hera was jealous and killed her children; hence, out of grief, …highmedium
λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankleSome [sc. explain this as] a light glove, some as a kind of outer bandage, some as the doctors' splint [for] putting the ankle in a splint, some as field-plasters. Aristophanes [writes]: "a lint-bandage …highmedium
λ226ΛέαιναlionessA creature, a wild beast. And Aristophanes [writes]: "I will not stand like a lioness on a cheesegrater". Meaning in the manner of a lioness. It is a shameful [sexual] position used by courtesans. …highmedium
λ249ΛεοννάτοςLeonnatos, LeonnatusA Macedonian general, related by birth to the mother of Philip, but brought up with Alexander, and a sharer in esteem by virtue of the appropriateness of his upbringing and his family and for …highmedium
λ264ΛεώκριτοςLeokritos, Leocritus"If anyone were to wing [K]leokritos with Kinesias, and the winds were to bear [them] over the sea's plain." Comedy makes fun of Kinesias for being very slender and for being an alien and …highmedium
λ288ΛέπρεονLepreon, LepreumA city of Triphylia. [It takes its name] from the steep mountain nearby. Some, though, [derive the name] from the fact that the men founding it caught the disease of leprosy. As a neuter …highmedium
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation[Meaning] socialising a lot, prattle. In the old days leschai was the name for the seats and places in which men were accustomed to congregate and philosophize. So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 …highmedium
λ330Λεύκιος ΑἰμίλιοςLeukios Aimilios, Lucius AemiliusThe conqueror of Perseus, became master of the Macedonian kingdom, in which, apart from other booty and riches, were found more than six thousand talents of gold and silver in the treasuries; but he, …highmedium
λ626ΛιτυέρσηςLityerses, reaping songA kind of song. Menander in Chalkedonians [writes]: "singing a Lityerses all the while since breakfast". But some [say that it is] a kind of piping. Lityerses was a bastard son of Minos, who …highmedium
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullusLucullus, the consul, was at war with Mithridates the king of Pontus. Landing in the Troad and camping near the precinct of Aphrodite, he thought he saw Aphrodite standing by him during the night, …highmedium
λ694Λουτροφόροςbath-carrier[Bath-carrier] and bath-carrying. It was customary for those getting married at Athens to send out for baths for themselves on the day of the wedding. They used to send for these the boy who …highmedium
λ753Λοιδορεῖσθαι τοὺς πονηροὺςto revile the wicked["To revile the wicked] is not at all invidious; rather, to any right-thinking person, it is an honor to decent men." That is, reviling the wicked becomes an honor of the good. "So if …highmedium
λ780Λύγοςwithy[Meaning] the fibrous plant [of that name]. Homer [writes]: "he bound [them] with pliant withies." And Arrian [writes]: "since the crossing seemed impossible for them, Brut[t]ius brought together the natives and ordered them to …highmedium
λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-wareDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos uses the expression. Didymos asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware …highmedium
λ808ΛύκιςLykisAlso spoken of as Lykos. He was the target of comedy on the basis of being a frigid poet. Aristophanes [writes] : "why on earth should I have carried these bags, if I shall …highmedium
λ812Λυκόποδεςwolf-feet, white-feetThis is what they used to call the bodyguards of the [Peisistratid] tyrants; for they used to thrust the pick of the slaves into bodyguarding service. They were called "wolf-feet" because they always had …highmedium
λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus[Lykourgos,] 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 …highmedium
λ858ΛυσίαςLysias[Lysias,] son of Kephalos; 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 …highmedium