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- λ442Λημαλέοςblear-eyed, bleary-eyed[no gloss]
- λ396Λειρόφθαλμοςlily-eyed[Meaning] one who/which has gentle eyes.
- λ712Λοχίτηςone who lies in wait[Meaning] one who ambushes.
- λ482Λιαστήςone who shrinks back; juror (?)[no gloss]
- λ294Λεπτὴν πλέκειhe is weaving a thin oneSomething said in reference to poor people. In effect frugal, narrow, weak. Hence also [sc. comes the term] leptolo/gos ["quibbler"]. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "and having relaxed your subtle mind speculate about the matters …
- λ596Λιρόςlewd[Meaning] one who/which is shameless. Also [sc. attested is the compound] lewd-eyed.
- λ380Λειπόκρεωςflesh-losing[Meaning] one who/which is very thin.
- λ777Λυγκεύςlygkeus; lynxesA kind of wild animal. Or sharp-eyed.
- λ762Λοίσθιονlast, remaining, ultimate[Meaning] the final one. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'last day', [meaning] final [one].
- λ198Λαίσκαπροςvery lustful[Meaning] one wno is lecherous.
- λ717ΛόχμιοςthicketedIn the Epigrams: "to the one who haunts a thicketed [sc. place]." That is, a dense [one].
- λ169Λαχνήενταfuzzy, shaggy… hairy, covered with hairs. Also [sc. attested is] laxnh/eis, [meaning] one who is hairy. Also [sc. attested is] la/xnos, [also meaning] one who is hairy.
- λ554ΛιμνώρειαLimnoreiaOne of the Nereids (nu 330): Homer, Iliad 18.41 (web address 1).
- λ636Λογάδηνpicked… tools of iron but carrying stones picked, they fitted each one at random." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'picked stones'. "Created from picked stones." That is, from cheap and small ones.
- λ117Λαπιστήςswaggerer[Meaning] liar/cheat, [one who is] reckless.
- λ552Λιμνήτης ἰχθύςmarsh fish, lake fish[Meaning] one from the sea.
- λ131ΛαρυγγιῶI will throttle… silence the orators. For when the pharynx has been cut, one cannot project one's voice.
- λ614Λίταργοςrunning quickly, slipping away[Meaning] one who is swift.
- λ619ΛιτόειςLitoeisLitoes (with eta) in one manuscript, but either way, unattested outside lexicography.
- λ67ΛακωνικόςLaconic[A term for] one who is hard, one who is brave. For such [are] the Laconians. Also [found as] an adverb. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'breathing Laconic', meaning strong[ly]; or adopting the …
- λ543Λιμενίοχοςharbor-having[Meaning] one having a harbor.
- λ474Λῃσταίraiders, robbers, brigands, pirates… "in the garden of the much-sung battle, become raiders". Meaning [ones] imitating the raider. And a raider is one [operating] on land, a pirate one [operating] on the sea. Also leistikon [is] a band …
- λ854Λυσσάνιεo good sir[Meaning] o mad one. But also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'rabid dog': "avoid the asp, the toad, the serpent and Laodikeans; also a rabid dog and -- I repeat -- Laodikeans."
- λ523Λίθος[the] stone… in the [speech] Against Konon [writes]: "leading to the stone one by one, like this, our witnesses who were present and putting them on oath". So Athenians seem to have made oaths at a …
- λ410Λήθαργος κύωνlazy dog, lethargic dog[Meaning] one which fawns, but bites surreptitiously. With horses too, the careless and feeble and idle ones are called lazy/lethargic. There is also a particular [sc. medical] condition, with fever, [sc. called lethargy].
- λ123ΛάρισσαLarissa, Larisa… (cf. alpha 1150, iota 564); OCD(4) s.v. There was also one in Asia Minor (delta 1355) and even a Larisa Kremaste near the Thessalian one. Both versions of its name (s and ss) were …
- λ382ΛείπομαιI am left without, I am left behindGenitive of what one lacks or what one falls short of; dative of interest usually with the verb in the third person. See LSJ s.v. For this verb see also lambda 378, lambda 383.
- λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite HeadlandThere being many White [Headlands], Lysias mentions the one in the Propontis.
- λ531Λικμητήρwinnower[Meaning] one possessing a winnowing-fan.
- λ764Λοισθώνηincontinent[Meaning] the bold/rash one.