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- λ311ΛεσχίδηςLeschides… so?]. Companions of this man were Pythias the historian and Menander, a doctor.
- λ776ΛυγκεύςLynkeus, Lynceus… was also tyrant of Samos. Lynkeus was a contemporary of Menander the comic poet and produced plays in competition against him and won.
- λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathersMenander fr. 167 K.-Th., 148 K.-A.; cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers. The 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.
- λ317ΛευκάςLeukas, Leucas, Levkas… in Demosthenes 9.34 and going on to cite Strabo and Menander. NF: its status as an island was disputed, as it was only separated from the mainland by a mud-flat, through which a canal …
- λ79Λαλίστερονmore talkative, rather talkative… 668 Kock = 684 K.-A.), though the one reported in Menander (fr. 416 Kock) should more probably be a superlative; see under lambda 78.
- λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative… superlative of lalos, and as such is probably quoted from Menander's Heiress: a)=r' e)sti\ pa/ntwn a)grupni/a lali/staton (fr. 164 Kock = 152 Koerte = 129 Kassel-Austin). The masculine form is attested in Euripides, Cyclops …
- λ10Λαβρώνιονlabronion… its structure, and having big "ears" (sc. handles).' He names Menander but does not quote a passage. See in fact line 4 of fr. 24 Koerte, now 26 K.-A., and labrw/nioi in fr. 437 …
- λ57Λακίσματα μελῶνrending of limbs… 15 In praise of the Macabees (PG 35, 925.23). [2] Menander Protector fr. 20 FHG (4.227b), from his lost De legationibus Romanorum ad gentes, fr.10.3 quoted in extenso by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De legationibus, 193.7. …
- λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped… things that are in vain", rather than kata\ kenou=); at Menander, Aspis 372-73 (dia\ kenh=s for kata\ kenou=; see Austin's edition ad loc.); at Eubulus, Auge, fr.1.11; and at Euphron, Adelphi 1.30-31 (with diakenh=s). …