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λ680Λορδουμένηarching backwardsProcopius says [this] about Theodora the wife of Justinian: "she [often] undressed and stood among the mimes, both arching backwards and thrusting out her hindquarters". Like kekamme/nh ["bent"].Matched in translationhighshort
λ736Λῶροςthong, strap… lambda 282, tau 718. LSJ s.v. notes, besides, 'arch' (in Procopius).Matched in noteshighshort
λ693Λοῦτρονwash-water… "And he will drink the wash-water out of the baths." Procopius [writes]: "he bade the bath to be ready, for he wanted to take a bath there on the next day." [It is said …Matched in translationhighshort
λ745Λωφῆσαιto abate… also lambda 744, lambda 747; and cf. lambda 746. [1] Procopius, Secret History 15.5 (actually about Theodora rather than Justinian: see web address 1; Greek text at web address 2); cf. Kaldellis (68). For …Matched in noteshighshort
λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly… (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 833. (And again in Thucydides: 8.67.3.) [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.5.1 (web address 1); cf. alpha 3035 and Kaldellis (81). The subject is the Sassanid Persian king …Matched in noteshighshort