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- 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."
- λ640Λόγιαsayings[Meaning] things which (a) god says in prose; but chresmoi ["oracles"] [are] those which are spoken in verse, the speakers being inspired by (a) god.
- λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling… n.2). The Locrian musician Eunomos (perhaps a nomen loquens = good tune) in a critical moment in a prize contest had a string break on his lyre, but a cicada leaped onto the lyre …
- λ865Λυσιτελέςprofitable[Meaning something] good, advantageous, or suitable; because "[good] defrays what is expended on it, so that the return from the transaction creates s surplus in benefit." And Diodorus the Sicilian says: "Tryphon [...] prepared …
- λ872Λῦσόν σου τὸ ὑπόδημαloosen your sandalGod says [this] to Moses. See under u(po/dhma.
- λ709Λοχεύονταιthey are in childbed… attested is the adjective] au)tolo/xeutos ["self-birthed"], [meaning] self-begotten, the unbegotten god.
- λ314ΛευιαθάνLeviathan… Lurking in the heart of the earth; [the one] whom [God] pulls in with the fishhook of godhead, which is hidden by the body like some worm.
- λ318Λευκαὶ φρένεςclear wits, light wits, pale wits… ones which are] mad, or bright; also [ones which are] good, or soft.
- λ322Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day[Meaning] a good [one], and [sc. suitable] for festivity. Eupolis in Flatterers [uses the expression]. "Night's dark circle yields to white-horsed day to kindle her light."
- λ289ΛέπρεοςLepreos, Lepreus… a criminal, a gourmet, and a gossip. [Aristophanes writes]: "by god, even without seeing it I abominate Lepreos because of Melanthios."
- λ584Λιπαρίαperseverance, importuning… importuning. He used to jeer at the attendants of the god, saying that they had got anything out of such protracted importuning."
- λ801ΛύκειονLykeion, Lyceum… gymnasium at Athens, where before the war it seemed a good idea to to exercise -- for prior to the sorties certain armed parades used to occur in the Lykeion, because of its proximity …
- λ848Λυπρόνwretched… you into [a life of] robbery. But I will give good land to [my] working-poor friends."
- λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative… clever[ness] in utterance. Also called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.
- λ61Λάκκοςpit… to let oneself down into a pit, this [is] not good.
- λ526Λιθουργικὴstone-working… stones so that each of their works takes on a good appearance. Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Nausias, concerning the carving [writes]: "[...] but because there are three skills in the work, …
- λ818Λύκος χανώνa wolf gaping… in reference to unsuccessful [persons/things]. Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, so that he would …
- λ276ΛεωσθένηςLeosthenes… time in the war against the Macedonians and with his good fortune failing, proceeds against the enemy and makes a rash charge. He is struck by a rock on the head in an unguarded …
- λ332Λευκόνwhite, clear[Note] that 'white' [is] also homonymous, just like 'good'. What in reference to the body is called 'white' means color, which is under [the category of] quality, and [what is called 'white'] in the …
- λ145ΛατρεύωI worship… I sacrifice, as in "to offer worship to a living god."
- λ32Λάγυνοςflask, flagon… Chaldaica 202 des Places), where it describes the hall of God.
- λ877Λύχνιονlampstand… the same person as the subject of the sentence; a god? (cf. the epigram at mu 1418) [3] Aelian fr. 141b Domingo-Forasté (138 Hercher).
- λ331ΛευκοθέηLeukothea, Leucothea, White GoddessSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (338). The headword is the Ionic dialect version of the name of the sea-goddess Ino, in Homer (Odyssey 5.333-4, web address 1); 'Ino Leukothea' in …
- λ546ΛιμηράLimera… 1): "Apollodorus observes that this city, because it has a good harbour [limen], was called limenera, which was abbreviated and contracted to limera, and its name changed". Modern scholarship accepts this (see LSJ s.v. …
- λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrine… members of the royal family must be sacrificed for the good of the people, and their 2.86-87 no.209 lists the sources for this particular case. No further myths are associated with Leos, who is …
- λ673ΛοξίαςLoxias… that the empire to fall was his own). As the god of the sun, Apollo could be identified with the sun. [2] Aelian fr. 334 Domingo-Forasté (337 Hercher), alluding to Pindar, Olympians 8.55(73).
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… to a line dusted with white chalk, and hence potentially good for making a mark on surfaces that are not white, most commentators take it as referring to a bare line, untreated with the …
- λ147Λάτρηςhireling, servant… garments and blond locks, fearing the half-female servant of the goddess."
- λ223Λέγειν σὺ δεινόςyou are clever in speaking… I for my part do not listen to you with goodwill because of your ill-will.
- λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous… Pherekratte is probably a slip for the name of the goddess Pherephatte (Persephone); cf. pi 1560, where the same quotation occurs with the reading Pherephatte. If it is not an error it could conceivably …