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- λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figsA proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].
- λ218Λεβηρίςslough, cast skin… skin which a snake sheds. And [sc. there is] a proverb: "blinder than a cast skin and a peg." It is a kind of bird, fleshless and thin. Otherwise [sc. the reading is] gumno/teros …
- λ327Λευκὴ ψῆφοςwhite pebble, white voteA proverb in reference to those living happily or miserably.
- λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesA proverb in reference to those quick to pay back [sc. what they owe].
- λ305Λεσβίων ἄξια[deeds] worthy of the men of LesbosA proverb in reference to the unsuccessful.
- λ41Λάθε βιώσαςlive in seclusion; live unnoticed; live unobtrusively"[...] of what is customarily said in a proverb, but enforced by him in deed, 'live in seclusion': so that I would not expect any of the men living at that time, [of the …
- λ521Λίθον ἕψειςyou are boiling a stone[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to achieve something impossible; as if [to say] you are trying impossible things.
- λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those hoping to have something, but failing to attain their hope. They say that the wolf, when he wishes to seize something, attacks it gaping. So when …
- λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… tail while biting, and you are a secretly-biting bitch." A proverb applying to people who, to be sure, pretend to be well disposed but are plotting in secret.
- λ295Λεπτή τις ἐλπίς ἐστ' ἐφ' ἧς ὀχούμεθαslender is the hope on which we rideThe proverb is said in reference to desperate situations.
- λ324Λευκὴν μᾶζαν φυρῶ σοιI am mixing you a white barley-cakeA proverb in reference to those promising great things.
- λ787Λυδὸς ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ παίζειa Lydian is playing at noon[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to licentious men; those being the times for licentious behaviour. For the Lydians are a comic target because they satisfy their genital urges with their own hands. This …
- λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a LocrianA proverb. It is applied to those being deceived.
- λ529Λίθων χοαίstreams of stones, outpourings of stones… references at Photius lambda307 Theodoridis. [1] Euripides fr.1007; cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.69, and see already at lambda 336 with note there. (How precisely Euripides' phrase connects with the proverb is not clear.)
- λ817Λύκος περὶ φρέαρ χορεύειa wolf is dancing round a well[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those toiling about something in vain. And because it circles ineffectually, whenever it is thirsty, not being able to drink -- since as it pursues something the …
- λ250Λέοντα ξυρᾷςyou are shaving a lionA proverb said in reference to those attempting the impossible. Interpretation of a dream: to see lions shows battles of enemies. See on a lion in the [entry] 'with hair standing on end'.
- λ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus… by tens used to rally. This gave rise to the proverb "Lykos' ten-company". So out of the ten-company [came] the [terms] bribing in tens and to be bribed in tens.
- λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-Dorians… early. Outside lexicography, the term is attested in e.g. a proverb-collection attributed to Plutarch (where only Rhodes, not Knidos, is mentioned) and in ps.-Scylax, Periplous 62 (a variant tradition naming Erineos, Boion and Kytinion, …
- λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast …
- λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than LynkeusThe proverbial phrase which provides the present headword is employed in Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 210, the scholia to which are drawn upon here; cf. also Aristophanes fr.260. [1] The sons of Aphareus (cousins of …
- λ127Λάρος κεχηνώςa gull agape[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to snatchers and thieves. For the gull is a snatching and gluttonous bird.
- λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagle[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things that are inescapable.
- λ292Λεπτὰ ξαίνειςyou are combing wisps[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those leading a life of penury.
- λ27ΛαγῴδιονleveretDiminutive of lagw/s, the adult hare, for which see (in proverbs) kappa 28, kappa 29, kappa 30.
- λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathers[This proverbial phrase] is said in reference to impossible things, when fear extends to the [very] words.
- λ845Λυπηρότεροι σταλαγμοῦmore vexing than a drool[sc. This proverbial phrase] is said because of the disgust in continuous dribbling.
- λ880Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειςyou are lighting a lamp at noon[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those doing something at an inappropriate time.
- λ448Λημνία δίκηLemnian justiceAlso in Photius lambda269 Theodoridis; sounds proverbial, but not in the paroemiographers. For Lemnos cf. lambda 449, lambda 450, lambda 451, lambda 452, lambda 453.
- λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-companyA proverbial phrase. [Used] because Lykos the hero had a shrine near the jurycourts [sc. in Athens], where the blackmailers would lie in wait. Three obols a day was set apart for him.
- λ566Λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειςyou are joining linen with linen[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who mix similar things, or who are deceived and demand [something] back. Strattis in Rivers [sc. uses the phrase].