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66 entries for four principal virtues

  1. λ733Λώπιονlittle cloak… and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 664, alpha 1108, beta 390, and lambda 183. The 'master' addressed is one of the Kabeiroi (kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. λ360Λεῖκνονwinnowing-basket… the evidence for this.) [2] Greek Anthology 6.165.5-6 (Phalaecus). Find further extracts from this epigram, a dedication to Dionysus, at alpha 1721, alpha 4681, beta 140, beta 548, theta 379, theta 613, iota 72, …Matched in noteshighshort
  3. λ147Λάτρηςhireling, servant… quoted again at omicron 541; see the note there. Find further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3019, beta 473, epsilon 1196, and eta 482. For 'half-female servant of the goddess' see under gamma …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. λ869Λυσσομανεῖςraving mad… Gow and Page (vol. I, 33); (vol. II, 84-86); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1510, alpha 1828, alpha 4172, epsilon 747, zeta 19, kappa 2544, sigma 299, and sigma 1723. As …Matched in noteshighshort
  5. λ249ΛεοννάτοςLeonnatos, Leonnatus… brought up with Alexander, and a sharer in esteem by virtue of the appropriateness of his upbringing and his family and for both the size and the beauty of his body. Even while Alexander …Matched in translationhighmedium
  6. λ63ΛακωνικαίLakonians, Laconians… Gow and Page (vol. I, 100); (vol. II, 289-290); and further extracts at alpha 1539, theta 12, kappa 241, lambda 468, and pi 2936.Matched in noteshighshort
  7. λ792Λύθροςgore… Gow and Page, vol. I (249); vol. II (670-671); and further excerpts from this epigram at epsilon 1124, epsilon 1390, and theta 497.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. λ483Λιβάδαtrickle, stream… epigram, a dedication to Pan, see Page (96) and its further excerpts at alpha 1740 and tau 84. The Suda follows the Anthologia Palatina here in transmitting kai\ liba/des, but Page (ibid.)--observing that the …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. λ685ΛουκιανὸςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… much effort into the correction of the holy books. And furthermore one can find that he guarded the purity of the divine doctrines to the greatest degree among his contemporaries. For he also published …Matched in translationhighmedium
  10. λ496ΛιβυρνικαίLiburnics, Liburnians… navy at least as early as the C3 BCE. See further in Casson, General Index s.v. It therefore looks as though this Suda entry, after starting plausibly enough, switches to a description of an …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ609Λῖταlinen-cloths… epigram, Trajan's dedication to Zeus, see Page (561-563) and its further extracts at epsilon 1586, kappa 454, and kappa 2391. As Page notes (562), the emendation to de/pa was given by Salmasius (Claude de …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ468Ληρεῖς ἔχωνyou are keeping babbling… Gow and Page (vol. I, 100); (vol. II, 289-290); and further extracts at alpha 1357, alpha 1539, theta 12, kappa 241, lambda 63, mu 1136, and pi 2936.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. λ713Λόχμαςthickets… scholia thereto. [3] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 63 (web address 1). See further, next note. [4] From the scholia to line 64 (paraphrasing it). NB: the transmitted text of the line has the verb e)xliaino/mhn, but …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth… and Page, vol. I (192) and vol. II (541); cf. further extracts from this epigram at alpha 346, alpha 2766, and pi 952. Gow and Page note (ibid.) that the "labyrinth in the sea" …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ384Λειποναῦταιnavy-deserters… offense was prosecuted in Athens by a graphe l(e)iponautiou. See further Hamel (art.cit. below). [1] The quotation is unidentifiable, so it is not clear what event is being referred to, or who 'they' are. …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. λ672Λοξὴ φάλαγξcrooked battle-line, crooked phalanx… entry simply by the recurrence of the adjective loco/s. See further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 3852, alpha 4649, epsilon 3709, kappa 2026, phi 14, and phi 851.Matched in noteshighshort
  17. λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly… “perpetual peace” by attacking the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. For further background on Chosroes's 540 invasion of the Roman east, see alpha 465 note.Matched in noteshighshort
  18. λ12Λάγαναmeal-cakes… half of it is also, verbatim, in Constantine Porphryrogenitus, De virtutibus et vitiis 1.55.24-26.Matched in noteshighshort
  19. λ827ΛυκόφρωνLykophron, Lycophron… See generally RE Lykophron(8); OCD4 s.v. Lycophron(2), on which see further below; TrGF 100. [1] The suffix (for which cf. epsilon 3801) distinguishes this place from homonyms in Epirus and elsewhere. [2] Lycus: lambda …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. λ763Λοῖσθοςlast, final, remaining… correspond to metrical ictus. For Alkman see alpha 1289. See further extracts from this epigram, a fictitious epitaph for Alkman, at kappa 2656 and upsilon 104; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 125-126) and …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. λ389Λειποστράτιονarmy-abandoning, lipostration… Lexica Segueriana 276.33; and a scholion to Thucydides 1.99.1. See further Hamel (below).Matched in noteshighshort
  22. λ810ΛυκομήδειοςLykomedeios, Lukomedeios… evidently epideictic, there is no plausible reason--as Gow and Page further observe (vol. II, 76)--for gesturing at Hippe's grandfather rather than her father. [1] On playing with knucklebones, see alpha 4250. On Hippe's persisting …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling… Eunomos dedicates a brazen cicada to the musical god. See further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 87, alpha 2994, kappa 2368, omega 28, pi 670, and tau 877. [3] Greek poets were fond …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebody… theta 418 (and more on Lampon at kappa 2595). For further material on these and other aspects of the line see Dunbar (below) 357-8.Matched in noteshighshort
  25. λ183Λαῖλαψstorm… and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 664, alpha 1108, and lambda 733. [4] See generally beta 390. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Symeon …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. λ74Λαλάγημαbabbling, prattling… Greek Anthology (6.220.15-16); see more fully under theta 6. For further extracts from this epigram, see epsilon 4078, theta 198, mu 1394, omicron 374, and tau 1167. Dioscorides is writing of the castrato Atys …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. λ772Λύγισμαsprain… as well as in Dioscorides Pedanius and others; but see further, next note. [1] cf. iota 83, where i)/gdisma (sic: "pounding; a dance in which the loins were moved like a pestle": LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
  28. λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius… the child was not giving indications of good hope for virtue, by prayer (so they say) he caused him to die while still a boy, as he judged that it was best to end …Matched in translationhighlong
  29. λ58ΛακκόπλουτονPit-rich, Pit-wealthySame entry in Photius, Lexicon lambda44 Theodoridis; see further below, n. 1. The headword is in the accusative case, as determined by the grammar of the opening sentence. The base lakk-, meaning a pond, …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat… to a tortoise's shell in Philostratus Maior, Imagines 1.10.2. See further extracts from Greek Anthology 6.231 at alpha 4223, epsilon 1499, kappa 1222, kappa 1310, mu 447, and psi 31.Matched in noteshighshort

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