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λ91Λαμπήνηcoach[Meaning] a royal/imperial wagon; a famous [?]rhedion, which is a covered chariot.highshort
λ92ΛαμπιτώLampito"Rather, Lampito, I think, [was] cause." Meaning Lampito, I suppose, [was] cause of the battle.highshort
λ93Λάμπων ὄμνυσι τὸν χῆν' ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τινάLampon swears by the goose whenever he is deceiving somebodyThe early Socratics were in the habit of swearing in this way, but Rhadamanthys was the first to prohibit oaths by the gods, [ordaining] instead swearing by goose and dog and ram and suchlike. …highshort
λ94ΛαμπρειμονῶI wear dazzling clothingJust like I wear white clothing.highshort
λ95Λαμπρὰν ἡμέρανbright dayThey say ['bright' day], not pure [one].highshort
λ96ΛαμπρίαςLampriasSon of Plutarch of Chaironeia. He wrote a Catalogue of the works his father had written on the entirety of Greek and Roman history.highshort
λ97Λαμπροείμωνclad in dazzling garments[Meaning someone] wearing dazzling garments.highshort
λ98Λαμπροφόροιlamp-bearersAristophanes: for we men, just as if we were lamp-bearers, have stooped over. For those carrying lamps are stooped because of the wind.highshort
λ99Λαμπρόψυχοςbright-souled, dazzling-souled, high-mindedMeaning great-souled.highshort
λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[Attested as meaning] "openly," not "famously." And in Thucydides: "and with the treaties clearly broken." Also in the other old-time writers. And elsewhere: "[...] and he was clearly breaking the so-called 'permanent' peace."highshort
λ101ΛαμπρύνομαιI pride myself (on)[Used] with a dative.highshort
λ102Λαμπρυνομένωνof those gloryingMeaning [a throng] of those boasting and winning in chariot[-race]s.highshort
λ103Λαμπτῆρεςlamps, lampstands[Meaning] the lights appearing around the house. "When evening lamps were no longer lit."highshort
λ104ΛαμπτρίςLamptreis, LamptriansLamprai [sic] [is] a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Erechtheis. There are two Lamprai, the Coastal and the Upper.highshort
λ105Λαμψακηνῶνof Lampsacenes, of LampsakenesOn the wrath of Alexander against them, look under Anaximenes.highshort
λ106Λαμυρόνgreedy, wanton[Meaning] sweet-speaking, facile, astonishing, pleasant. In the Epigrams: "man-destroying passion shoots his fire-breathing bows and laughs keenly with greedy eyes". And elsewhere: "the potions were quenched, and the greedy toasts of the goblets". Also …highshort
λ107Λανθάνω>20 αἰτιατικῇI evade the notice of[Used] with an accusative.highshort
λ108Λὰξ ἐντείνωνstretching out with the heel[Meaning someone] striking with a kick. Lax is the sort of sound made by the toes.highshort
λ109ΛαξευτήριονstonecutterA builder's tool; for a builder is [called] a stonecutting man.highshort
λ110Λᾶξινassignment[Meaning] mixture, portion, lot. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].highshort
λ111Λὰξ ποδὶ κινήσαςmoving with the foot by the heel[Meaning someone] moving with the sole of the foot.highshort
λ112Λαοσσόοςpeople-saver, people-saving[Meaning] she who saves the peoples.highshort
λ113Λαμπαδεύεσθαιto act as a torch-bearer"So Aristogenes, an initiate of Dionysus, as he was about to act as a torch-bearer, then went limp in the right-hand portions [sc. of his body]."highshort
λ114Λάπαθονpitfall; dock, monk's rhubarb, sorrelA ditch for the trapping of wild beasts; also an herb, that empties the stomach. Hence also [comes] the [verb] lapa/cai, [meaning] to make empty. Homer [writes]: "he drained the ranks of the young …highshort
λ115ΛαπίθηςLapithes, LapithA proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Lapithai, the plural.highshort
λ116Λαπίνηcoach[Meaning] a wagon.highshort
λ117Λαπιστήςswaggerer[Meaning] liar/cheat, [one who is] reckless.highshort
λ118Λαπίστριαswaggerer-woman[She who is] puffed up, unstable, wishing to be feasted.highshort
λ119Λάπτεινto lap[Meaning] to empty out. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] la/ptontes ["they lapping"], [meaning] they drinking with the tongue. Concerning those who lapped their tongues [sic], look in the 'Gideon' [entry].highshort
λ120Λαρινεύεινto fattenThe [verb that means] to feed up.highshort

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