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- λ224Λέγεις μοι χαράν λέγεις μοι βοᾶνyou tell me joy (and) you tell me shoutingAristophanes in Plutus [sc. says this]. Meaning you are announcing to me [something] worthy of joy, so that, overcome with joy, I will shout.
- λ694Λουτροφόροςbath-carrier… this was a boy with a hydria. They used to carry the bath[-water] from the spring now called Enneakrounos, formerly Kallirhoe.
- λ280Λεωφόροςpeople-carrying[A term applicable to a] public road.
- λ139ΛάσοςLasos, LasusSon of Charbinos, of Hermione, a city of Achaia; born in the 58th Olympiad, when Dareios the son of Hystaspes [sc. was also born]. Some include him in the count of the Seven Sages, …
- λ808ΛύκιςLykis… poet. Aristophanes [writes] : "why on earth should I have carried these bags, if I shall be doing none of the things Phrynichus created, and Lykis and Ameipsias". So these men [are] the three …
- λ526Λιθουργικὴstone-working… Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Nausias, concerning the carving [writes]: "[...] but because there are three skills in the work, stone-working and stone-polishing and, in addition, creating the luxury".
- λ286Λεπιδωτοὶ ἰχθύεςscaly fishes[Meaning] every species of fishes except the cartilaginous.
- λ239ΛέλεγεςLeleges, LelegiansOf the Bronze-Age E Aegean; sometimes equated with the Carians (kappa 358, kappa 374).
- λ536Λικνοφόροςbearer of the winnowing-fan… is suitable for every rite and sacrifice. The man who carries it is called bearer of the winnowing-fan.
- λ98Λαμπροφόροιlamp-bearers… as if we were lamp-bearers, have stooped over. For those carrying lamps are stooped because of the wind.
- λ91Λαμπήνηcoach… a royal/imperial wagon; a famous [?]rhedion, which is a covered chariot.
- λ877Λύχνιονlampstand… -- these were silver -- to be picked up and carried in full view".
- λ410Λήθαργος κύωνlazy dog, lethargic dog… one which fawns, but bites surreptitiously. With horses too, the careless and feeble and idle ones are called lazy/lethargic. There is also a particular [sc. medical] condition, with fever, [sc. called lethargy].
- λ783ΛυδίαLydia… by Mysia to the north, Phrygia to the east, and Caria to the south. cf. lambda 784, lambda 785, lambda 786, lambda 787.
- λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite Headland… matter more cautiously. [1] Lysias fr. 9 Sauppe (still 9 Carey OCT).
- λ268ΛέωνLeon, Leo… against the barbarians. He was easily-satisfied and, on account of care for strong drink, easily led astray. For his manhood compelled him to have more concubines than the soldiers [had] and to drink more …
- λ347ΛέχαιονLechaion, Lechaeum… of this place-name in Lysias fr. 179 Sauppe (now 225 Carey OCT), and citing Strabo (8.6.22) for the information given. On the Corinthian Gulf; the western-facing counterpart to Kenchreai (kappa 1220).
- λ823ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… the Trojan wars. He was a paternal uncle of King Charilaos of Sparta, and a brother of Eunomos. And he was in control of the Spartans for 42 years; and when he laid down …
- λ226Λέαιναlioness… On the handles of kitchen-knives ivory lions used to be carved. So he is saying: I will not assume the position of a whore for a man, like a lioness on a cheesegrater. The …
- λ264ΛεώκριτοςLeokritos, Leocritus… Kinesias with [K]leokritos instead of wings, so that they were carried in mid air, the outcome will be their death once they are airborne.
- λ636Λογάδηνpicked… select. Thucydides [writes]: "not having stone-working tools of iron but carrying stones picked, they fitted each one at random." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'picked stones'. "Created from picked stones." That is, from …
- λ862ΛυσίμαχοςLysimachos, LysimachusCarelessly abridged from Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 20.115 (web address 1). (The title of the speech is textually corrupt here.) [2] Aristides: alpha 3903. [3] Lycurgus fr. 25 Conomis.
- λ87Λαμπάδιον περὶ τὸ σφυρόνlint-bandage round the ankle… while leaping over a trench". "The emperor Trajan used to care for those who had been wounded in war. With the lack of outer bandages he did not even spare his own clothing, but …
- λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keys… Aristophanes [mentions them]; they are famous. "For the husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with [three] teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had a three-obol …
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… lambda14; cf. Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 994a17; a scholion to Plato, Charmides 154B [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for …
- λ360Λεῖκνονwinnowing-basket… the sense that a l(e)iknon was "sacred to Dionysus, and carried on the head at his festivals" (LSJ s.v.). (In fact the epigram cited here is the totality of the evidence for this.) [2] …
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… the Hydra, others because of the fact that the Argives carried away the sacrifice-refuse there; for it was in Lerna that Danaos deposited the heads of the sons of Aigyptos, and probably as an …
- λ92ΛαμπιτώLampito… The name Lampito, chosen by Aristophanes for his chief Spartan character in the play, was also that of several real-life women, notably one of the current Spartan queen mothers (widow of King Archidamus, mother …
- λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch's… the first instance on Lysias fr. 106 Sauppe (now 123b Carey OCT -- but truncated there). [1] This phrase, not in Harpok., occurs in some mss only. [2] Istros FGrH 334 F2 (longer, but …
- λ496ΛιβυρνικαίLiburnics, Liburnians… people of the northern Adriatic coast (present-day Croatia). LSJ s.v. characterizes the ship-type as "a lift, swift vessel, felucca"; and cf. L. Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore & London 1995) …