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85 entries for Cocles, One-Eyed

  1. λ777Λυγκεύςlygkeus; lynxesSimilar entry elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda432 Theodoridis, where the problematic headword itself, here the singular lugkeu/s, is printed as (obelized) lugkes (unaccented; lu/gkes in Hesychius lambda1338). The singular lu/gc appears at …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. λ554ΛιμνώρειαLimnoreiaOne of the Nereids (nu 330): Homer, Iliad 18.41 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  3. λ636Λογάδηνpicked… of. In any case the headword in contexts like the ones quoted here (for a different one see Plutarch, Otho 6.4, of picked troops) implied not a choice of the best but resort to …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. λ619ΛιτόειςLitoeisLitoes (with eta) in one manuscript, but either way, unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. λ474Λῃσταίraiders, robbers, brigands, pirates… (already at lambda 429, and cf. pi 1454), but not one routinely observed by ancient writers. [3] From the scholia to Thucydides 1.4. [4] An approximation of Pausanias 10.34.5 (on an episode in his …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. λ854Λυσσάνιεo good sir… scholiast and the lexicographer take it for lussa/nie, "o rabid one". [2] Synesius Letter 127; see already lambda 54 (part), and again phi 768.Matched in noteshighshort
  7. λ123ΛάρισσαLarissa, Larisa… (cf. alpha 1150, iota 564); OCD(4) s.v. There was also one in Asia Minor (delta 1355) and even a Larisa Kremaste near the Thessalian one. Both versions of its name (s and ss) were …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. λ382ΛείπομαιI am left without, I am left behindGenitive of what one lacks or what one falls short of; dative of interest usually with the verb in the third person. See LSJ s.v. For this verb see also lambda 378, lambda 383.Matched in noteshighshort
  9. λ83ΛάμεχLamech… the Jewish Encyclopedia entry on Lamech at web address 1. One Lamech appears as the son of Methushael and descendant of Cain's son Enoch at Genesis 4:18 ff. Another is mentioned in Genesis 5:25 …Matched in noteshighmedium
  10. λ6ΛαβίνιοςLabinios, Lavinius… Halicarnassus' version (in Roman Antiquities 19.10-11) of the name of one of the Roman consuls of 280 BCE, P. Valerius Laevinus (sic); note also 'L. Lavinius', one of a group of military tribunes with …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ754Λοιδορησμόςabusement… Frogs 758: web address 1) glossed with a related common one. For the gloss see lambda 755.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ844Λύπηgrief, sorrow, painFor lu/ph see already lambda 843 (which indeed in one manuscript is the first half of the present entry).Matched in noteshighshort
  13. λ463Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme register… kappa 2559). The present entry is abridged from two contiguous ones in Harpokration s.v., commenting on Aeschines 1.18 (and Dinarchus fr. LVI.2 Conomis) and Isaeus fr. 14 Sauppe respectively.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. λ571Λινοπτωμένηnet-watching… watch over hunting nets", and they criticize two other interpretations: one derived "ignorantly from the birds falling into the nets", and one claiming that the word means "to fear excessively".Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ858ΛυσίαςLysias… the Ten Orators 835D): L. had three brothers in all, one of whom accompanied him. [4] A number calculated from the the 459/8 birth-date, on which see above; it nevertheless allows us to place …Matched in noteshighmedium
  16. λ175Λαιδρόςbrash, impudent… Hesychius entries also associate the word with a)ristera/ or a)ristero/s, one of several terms meaning 'left'; cf. lambda 174, lambda 193. Did the lexicographer searching Hesychius or a similar author for lai- words, associate …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. λ825ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… [2] The transmitted text actually says lives. [3] The only one still extant in full (web address 1). [4] Menesaikhmos/Menesaechmus, rather; cf. pi 2191, pi 2420 (end).Matched in noteshighmedium
  18. λ566Λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειςyou are joining linen with linen… you not...?' That version is reckoned to be the authentic one, though the paroemiographers preferred this one. For 'linen' (or flax) cf. generally lambda 561, lambda 564, lambda 571, lambda 572.Matched in noteshighshort
  19. λ861ΛυσιμάχειαLysimakheia, Lysimacheia, Lysimachea… known in Akarnania (NW Greece), Aiolis, and elsewhere, the best-known one -- which has probably generated the present entry -- was the one founded by Lysimachos (see OCD(4) s.v., and under alpha 1862, etc.) …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… so called because it was made from a stalk of one of the plants called lotus, although in the second quotation below an instrument made of horn seems to be referred to. (See generally …Matched in noteshighmedium
  21. λ375ΛειώκριτοςLeiokritos, Leocritus… in Homer: a soldier killed by Aeneas (Iliad 17.344-5) and one of the Suitors, Euenor's son, in the Odyssey (speech 2.242-256; killed by Telemachos 22.294-6).Matched in noteshighshort
  22. λ248Λεξείδιονlittle phrase, little wordOne form of the diminutive of le/cis. Noted in ps.-Herodian 239; and according to Adler there is something comparable in the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. under alpha 3834, epsilon 1838, epsilon 3598, eta 100, rho …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. λ260ΛεωδάμαςLeodamas… the several Athenians of this name in the C4 BCE, one of them a pupil of Isocrates -- J.K. Davies, Athenian Propertied Families 600-300 BC (Oxford 1971) 523.Matched in noteshighshort
  24. λ517Λιθοκοπίαstone-cutting, stone-strikingThis feminine noun is attested only here. One would think it simply the abstract cognate with lithokopos ("stone-cutter", i.e. mason), but the otherwise odd gloss might suggest artillery.Matched in noteshighshort
  25. λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… of the word, something modern scholars are still uncertain about. One suggestion connects its first element luk- with Indo-European words for "light" (cf. Latin lux) but this is far from certain. [1] (For this …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. λ663Λογχάσθηνambush-spear… feminine noun here in the accusative case) and the secondary one are attested only here. cf. lambda 664.Matched in noteshighshort
  27. λ66Λακωνικὸν τρόπονin the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-style… in anal intercourse, by either men or women (or presumably one of each). On the supposed freedom(s), sexual and otherwise, of Spartan women see generally P.A. Cartledge, "Spartan women: liberation or licence?", Classical Quarterly …Matched in noteshighshort
  28. λ96ΛαμπρίαςLamprias… the catalogue shows a lack of knowledge of Plutarch’s works one would not expect to see with one of his sons (Ziegler 1964, 60). The catalogue lists a total of 227 works: of these …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. λ562ΛίνδιοςLindios, Lindius… epsilon 3363, kappa 1719). See also next note. [2] Rather, one of the principal cities of that island. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Lindus.Matched in noteshighshort
  30. λ779ΛύγξlynxSame entry (Adler reports) in the Laurentian lexicon; similar one in Hesychius lambda1341 and ps.-Zonaras. Felis lynx, or sometimes Felis caracal: see LSJ entry for lu/gc (A) at web address 1, and cf. lambda …Matched in noteshighshort

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