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λ843Λύπηpain, distress, vexation… Wachsmuth). [2] These words belong to the Stoic Apollodorus (see Diogenes Laertius 7. 118). The excellent person is the sage who, according to the Stoics, is free of passions or emotional states (a)paqh/s; see …Matched in noteshighshort
λ865Λυσιτελέςprofitablecf. lambda 866. [1] cf. Diogenes Laertius 7.98-99, and see next note. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.99. [3] Diodorus Siculus 33.28a; cf. alpha 316, epsilon 3786; and on Diodotos Tryphon see generally Graham Shipley, The …Matched in noteshighshort
λ733Λώπιονlittle cloak[Meaning] a cheap, shabby garment. "Master, [Diogenes] vowed to hang this little cloak on the holy temple gateway as an offering from the stormy sea-voyage."

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Λύπη

pain, distress, vexation

And the plural [is] ai( lu=pai. [Pain is] an irrational contraction of the soul. Hence the excellent person must not feel pain. And the types of it [are] spite, envy, jealousy, worry, annoyance, foolishness, anguish,…

Λύπη· καὶ τὸ πληθυντικὸν αἱ λῦπαι. συστολὴ ἄλογος ψυχῆς. διὸ οὐ λυπηθήσεσθαι τὸν σπουδαῖον δεῖ. εἴδη δὲ αὐτῆς φθόνος, ζῆλος, ζηλοτυπία, ἄχθος, ἐνόχλησις, ἄνοια, ὀδύνη, σύγχυσις.…

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λ3Λαβαῖςwith handles… of an aphorism of Xenocrates (xi 42, xi 43) in Diogenes Laertius 4.10: music, geometry and astronomy proffer "handles" by which to grasp philosophy.Matched in noteshighmedium

λ66Λακωνικὸν τρόπονin the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-style… passive. For the same in the case of men see Diogenes Laertius 2.127. (The remarks on this verb in J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse [New Haven 1975] 158) do not adequately distinguish between active, …Matched in noteshighshort

λ72ΛακύδηςLakydes, LacydesOCD(4) s.v. Lacydes; cf. Diogenes Laertius 4.59. [1] From 241/0 until after 224/3; in succession to Arcesilaus (alpha 3950).Matched in noteshighshort

λ77Λαλιάdiscourse… lambda 78, lambda 79, lambda 80. [1] An abridgement of Diogenes Laertius 4.33, writing of Arcesilaus or Arcesilas (316/315 - 242/241 BCE) who headed the Academy from 268. See also alpha 2825, alpha 3950, …Matched in noteshighshort

λ183Λαῖλαψstorm… beta 390. The epigram is a dedication, by the sailor Diogenes, of a promised object to one of the Kabeiroi (cf. kappa 6) during a storm at sea; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, …Matched in noteshighshort

λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] 6.7, Gregorius 4.23). The Lerne in question (Lerna in later sources and, via Latin, commonly in English) was a well-watered and, in parts, …Matched in noteshighshort

λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… for the elegiac poet Heraclitus of Halicarnassus: Greek Anthology 7.80 (Diogenes Laertius 9.17), lines 2-5. On this epigram, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 65-66) and (vol. II, 191-192). Gow and Page note (vol. …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ310Λεσχηνείαgossip… proposed (and Adler adopted) the reading lesxhnw/ths (best attested as Diogenes Laertius' favoured word for a philosopher's pupil: 1.43, 2.4-5).Matched in noteshighshort

λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides 154B (web …Matched in noteshighshort

λ377Λειπανδρεῖνto be short of men, to lack manpowerFrom Diogenes Laertius 2.26. But this supposed decree is highly dubious, and seems to be nothing more than an escape-route from the biographical confusion about the number and names of the wives of Socrates …Matched in noteshighshort

λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… founder of Stoicism; see generally zeta 79. [5] (Mis)quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.12: poih/sas de/ pote koi=lon e)pi/qhma th=| lhku/qw| perie/fere no/misma, lu/sin e(toi/mhn tw=n a)nagkai/wn i(/n' e)/xoi *kra/ths o( dida/skalos. fasi\ d' au)to\n …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; languageFrom Diogenes Laertius 7.56-59, with addenda. [1] This definition is Aristotelian (On Interpretation 16b26). [2] cf. beta 335. [3] These lines reproduce Diog.Laert. 7.57 in a slightly different way and their content is Stoic. …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ659Λογοτόποςsummary syllogismFrom Diogenes Laertius 7.77, presenting the terminology of the Stoic philosopher Crinis (C2 BCE). Cf. tau 1055. [1] The headword, transmitted as logoto/pos, should actually be logotro/pos. [2] Both lo/gos and tro/pos, previously defined …Matched in noteshighshort

λ661Λόγοισιν Ἑρμόδωρος ἐμπορεύεταιHermodoros is a shipper in speeches… 937 K.-A.); cf. Zenobius 5.6. For Hermodoros of Syracuse see Diogenes Laertius 1.2, 1.8, 2.106, 3.6 (but not 9.2, an earlier Ephesian homonym).Matched in noteshighshort

λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagleFrom Photius lambda451 Theodoridis; also in Diogenianus 6.19 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathersMenander fr. 167 K.-Th., 148 K.-A.; cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers. The 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.Matched in noteshighshort