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- λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagleFrom Photius lambda451 Theodoridis; also in Diogenianus 6.19 and other paroemiographers.
- 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 …
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 …
- 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, …
- 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).
- 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).
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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, …
- 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, …
- 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 …
- 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.
- 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, …
- 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 …
- 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. …
- 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. …