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- 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).
- 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).
- 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, …
- 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. …