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Λαιδρός
brash, impudent
… in the scholia to the latter (Theriaca 689); see also
Hesychius
lambda123 and lambda124. (Both of these
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entries also associate the word with a)ristera/ or a)ristero/s, one of several terms meaning 'left'; cf. …
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109
Λαξευτήριον
stonecutter
… headword comes from the Psalms (73.6 LXX: dative there); cf.
Hesychius
lambda87. [1] Of iron, according to
Hesychius
lambda286.
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157
Λαφύξας
having gulped down
[1] Likewise in other lexica, beginning with
Hesychius
lambda439; see the references at Photius lambda122 Theodoridis. The headword -- aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb lafu/ssw (cf. generally lambda 156, lambda 159) …
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208
Λαῖφος
laiphos
… fai/nesqai "very much to be seen"); Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon and
Hesychius
as just "cloth" (with one ms of
Hesychius
adding "namely, sail"); and the Synagoge, Photius, and the Lexica Segueriana as just "outer-garment". The …
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325
Λευκὴ στάθμη
white measuring-line
… 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 the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage …
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368
Λειξούρα
gluttony
… lambda 367 (q.v.). The word is defined as "gift" in
Hesychius.
It is defined as "greed" in ps.-Zonaras, and occurs in Early Modern Greek in that meaning (Chronicle of the Tocci 10.9,; A. Guillou, …
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499
Λιγαίνων
crying out
… elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda298 Theodoridis. [2] cf.
Hesychius
lambda957, with me/lpwn, h(dews u(mnw=n; and more generally
Hesychius
lambda955 and lambda956.
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634
Λοβός
lobe
… and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 14.182. [2] cf.
Hesychius
lambda1187. [3] Likewise, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. [4] Similarly in other lexica (including
Hesychius
loc.cit.) and in a scholion on Nicander, …
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784
Λυδιάζων
Lydianizing, playing the Lydian
… lambda438 Theodoridis, but in Aristophanes -- see below -- and
Hesychius
lambda1352 it is ludi/zwn; cf. lambda 785. [1] For Magnes see generally mu 20, where his play Lydians is mentioned. The present allusion …
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9
Λαβρότατος
most intemperate, very intemperate
… also under alpha 4140. Already, with the same gloss in
Hesychius
lambda29; presumably extracted from somewhere, though not necessarily in this nominative case.
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10
Λαβρώνιον
labronion
… properly omega, as here. LSJ register a variant labro/nion in
Hesychius
[lambda25], but in fact Latte there makes the correction. [1] More fully in Photius, Lexicon lambda9 Theodoridis: 'a kind of cup, wide in …
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11
Λαβύρινθος
labyrinth
… the references at Photius lambda10 Theodoridis. [2] Also, already, in
Hesychius
lambda33. [3] Greek Anthology 6.224.1-2 (Theodoridas); on a shell found at the seashore, dedicated to Nymphs; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (192) …
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12
Λάγανα
meal-cakes
… is presumably quoted from somewhere, perhaps the Septuagint: Latte on
Hesychius
suggests Numbers '6.5' (= 6.15), and one could add e.g. Exodus 29.2, Leviticus 2.4 & 7.12. [2] cf. generally Etymologicum Magnum 554.11-13. [3] …
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13
Λαγαρόν
slack, flat
The headword (already in
Hesychius
lambda35 but with a different gloss: to\ mh\ nasto/n, "what is not firm") is the neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, possibly though not necessarily extracted from the quotations …
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37
Λάϊγγες
pebbles
… headword occurs (web address 1). Same gloss, with others, in
Hesychius
lambda118. The nominative singular la=i+gc: diminutive of lambda 1/lambda 2.
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52
Λακερύζεσθαι
to squawk
Likewise in Photius, Lexicon lambda35 Theodoridis (and similarly already in
Hesychius
lambda190). cf. lambda 51.
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63
Λακωνικαί
Lakonians, Laconians
[1] Similarly in
Hesychius,
Photius and other lexica. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 142, with the gloss from the scholia there; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1158; and cf. pi 987. [3] Greek Anthology …
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66
Λακωνικὸν τρόπον
in the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-style
Likewise in
Hesychius
lambda226 and Photius, Lexicon lambda47 Theodoridis, and cf. Apostolius (the paroemiographer) 10.42. This entry brings up the chronological rear of a considerable body of lexicographical and scholiastic mention of the phrase …
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70
Λακρατίδης
Lakratides, Lacratides; Lakrateides
… to the period 521/20-512/11. Broadly similar material, more briefly, in
Hesychius
lambda217 and Photius lambda55 (where the editors prints the name as Lakratidas). [1] King Dareios (Darius) I of Persia, reigned 522-486. [2] Aristophanes, …
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91
Λαμπήνη
coach
… rhedion (cf. Latin raeda, reda), and this is supported by
Hesychius
s.v. (b) lampene here (headword), lapine at lambda 116, lampistine transmitted at Photius lambda69 (but obelized by Theodoridis there).
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137
Λασίοις
shaggy
… else. There is no equivalent entry in Photius, but note
Hesychius
lambda365: lasi/oisi: dase/si: 'sth/qesi lasi/ois' (a version of sth/qessin lasi/oisi in Homer, Iliad 1.189). [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 180-185 (a lyric passage).
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150
Λατύπη
chips of stone; gypsum
… and elsewhere; see the references at Photius, Lexicon lambda116 Theodoridis.
Hesychius
lambda411 gives "what has been chopped off a stone", and Eustathius, Commentary on Dionysius the Periegete 521, "the little stones that spring out …
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168
Λάχνη
down, fuzzy hair, nap, pile
… being extracted from Homer, Iliad: 10.134 according to Latte (on
Hesychius
lambda455); 2.219 according to Theodoridis. See also lambda 169.
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174
Λαιά
left [hand]
… adjective is cognate with Latin laevus. See LSJ s.v.: "in
Hesychius
we have lai/ba, i.e. lai/va, = a)spi/s, because borne on the left arm." [1] (More exactly, "bester", for the term appears to be …
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177
Λαιετόν
antique (?)
… Nicholas suggests a quite different interpretation of this entry, citing
Hesychius
lambda163 s.v. la/iton: a)rxei=on and ps.-Zonaras lai/eton: to\ a)rxei=on; see under lambda 202.]
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179
Λαιθυράζω
I scoff
… the breast'. Note also the suspiciously similar laiqaru/zein, glossed by
Hesychius
lambda131 as lamurw=sai, diapra/casqai.
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182
Λαίλας
lailas, usurper, absolute ruler
The Lydian origin of this headword -- alleged by
Hesychius
lambda134, who adds (sc. a term used) 'by Lydians' -- is not attested elsewhere. The grammarian Theognostus instead adds 'but placed there' (Canones 27.6). …
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186
Λαῖμα
laima
Same glosses at ps.-Zonaras 1288 s.v. lai=gma; and cf. broadly
Hesychius
lambda119 s.v. lai/gmata. For this difficult headword, which perhaps should actually be lai=tma (lambda 205), see already lambda 185. [1] Likewise, according to …
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188
Λαιμάσσω
I am greedy
cf. generally lambda 187.
Hesychius
lambda140 has a very similar definition of the verb laima/w.
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193
Λαιόν
left
… xei/r 'hand'. In the present instance it is neuter; cf.
Hesychius
lambda146 and esp. tau1092. See also tau 820.
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