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- λ342ΛευράsmoothNeuter plural of the adjective leuro/s, evidently quoted from somewhere. Hesychius lambda748 glosses it as lei=a; cf. lambda 353.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ458ΛηναιώνLenaion… Days 504 and elsewhere (not including Athens). Fuller entry in Hesychius lambda882.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ457ΛηναῖοςLenaian, Lenaeancf. Hesychius lambda881. See also lambda 454, lambda 455, lambda 456, lambda 458, lambda 563 (and delta 1185 for Dionysos).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ479Λίανexcessively, extremelycf. generally Hesychius lambda923 (and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 5.361). Headword and gloss, both commonplace adverbs, are reversed at pi 247.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ800Λυκείηνwolfskin… address 1), where the accusative-case headword occurs (as luke/hn); and Hesychius lambda1373.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ473Λῄσταρχοςpirate-chiefSimilarly in Hesychius lambda908. For the headword see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 33.1.5; Appian, Iberica 289; Polyaenus 4.9.3; and cf. generally lambda 474, lambda 475).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ327Λευκὴ ψῆφοςwhite pebble, white voteHesychius lambda730; Apostolius 10.62, etc. cf. generally psi 85 (which explains 'or miserably').Matched in noteshighshort
- λ37Λάϊγγεςpebbles… headword occurs (web address 1). Same gloss, with others, in Hesychius lambda118. The nominative singular la=i+gc: diminutive of lambda 1/lambda 2.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ242Λελιημένοςlonging forcf. Hesychius lambda620; Etymologicum Genuinum lambda60; Etymologicum Magnum 560.3; scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.465 (web address 1), and 5.690 (web address 2), where the headword (masculine nominative singular participle of the defective epic perfect …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ369Λειόβατοςsmooth-trodden… Kaibel) quoting Plato Comicus (fr. 137 Kock, now 146 K.-A.), Hesychius, ps.-Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a Locrian… the headword phrase is given as *Lokrw=n cunqh/mata "Lokrians' agreements"). Hesychius lambda1254 and Zenobius 4.97 give the supposed aetiology: the Lokrians (cf. lambda 667) renege on an agreement with the Heraclidae.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ855Λῦσαι Λύσιςto loose, to release[1] Aorist infinitive of lu/w; cf. Hesychius lambda1436. [2] Again (and similarly unglossed) at lambda 864. Perhaps the point is the difference in accentuation: the infinitive has a long vowel with a circumflex, but …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ777Λυγκεύςlygkeus; lynxes… singular lugkeu/s, is printed as (obelized) lugkes (unaccented; lu/gkes in Hesychius lambda1338). The singular lu/gc appears at lambda 779; and see (again) lambda 775 for the 'sharp-eyed' element (which again other lexica present differently).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drink… Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ251Λεοντεία δοράlion's hideWith the unglossed headword phrase cf. generally lambda 253. Hesychius lambda647 glosses the phrase 'leo/nteios (sic) dora/' with 'its skin'. The adjective itself can mean anything pertaining to a lion or more specifically (as …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ91Λαμπήνηcoach… 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).Matched in noteshighshort
- λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-DoriansSame entry in Photius (lambda314 Theodoridis), and cf. more fully Hesychius lambda1041. The episode is undated, but presumably early. Outside lexicography, the term is attested in e.g. a proverb-collection attributed to Plutarch (where only …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ450Λημνίᾳ χειρίwith a Lemnian handcf. Hesychius lambda872 and Zenobius 4.91 (and more summarily in other paroemiographers). For Lemnos cf. lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ273Λεωπετρίαlevelrock, smoothrock… references at Photius lambda236 Theodoridis. Probably generated, as Latte on Hesychius suggests, by one of the four instances (all accusative case) in Ezechiel 24-26 LXX. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For the Chersonnese see generally chi …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ410Λήθαργος κύωνlazy dog, lethargic dogVery similar entry in Hesychius and (showing that the headword phrase was, or became, proverbial) Zenobius 4.90 and other paroemiographers; and cf. lambda 178. For the adjective contrast lambda 409.Matched in noteshighshort
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beastThe headword phrase was (or became) proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.75. Hesychius lambda947 has a briefer entry: "since [there are] deadly reptiles there, and as Libya has such beasts. Also [means he who is] of …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… Proverbs 19.19 LXX, which has the corresponding subjunctive, loimeu/htai; cf. Hesychius s.v. [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For 'bad mixture' cf. under nu 495. For the term katastasis …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ627Λιφαιμεῖlacks blood, loses blood… material, so far, in Synagoge lambda122, Photius lambda364 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius lambda1136. The headword itself -- third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb lifaime/w -- is evidently quoted from somewhere (not necessarily …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, 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, …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ66Λακωνικὸν τρόπονin the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-styleLikewise 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ780Λύγοςwithy… material comes from commentary to Homer (see next note); cf. Hesychius lambda1345, lambda1344; Synagoge lambda158; Photius, Lexicon lambda434 and lambda430 Theodoridis. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.105 (of Achilles once capturing two of Priam's sons: web …Matched in noteshighmedium
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectatorsSame entry in Photius, Lexicon lambda204 Theodoridis; similar one in Hesychius lambda689 and lambda 690, Pausanias the Atticist lambda11, a scholion to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] …Matched in noteshighshort