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- λ506Λιγυρώτατονmost shrill, very shrill[Meaning] most/very loud-rattling.
- λ9Λαβρότατοςmost intemperate, very intemperate[Meaning] most/very excessive.
- λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative… called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.
- λ872Λῦσόν σου τὸ ὑπόδημαloosen your sandalGod says [this] to Moses. See under u(po/dhma.
- λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument… you [priest] of the thinnest foolishnesses." That is, of the most intelligent and most obscure discourses."
- λ840Λύμηmaltreatment… torture and varied kinds of abuse; and with a punishment most fitting, crucified him on a hill conspicuous to all."
- λ491ΛίβερνοςLibernos, Libernus… that the earth would seal itself back together if the most valuable thing among humankind was pitched into the chasm, so some of them brought gold, and others silver, others their crops, and others …
- λ594ΛίποιμιI might leave… lei/pw, first person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; most probably from Plato, Apology 29A (web address 1), a passage quoted by Stobaeus, though other extant possibilities include Euripides and Callimachus.
- λ764Λοισθώνηincontinent… unattested outside lexicography. Of the lexica, Hesychius lambda1248 is the most informative, citing the word in the masculine accusative plural (evidently quoted from somewhere) and glossing it as "those unrestrained in their sexual appetites".
- λ130Λαρυγγίζεινto croak… stood around up and down, making a row and squawking most impudently, in the way crows croak."
- λ311ΛεσχίδηςLeschides… poet. He joined King Eumenes on campaign. He was the most famous of the poets [?who did so?]. Companions of this man were Pythias the historian and Menander, a doctor.
- λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… of his fatherland, having bound in loyalty to himself the most rash and venturesome of the patricians. It is said that, after he sacrificed a man, the conspirers tasted the blood, as he brought …
- λ678Λορδόνbent backwards, convex[Meaning] something humped. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] lordo/taton ["most/very bent"], [meaning something] bent upwards and opposite to the curved [sc. shape, i.e. concave]; that which is also called "stooping".
- λ313ΛευίLevi… second see also ps-Zonaras 1293. [1] cf. under mu 1348 (Moses), and Genesis 29:34 LXX. [2] cf. under kappa 1784.
- λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keys… they are famous. "For the husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with [three] teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had a three-obol seal-ring made, to …
- λ8Λάβραξbass… is easily caught. In Miletus of Asia the largest and most numerous bass occur. Miletus [is] a city of Asia, where many bass occur, because of the marsh debouching into the sea. The fish, …
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… for making a mark on surfaces that are not white, most commentators take it as referring to a bare line, untreated with the customary red or black powder (cf. Moeris 202.24; scholion to Homer, …
- λ769ΛυγαῖοςLygaian, Lugaean, Lugian?, Leugaian?, of the twilight… a mythological figure (grandfather of Penelope: Strabo 10.2.24), is thus most commonly met as an adjective meaning gloomy or murky or shadowy. Since the equivalent entry in ps.-Zonaras contains the quotation 'the topos was …
- λ685ΛουκιανὸςLoukianos, Lucianus, Lucian… greatest degree among his contemporaries. For he also published doubtless most excellent letters, from which one may very easily learn what idea he held of divine matters. He was martyred in the time of …
- λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; Lakrateides… Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his name -- to the period 521/20-512/11. Broadly similar material, more briefly, in Hesychius lambda217 and Photius lambda55 (where the …
- λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth… the "labyrinth in the sea" addressed in the quotation is most likely metaphorical of some oceanic mollusk with a convoluted shell.
- λ100Λαμπρῶςbrilliantly, brightly, clearly[1] Thucydides 2.7.1 and scholia, though the citations probably come most directly from Photius, Lexicon lambda78 Theodoridis (who has the whole of this opening part of the entry). The treaty in question, the Thirty …
- λ389Λειποστράτιονarmy-abandoning, lipostration… suggests that lipostration was desertion, and this is also the most likely conclusion to be drawn from a scholion to Aristophanes, Knights 226, which reports that on some occasion Kleon (kappa 1731) accused the …
- λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… of the Armenians. Lucullus waged war on Tigranes too, capturing most of his cities and laying siege to [sc. the capital] Tigranocerta. Observing the Roman [army] and calculating that it was easy to count, …
- λ96ΛαμπρίαςLamprias… 1793. [2] This catalogue is preserved in several manuscripts (the most ancient being Parisinus gr. 1678 from the XIIth century), in some preceded with a letter. The letter is a forgery, dating from the …
- λ739ΛώτLot… served idols and worshiped Beelphegor, and participated in sacrifices. But Moses incited against them those who had not sinned, and twenty-four thousand were killed. Phineas the priest seized an Israelite named Zambri, who had …
- λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white… white marble (cf. pi 643 and pi 644) was the most famous sculpting stone in antiquity, renowned for its purity and whiteness; cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 140) and Blümner (31-34). [3] Babrius, …
- λ254ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius… the bishops and wished to rule even over the churches, most [of the bishops] applauded and marveled as whatever he said, declaring that it was very well stated; but [Leontios] kept silent. And when …
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… 'cesspool of spectators' (see n. 3 below). The place was most famous for being the site of one of the Labours of Herakles, the killing of the Lernaian Hydra (see n. 2 below). [1] …
- λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrine… The daughters were probably worshipped at the Leokoreion, which was most probably somewhere in the Agora, although a few of the sources refer to it being e)n me/sw| tw=| *kerameikw=| (notably Harpokration s.v. Leokoreion, …