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Λάκτιν
pestle
… a)litri/banos see alpha 1146. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.286, repeated by
Nicander,
Theriaca 109. (A modern reader might object that a pestle is not at all like a ladle.)
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Λαιδρός
brash, impudent
The headword adjective occurs in hellenistic poetry, e.g. Callimachus and
Nicander,
and it is similarly glossed in the scholia to the latter (Theriaca 689); see also Hesychius lambda123 and lambda124. (Both of these Hesychius …
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227
Λεαίνω
I smooth
… view of the Spartans, toning down Mardonius' speech); see also
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 201, 624.
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634
Λοβός
lobe
… other lexica (including Hesychius loc.cit.) and in a scholion on
Nicander,
Theriaca 536. [5] cf. Orion [Author, Myth] ap. Etymologicum Magnum 570.37.
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Λογάδες
whites of the eye
… Etymologicum Magnum 572.36 (citing a fragment of Callimachus); scholia to
Nicander,
Theriaca 292. [2] Greek Anthology 5.270.5-6 (Paul the Silentiary). Here 'hyacinth' is not the flower but the blue-white precious stone; see LSJ s.v., …
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