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225 entries for Photius

λ881Λυχνοῦχοςlamp-holder, lampstandLikewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda492 Theodoridis. As a common item from daily life, the word is frequent in comedy: cf. indeed Photius lambda494, citing Philippides and Aristophanes.Matched in noteshighshort
λ608ΛίσχροςthriftyLikewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda350 Theodoridis. cf. gamma 288.Matched in noteshighshort
λ510Λιγύφωνοςclear-voiced… adjective, with the same glossing elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda303 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
λ256ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius[1] cf. lambda 255. [2] Photius was Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and again from 877 to 886. His Lexicon is likely to have been a source for the Suda. See also …Matched in noteshighshort
λ610ΛιτάζομαιI praySame entry in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda351 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
λ231Λεκάνιαbasins… variously lekanion (as here) or lekarion; see the references at Photius lambda162, and under lambda 232.Matched in noteshighshort
λ52Λακερύζεσθαιto squawkLikewise in Photius, Lexicon lambda35 Theodoridis (and similarly already in Hesychius lambda190). cf. lambda 51.Matched in noteshighshort
λ187ΛαιμαργίαgluttonyLikewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda31 Theodoridis. cf. generally lambda 188.Matched in noteshighshort
λ623Λίτραpound… II. More fully in other lexica: see e.g. Hesychius lambda1151, Photius lambda359 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
λ746ΛώφησιςabatementSame or similar entry elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda510 Theodoridis. For the related verb, see lambda 744, lambda 745, lambda 747.Matched in noteshighshort
λ617Λιτήprayer… in other lexica and several scholia: see the references at Photius lambda357 Theodoridis. cf. lambda 610, lambda 612, lambda 616, lambda 624.Matched in noteshighshort
λ653Λογιστήςcalculator, reckoner, arithmetic teacher, auditorLikewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda377 Theodoridis. [1] cf. lambda 650, lambda 651.Matched in noteshighshort
λ591Λιποτάκτηςdeserter, post-deserter… or similarly glossed in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda341 Theodoridis. [2] Evidently quoted from somewhere, perhaps a religious/figurative context. Likewise or similarly glossed (in the lipo- form) in other lexica: see …Matched in noteshighshort
λ773ΛυγίσμασιsprainsLikewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda431 Theodoridis. The headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) and the gloss are dative plurals. cf. lambda 772.Matched in noteshighshort
λ253ΛεοντῆlionskinLikewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius lambda187 Theodoridis); cf. generally lambda 251 (and e.g. under epsilon 1312).Matched in noteshighshort
λ446Ληματίαςhigh-spirited… The present entry is paralleled elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda267 Theodoridis. [1] See phi 722. [2] See gamma 123.Matched in noteshighshort
λ117ΛαπιστήςswaggererLikewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda94 Theodoridis. The headword comes from the Septuagint: Sirach [Ecclesiasticus] 20.7. cf. lambda 118.Matched in noteshighshort
λ298Λεπτόμιτον φᾶροςlight-woven veilLikewise in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda203. The headword phrase comes from Euripides, Andromache 831 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ345Λευχείμωνwhite-garbed… or similarly glossed in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda229 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
λ448Λημνία δίκηLemnian justiceAlso in Photius lambda269 Theodoridis; sounds proverbial, but not in the paroemiographers. For Lemnos cf. lambda 449, lambda 450, lambda 451, lambda 452, lambda 453.Matched in noteshighshort
λ151Λαυκανίηgullet… other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; see the references at Photius lambda118 Theodoridis. See again lambda 315.Matched in noteshighshort
λ244Λέμμαhusk, rindLikewise in other lexica (see the references at Photius lambda179 Theodoridis) and in the scholia to Plato, Timaeus 76A (where the headword occurs: web address 1). For the headword cf. under alpha 3379.Matched in noteshighshort
λ293Λεπτὰ πλοῖαlight vesselsLikewise in Photius. [1] On modern book-division the passage is Thuc. 7.40.5 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ507Λιγὺςclear, shrill… in other lexica and various scholia (see the references at Photius lambda302 Theodoridis), though without this double headword. cf. lambda 504.Matched in noteshighshort
λ696Λοφάδιαon-neck… other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon: see the references at Photius lambda412 Theodoridis, and under kappa 634. cf. generally lambda 700, lambda 703, lambda 704.Matched in noteshighshort
λ833Λύματαlumata… "loosen" rather than lumai/nw "spoil". The same definition occurs in Photius lambda484, and Theodoridis connects it there to e)ne/xura lu/sima "redeemable pledges" in Plato, Laws 820E. (The word occurs in Photius near to where, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ120Λαρινεύεινto fattenAlso in Photius' Lexicon (end of lambda97 Theodoridis), and again under lambda 121. LSJ ignores this verb (recognising only a middle form, larineu/omai). cf. lambda 121, lambda 122.Matched in noteshighshort
λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagleFrom Photius lambda451 Theodoridis; also in Diogenianus 6.19 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
λ852ΛύσανδροςLysandros, Lysander… Peloponnesian War; died 395 BCE. Poralla/Bradford no.504. Entry (also in Photius) lightly abridged from Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-companyLikewise in Photius lambda457 Theodoridis (from Pausanias the Atticist) and similarly in Zenobius 5.2 and other paroemiographers. Better, however, is Photius lambda456 Theodoridis, quoting Eratosthenes (via Harpokration delta13 Keaney); see under delta 174. See …Matched in noteshighshort

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