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- λ86Λαμπάδιονtorchlet… s.v. See also lambda 87. [1] Dinarchus fr. VI.10 Conomis; Plato, Republic 328A (web address 1).
- λ841Λυόμενοςreleasing, being releasedLikewise in Photius lambda469 Theodoridis; cf. scholion on Plato, Timaeus 22D, where this present middle-passive participle of lu/w (lambda 842) refers to the waters of the Nile in flood. See also lambda 870.
- λ414Λήθηforgetfulness… headword, here unglossed, see also lambda 413, lambda 415. [1] Plato, Phaedrus 276D: ei)s to\ lh/qhs gh=ras e)a\n i(/khtai.
- λ856Λύσῃshould releaseLikewise in Photius lambda477 Theodoridis. [1] Plato, Laws 9.882B (on what is to happen in Magnesia when a slave strikes a free man). Read pei/sh| "persuade" instead of pai/sh| "strike" (see web address 1).
- λ519Λιθολόγοιmasons… which literally means pickers-out of stone(s), is quoted here from Plato, Laws 858B, where it appears in the dative plural (web address 1); cf. the scholia there; also Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and other lexica …
- λ722Λωβᾶταιoutrages… Photius lambda497 Theodoridis -- to which may be added Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 994b21: this last strongly suggests that the headword -- third person singular, present indicative, of lwba/omai -- is quoted from Plato, Crito …
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line= Pausanias the Atticist lambda14; cf. Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 994a17; a 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. …
- λ244Λέμμαhusk, rind… 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.
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneselfThis entry, without the quotations from Homer and Plato, also appears in Photius (lambda430 Theodoridis); and cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 405C, where the headword participle (from the verb lugi/zw) occurs; see further below, …
- λ594ΛίποιμιI might leave… 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.
- λ521Λίθον ἕψειςyou are boiling a stoneProverb invoked in Aristophanes, Wasps 280 (web address 1); cf. [Plato], Eryxias 405B; Apostolius 10.68, etc.
- λ369Λειόβατοςsmooth-trodden… (a ray or skate): Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.312B (7.89 Kaibel) quoting Plato Comicus (fr. 137 Kock, now 146 K.-A.), Hesychius, ps.-Herodian.
- λ874Λυττῶντεςraging… earlier Hesychius lambda1471 has accusative(s), which might point to (e.g.) Plato, Republic 586C. cf. generally lambda 851, lambda 854, lambda 869.
- λ135Λασιόκωφοςhairy-mute… (see the references at Photius lambda110 Theodoridis), as if from Plato, Phaedrus 253E, but in fact it is a false reading of two separate words: see web address 1. [1] By dint of being …
- λ265ΛέωνLeon… of Philip. See A. Woerle, Die politische Taetigkeit der Schueler Platons (Darmstadt 1981) 126-127.
- λ674Λοπάςgriddle, hotplate[1] Plato Comicus fr. 109 Kock (LSJ s.v. I.2), and Glossarium Italioticum 33 Kassel-Austin; but Plato distinguishes the lopa/s and the th/ganon (tau 466) as different kinds of frying pan: "and a lopa/s is …
- λ819Λυκόστομοςwolf-mouth… Polybius 7.13.7 -- abridged: he attributes 'the Arcadian story' to Plato (Republic 565D) -- on Philip V of Macedon (phi 355).
- λ250Λέοντα ξυρᾷςyou are shaving a lion… in Photius (and the paroemiographers), and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 341C (where the phrase 'attempting to shave a lion' occurs). See web address 1. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to …
- λ833Λύματαlumata… Theodoridis connects it there to e)ne/xura lu/sima "redeemable pledges" in Plato, Laws 820E. (The word occurs in Photius near to where, alphabetically, lu/sima would occur, which might suggest it was originally a gloss on …
- λ310Λεσχηνείαgossip… See also omicron 343. [1] Rare word, quoted perhaps from [Plato], Axiochus 369D (where it appears in the genitive case). [2] Manuscripts of the Suda read lesxhno/ths or lesxhni/ths, but on the basis of …
- λ528Λίθων ποτίμωνof drinking stones, of porous stonesSame entry in Photius lambda306 Theodoridis. [1] Plato, Laws 12.947D (on the construction of a tomb for a Scrutineer), where in fact the reading is in doubt: poti/mwn, as here (and in Photius), or …
- λ170Λάχοςportion, lot… glossing of 'portion' with 'part', Adler notes that Ruhnken adduced Plato, Laws 5.745D. [3] Quotation (in which, with Kuster, one should read genitive sfai/ras for the transmitted sfai/ra; cf. Crusius in his edition of …
- λ823ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… lambda 824. The present material comes from the scholia to Plato, Republic 599D (where L. is mentioned). [1] 58 in the scholion (and 8 in some of the Suda mss). [2] That L. was …
- λ692Λουτράbaths… 'to be borne down along the current' was proverbial: see Plato, Republic 492C, and the paroemiographers (e.g. Gregorius 2.87, Apostolius 9.59).
- λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… as li/spai; cf. LSJ s.v. See also the scholia to Plato, Symposium 193A (cf. note [2] below). The word (here in the nominative plural) is clearly an Atticism and part of a style frowned …
- λ603Λίσπηsmooth, polished… two of astragaloi, see lambda 604 and the reference to Plato there. [1] This word is not found in the surviving texts of Apollonius Dyscolus. [2] The scholiast assigns this definition to Callistratus, but …
- λ193Λαιόνleft… De natura animalium 7.8.21; Appian, Libyca 177; Albinus, Epitome doctrinae platonicae 18.1; and see lambda 672) is feminine, implying the noun xei/r 'hand'. In the present instance it is neuter; cf. Hesychius lambda146 and …