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λ234Λεκτόςpicked, chosen… term, effectively synonymous with the headword, see epsilon 2437. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 18-19 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
λ47Λάκαινα κύωνSpartan bitchSophocles, Ajax 8 (Athena describes Odysseus’ gait as he stalks Ajax); already at beta 166 and epsilon 3689. A striking example of a transferred epithet.Matched in noteshighshort
λ146Λατρείαservice… (Cognate words at lambda 145, lambda 147, lambda 148.) [2] Sophocles, Ajax 503 (web address 1); cf. zeta 56.Matched in noteshighshort
λ545Λιμήνhaven… II) -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 682-683, with scholion; more fully, already, at alpha 655.Matched in noteshighshort
λ839Λυμεώνdestroyer… generated by the accusative plural in Euripides, Hippolytus 1068. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 572-3; see already at alpha 328.Matched in noteshighshort
λ437Ληκυθιστήςhollow-voiced declaimer[1] Sophocles fr. 1063 (contextless). Also in Photius lambda257 Theodoridis (and similarly in Hesychius lambda856); and cf. lambda 440. [2] Very rare: other than in the quotation which follows here, attested only in Plutarch, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ582Λιπαρεῖ χειρίwith an importunate hand… cf. lambda 578, lambda 583) comes from the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 1378: see below. The related verb is defined at lambda 579. [2] Comparable definitions in e.g. the Lexicon on Gregory of Nazianzus …Matched in noteshighshort
λ476Λῆστιςoblivion… to lanqa/nw (lambda 107 etc.) and lh/qh (lambda 414). [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 583-4 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides 154B (web address 1). While one might suppose that the phrase refers to a line dusted with …Matched in noteshighshort
λ221ΛεγεντίαlicenseE.A. Sophocles deems this headword 'incorrect for lekenti/a', which in turn represents Latin licentia.Matched in noteshighshort
λ103Λαμπτῆρεςlamps, lampstandsSophocles, Ajax 284-85, with comment derived from the scholia there; already at alpha 957. Tecmessa tells how the maddened Ajax rushed forth in the late night to attack, as he supposed, the Greek kings. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ2Λᾶαςrock… Iliad verse quoted here; la/ou occurs in the passage of Sophocles quoted below. See LSJ s.v. [3] Homer, Iliad 12.462 (web address 1). [4] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 195-6, translated by R.C. Jebb (web …Matched in noteshighshort
λ241Λελῆσθαιto have forgotten… middle infinitive of lanqa/nw (lambda 107), is perhaps quoted from Sophocles, Electra 342 (web address 1). For the glossing infinitive cf. under alphaiota 235, theta 26.Matched in noteshighshort
λ356Λείαςbooty, plunder… lei/a (B). [2] Homer, Iliad 11.677 (web address 1). [3] Sophocles, Ajax 25-26 (web address 2), with scholion; cf. kappa 1052. [4] Quotation unidentifiable. [5] Homer, Iliad 9.406 (web address 3). [6] Valentinian I …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ36Λάειος φόνοςLaian murder… lambda 827, pi 1708). The present headword phrase derives from Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 450-1 (fo/non | to\n *Lai+/eion: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ835Λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ στρέφῃyou are wallowing in filth for your old ageSophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 805 (where the accepted text reads tre/fh| "you are nourishing": web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
λ518Λιθόλευστοςby stoning… adjective occurs (in the accusative case) in an image in Sophocles, Ajax 254: "I fear Ares [= death] by stoning". See also under lambda 38, lambda 265, omega 236; and cf. under pi 80 …Matched in noteshighshort
λ551ΛίμνηpoolSee generally LSJ s.v. li/mnh. [1] cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 636, and to Homer, Odyssey 3.1. [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.709.Matched in noteshighshort
λ790Λύειlooses, pays… the references at Photius lambda440 Theodoridis) and in scholia on Sophocles, Electra 1005 (web address 1) and Oedipus Tyrannus 316 (web address 2). cf. LSJ s.v. V.2. on (te/lh) lu/ein used in the sense …Matched in noteshighshort
λ729Λῴονοςbetter… the genitive case. The headword must be quoted from somewhere; Sophocles proffers two instances (Oedipus Tyrannus 1513, Philoctetes 1099), but neither lends itself to the specificity of the glossing phrase. For the comparative lwi/+wn …Matched in noteshighshort
λ732ΛωπίζωI strip, I uncover… grammars, but for the compound e)klwpi/zw (epsilon 487) see e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 925, where it occurs with tmesis: e)k d' e)lw/pisen (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drinkFor the headword phrase see Sophocles, Philoctetes 1461: 'o springs and Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.Matched in noteshighshort
λ735Λῶποςcloak… at Photius lambda505 Theodoridis), and see also the scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 925; cf. under lambda 732.Matched in noteshighshort
λ762Λοίσθιονlast, remaining, ultimate… (perhaps used adverbially: see LSJ), evidently quoted from somewhere, perhaps Sophocles, Ajax 468. A scholion on this verse glosses the word similarly. [2] The phrase is not elsewhere attested, but Nonnus twice uses loi/sqios …Matched in noteshighshort
λ220Λεβητωνάριονlebetonarion, levitonarion… leuitwna/rion -- and is apparently of Semitic origin (so E.A. Sophocles s.v.). Adler regards this entry as an interpolation from Symeon Metaphrastes (PG 116.45ab). [1] The Pr(o)usians are the inhabitants of Pr(o)usa (cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
λ322Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day… Theodoridis. See also epsilon 2040, lambda 323, tau 868. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 672-3 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ664Λόγχηlance, spear… also lambda 663, lambda 665. [1] From the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1311 (web address 1). The "seven lances" there are referring to seven troops of spearmen (LSJ s.v. lo/gxh III). [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
λ767Λύγδηνwith violent sobs; together… any event, these word are spoken by a messenger at Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1620-1 (web address 1), quoted again at mu 1293. The entry comes from a scholion on this verse.Matched in noteshighshort
λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… Atticist Praeparatio sophistica 87 and Suetonius *peri\ blasfhmi/wn 4.52. [2] Sophocles fr.885, quoted twice -- as proverbial -- in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights (1031 and 1068). [3] cf. lambda 410, sigma 171.Matched in noteshighshort
λ223Λέγειν σὺ δεινόςyou are clever in speakingOedipus to Creon [Author, Myth] in Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 545-6 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. delta 343.Matched in noteshighshort

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