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- λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a Locrian… is given as *Lokrw=n cunqh/mata "Lokrians' agreements"). Hesychius lambda1254 and Zenobius 4.97 give the supposed aetiology: the Lokrians (cf. lambda 667) renege on an agreement with the Heraclidae.
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… the Atticist lambda11, a scholion to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] 6.7, Gregorius 4.23). The Lerne in question (Lerna in later sources and, via Latin, commonly in …
- λ803Λυκεῖον ποτόνLykeian drink… 'o springs and Lyk(e)ian drink'. cf. the scholia thereto; also Zenobius 4.99, and Hesychius lambda1375.
- λ346Λευχηπατίαςlily-livered, white-liveredcf. Zenobius 4.87 and other paroemiographers (where -- as also in Comica adespota fr. 1072 Kock, now 627 K.-A. -- the spelling is leuk-).
- λ450Λημνίᾳ χειρίwith a Lemnian handcf. Hesychius lambda872 and Zenobius 4.91 (and more summarily in other paroemiographers). For Lemnos cf. lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.
- λ410Λήθαργος κύωνlazy dog, lethargic dog… and (showing that the headword phrase was, or became, proverbial) Zenobius 4.90 and other paroemiographers; and cf. lambda 178. For the adjective contrast lambda 409.
- λ661Λόγοισιν Ἑρμόδωρος ἐμπορεύεταιHermodoros is a shipper in speeches… BCE (Comica adespota fr. 269 Kock, now 937 K.-A.); cf. Zenobius 5.6. For Hermodoros of Syracuse see Diogenes Laertius 1.2, 1.8, 2.106, 3.6 (but not 9.2, an earlier Ephesian homonym).
- λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-company… 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 also eta …
- λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[1] Zenobius 4.84, etc. The hare, the poor man's game animal, appears frequently in proverbs cited by the Suda: delta 86, delta 87, kappa 395, lambda 28, lambda 30, and omicron 105. [2] The …
- λ323Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day, brilliant day… hence the general statements are in past time. [3] cf. Zenobius 6.13; and see again at tau 868 (also epsilon 2040, lambda 322).
- λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life[1] = Photius, Lexicon lambda24 Theodoridis; cf. Zenobius 4.85 and other paroemiographers. For Rhegion, in the toe-end of Italy, see rho 120, rho 121 (with the cowardice aspect), rho 122. For the idiom 'for …
- λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides …
- λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… in the dative, as it appears in Aristophanes; likewise in Zenobius 4.94 and other paroemiographers. [8] Thucydides 5.116.2-4.