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comedy136
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history117
imagery117

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zoology104
military affairs101
food90
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medicine77
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gender and sexuality72
rhetoric68
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mythology61
economics53

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Λ lambda632

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high632

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Medium64
Long2

Translator

David Whitehead293
Catharine Roth84
Oliver Phillips ✝54
Nick Nicholas53
Craig Gibson50
Richard Rodriguez10

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Malcolm Heath9
D. Graham J. Shipley8
Ross Scaife ✝8
William Hutton8

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λ381Λειπομαρτυρίου δίκηsuit against a recalcitrant witnessThey [i.e. the Athenians] used to bring a lawsuit against those who knew something of what had happened and promised to give evidence in court, but later absconded; and if convicted, [the defendants] would …Matched in translationhighshort
λ419ΛήθωI cause [someone] to forget[Meaning] I escape [someone's] notice. Also [sc. attested is] lh/somen ["we will cause (someone) to forget"] likewise.Matched in translationhighshort
λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκα

λ381

Λειπομαρτυρίου δίκη

suit against a recalcitrant witness

They [i.e. the Athenians] used to bring a lawsuit against those who knew something of what had happened and promised to give evidence in court, but later absconded; and if convicted, [the defendants] would pay an…

Λειπομαρτυρίου δίκη· τοῖς ἐπισταμένοις τι τῶν πεπραγμένων καὶ μαρτυρήσειν ὑπεσχημένοις ἐν δικαστηρίῳ, εἶτα δὲ ὕστερον ἀπο- φυγοῦσιν ἐλάγχανον δίκην· κἂν μὲν ἥλωσαν, ἐτιμῶντο κατ'…

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meter and music28

Ioannis Doukas

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Jennifer Benedict4

Nicholas Fincher4

Nicholas Fincher4

Akihiko Watanabe3

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝3

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝3

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Cynthia Shiroma2

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Alan Sommerstein1

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Kevin Arrowood1

Kevin Arrowood1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Timothy Pepper1

Timothy Pepper1

for a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figs

A proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].

Matched in translationhighshort

λ200Λαισποδίας τὴν φύσινa natural LaispodiasMeaning that he has a diseased shin. For Laispodias and Damasias used to be ridiculed for being bad-shinned. Thucydides in [book] 8 says that this Laispodias was also a general. He was also litigious. …Matched in translationhighshort

λ326Λευκή τις ἀνεπήδησ' ὅμοιος Νικίᾳsomeone white like Nikias sprang upA misquotation of Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 428 (where the "someone" is not feminine, as here, but masculine, after the noun "youth"; see web address 1). Comment from the scholia on the line follows. This early-fourth-century …Matched in noteshighshort

λ660Λόγου τυχεῖνto get a wordMeaning [to get] praise. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort

λ271Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόνa lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) imageIn reference to women being debauched and giving birth. A 'cell' [is] the cover of the acorn, where the acorn is situated. "Both in each and every other respect and in having a penis …Matched in translationhighshort

λ167Λαχεῖν δίκηνto get a court-hearing, to get a trial[Meaning] to be involved in a lawsuit.Matched in translationhighshort

λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a LocrianA proverb. It is applied to those being deceived.Matched in translationhighshort

λ817Λύκος περὶ φρέαρ χορεύειa wolf is dancing round a well[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those toiling about something in vain. And because it circles ineffectually, whenever it is thirsty, not being able to drink -- since as it pursues something the …Matched in translationhighshort

λ238Λελάχωσιthey would put [someone] in possession ofThird person plural, aorist subjunctive, of lagxa/nw; cf. Hesychius lambda592, in an entry based on Homer, Iliad 7.80 (web address 1): Hector asks that, if he is killed by Achilles, his body may be …Matched in noteshighshort

λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his lifeA proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the …Matched in translationhighmedium

λ464Λῆξιν δίκηςallocation of a lawsuit['Allocation of a lawsuit'] and 'to be allocated a lawsuit': [this is what] they say for announcing a judgment of private matters; but inviting [sc. to trial] in response [is] antilacheîn, and distributing money …Matched in translationhighshort

λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast …Matched in translationhighshort

λ818Λύκος χανώνa wolf gaping[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to unsuccessful [persons/things]. Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, …Matched in translationhighshort

λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil[Meaning] a fiery [one]. Also [sc. attested is] a proverb: 'Lemnian evil'. For after the Lemnian men had abducted women from Athens and gotten children from them, they slaughtered the women together with the …Matched in translationhighmedium

λ250Λέοντα ξυρᾷςyou are shaving a lionA proverb said in reference to those attempting the impossible. Interpretation of a dream: to see lions shows battles of enemies. See on a lion in the [entry] 'with hair standing on end'.Matched in translationhighshort

λ787Λυδὸς ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ παίζειa Lydian is playing at noon[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to licentious men; those being the times for licentious behaviour. For the Lydians are a comic target because they satisfy their genital urges with their own hands. This …Matched in translationhighshort

λ661Λόγοισιν Ἑρμόδωρος ἐμπορεύεταιHermodoros is a shipper in speechesHermodoros became a student of Plato, took his collected works and was selling them in Sicily.Matched in translationhighshort

λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those hoping to have something, but failing to attain their hope. They say that the wolf, when he wishes to seize something, attacks it gaping. So when …Matched in translationhighshort

λ14Λαγαριζόμενονscraping a livingAristophanes [writes]: "when [the allies] have perceived the [rest of the] rabble scraping a living out of a voting-urn and munching on nothing."Matched in translationhighshort

λ811Λύκον εἶδεςyou saw a wolf[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to sudden astonishing occurrences. "You might not be able to look back at him; instead, there if anywhere, the saying 'you would not speak, you saw a wolf' …Matched in translationhighshort

λ113Λαμπαδεύεσθαιto act as a torch-bearer"So Aristogenes, an initiate of Dionysus, as he was about to act as a torch-bearer, then went limp in the right-hand portions [sc. of his body]."Matched in translationhighshort

λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesA proverb in reference to those quick to pay back [sc. what they owe].Matched in translationhighshort

λ127Λάρος κεχηνώςa gull agape[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to snatchers and thieves. For the gull is a snatching and gluttonous bird.Matched in translationhighshort

λ88Λαμπάδοςof a torch, torch'sAlso [sc. attested is the dative plural] lampa/si] ["for/to/with torches"]. Athenians celebrate three torch-festivals, at [the] Panathenaia, Hephaistia and Prometh[e]ia. Istros says that having a torch-race was something Athenians first did when sacrificing to …Matched in translationhighshort

λ324Λευκὴν μᾶζαν φυρῶ σοιI am mixing you a white barley-cakeA proverb in reference to those promising great things.Matched in translationhighshort

λ365Λειμωνήρηςbelonging to a meadow[sc. An adjective describing] a plant in the meadow.Matched in translationhighshort

λ450Λημνίᾳ χειρίwith a Lemnian hand[Meaning] with a cruel and lawless [one]. From the story: for they say that the women in Lemnos were accused of killing their husbands, because they were not having sexual intercourse with them.Matched in translationhighshort

λ521Λίθον ἕψειςyou are boiling a stone[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to achieve something impossible; as if [to say] you are trying impossible things.Matched in translationhighshort

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