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λ681Λορδουμένωνarching backwards[Meaning] moving. Because those who are copulating move [sc. in this way]. Aristophanes [writes]: "and presider over bodies arching backwards".Matched in translationhighshort
λ59Λακκόπρωκτοςpit-arse, tank-arseAristophanes [writes]: "you pit-arse. [--] Sprinkle me, sprinkle me with lots of roses. Don't you know that I like to have plenty of things said about me, even bad things?"Matched in translationhighshort
λ804Λυκηθμόςwolf-howl… en masse, employing their customary wolf-howl. Such a cry [was] dear to them".Matched in translationhighshort
λ521Λίθον ἕψειςyou are boiling a stone… attempting to achieve something impossible; as if [to say] you are trying impossible things.Matched in translationhighshort
λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged[Meaning whenever] we are screwed. Aristophanes [writes]: "especially whenever we are shagged by some man the whole night long".Matched in translationhighshort
λ605ΛιστραίνωI dig aroundThe headword verb is attested only here; 'dig around' is LSJ's translation for it. cf. generally lambda 606.Matched in noteshighshort
λ441Λῆμαwill… profit. "For this child brings such will to light." And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "he has a will which is not cowardly." That is, daring. And elsewhere: "wild will." That is, warlike thought. And …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… tongue', as one that has been rubbed. The Athenians, too, are called as an epithet smooths, because they are, being boatmen and sitting constantly at rowing, small-buttocked. Because, when Theseus went down to the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ467Ληρεῖςyou are babbling[Meaning] you are chattering. Aristophanes [writes]: "what on earth are you babbling about? It's as if you've fallen off a donkey!" They also say: "off the top of your head." And elsewhere: "you are …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ653Λογιστήςcalculator, reckoner, arithmetic teacher, auditor[Meaning a] judge, examiner, investigator.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ445Ληματιᾷςyou are high-spirited[1] cf. lambda 441. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 494 (web address 1); cf. lambda 446. The accepted reading uses the noun: "for you are a high-spirited man, and noble". The verb is a variant reading …Matched in noteshighshort
λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… for previously a young man used to be sacrificed to Artemis Orthosia. And also the 'philitia', which are like symposia and contain pains mixed with pleasures; for no cushion lay under those who feasted, …Matched in translationhighlong
λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullus… him during the night, and saying this to him: 'Why are you slumbering, great-hearted lion? Fawns are close by'. With a start he realised that the king's fleet was at anchor nearby; he sailed …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ835Λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ στρέφῃyou are wallowing in filth for your old ageMeaning you are uneducated up to old age.Matched in translationhighshort
λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument"He did not devote himself to subtle argument or extend his discourses." Philostratus the Lemnian writes [this] about Apollonius. Hermippos in Demesmen [sc. also uses the word.] "I am already seeking to chop logic, …Matched in translationhighshort
λ370Λειοκυμονοῦσιν αἱ νῆεςthe ships are on a smooth sea[no gloss]Matched in headwordhighshort
λ292Λεπτὰ ξαίνειςyou are combing wisps[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those leading a life of penury.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ650Λογισταίcalculators, arithmetic teachers, auditors[Meaning] the systematisers and calculators. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] logi/somai ["I will calculate"], [meaning] I will recount, I will enumerate.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ468Ληρεῖς ἔχωνyou are keeping babbling[1] The headword phrase occurs three times in Aristophanes: Birds 341, Lysistrata 945, and Frogs 512. (The scholia to the last of these supply the present entry.) Literally, "you are having babbling", with the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ389Λειποστράτιονarmy-abandoning, lipostration… [sc. attested is] leipostratios, [meaning] one who is abandoning the army.Matched in translationhighshort
λ265ΛέωνLeon… sophist. A pupil of Plato or, as some [say], of Aristotle. He wrote about the reign of Philip and Byzantium in 7 books; Teuthranticus; On Besaeus; The Sacred War; On Issues; a History of …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ880Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειςyou are lighting a lamp at noon[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those doing something at an inappropriate time.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ223Λέγειν σὺ δεινόςyou are clever in speaking["You are clever in speaking,] but I am bad at learning from you. For I have found you ill-disposed and severe towards me." The sense [is]: you for your part are clever in speaking, …Matched in translationhighshort
λ566Λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειςyou are joining linen with linen… in reference to those who mix similar things, or who are deceived and demand [something] back. Strattis in Rivers [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort
λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle[Meaning] something of wickerwork, basket-like or mat-like, in which coals are carried. "This charcoal-scuttle is my [fellow-]demesman." "Out of fear the scuttle squirted me thoroughly with coal dust just as cuttlefish do ink." For …Matched in translationhighshort
λ709Λοχεύονταιthey are in childbed[Meaning] they give birth. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] au)tolo/xeutos ["self-birthed"], [meaning] self-begotten, the unbegotten god.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ383Λειπόμεθαwe are lost… "No sooner had the praetor announced to the crowds, 'We are lost in a great battle,' than it produced such consternation [that...]." Also a [sc. phenomenon in] syntax: "prisoners taken were two thousand, less …Matched in translationhighshort
λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than LynkeusThis man was a brother of Idas; but Aristophanes in Danaids [makes him] a son of Aigyptos. He was the sharpest-eyed by such a long way that he was able to see, through a …Matched in translationhighshort
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 headwordhighshort
λ680Λορδουμένηarching backwards… Justinian: "she [often] undressed and stood among the mimes, both arching backwards and thrusting out her hindquarters". Like kekamme/nh ["bent"].Matched in translationhighshort

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