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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".
- 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?"
- λ521Λίθον ἕψειςyou are boiling a stone… attempting to achieve something impossible; as if [to say] you are trying impossible things.
- λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged[Meaning whenever] we are screwed. Aristophanes [writes]: "especially whenever we are shagged by some man the whole night long".
- λ605ΛιστραίνωI dig around[Meaning] I dig.
- 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 …
- λ653Λογιστήςcalculator, reckoner, arithmetic teacher, auditor[Meaning a] judge, examiner, investigator.
- λ445Ληματιᾷςyou are high-spiritedlêma is resolution; so "you lêmatiâis" [means] you think big things. The word is also used without an iota [subscript] [as] lêmatias, [meaning] someone high-spirited and powerful.
- λ835Λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ στρέφῃyou are wallowing in filth for your old ageMeaning you are uneducated up to old age.
- 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, …
- λ370Λειοκυμονοῦσιν αἱ νῆεςthe ships are on a smooth sea[no gloss]
- λ292Λεπτὰ ξαίνειςyou are combing wisps[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those leading a life of penury.
- 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.
- λ468Ληρεῖς ἔχωνyou are keeping babblingThe "keeping" is redundant. In the Epigrams: "and the golden piping for the tunic ornaments" .
- λ389Λειποστράτιονarmy-abandoning, lipostration… [sc. attested is] leipostratios, [meaning] one who is abandoning the army.
- λ880Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειςyou are lighting a lamp at noon[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those doing something at an inappropriate time.
- 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, …
- 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].
- 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.
- 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 …
- 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'.
- λ680Λορδουμένηarching backwards… Justinian: "she [often] undressed and stood among the mimes, both arching backwards and thrusting out her hindquarters". Like kekamme/nh ["bent"].