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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
λ718Λόχοςcompany, troop[Meaning] an ambush, [sc. or] a [military] unit. Aristophanes [writes]: "know that also with us, inside, are 4 companies of warlike men, fully-armed." [sc. The number 4 is chosen] because also among [the] Lacedaemonians …Matched in translationhighshort
λ165ΛαχάρηςLachares… he taught many pupils, among whom Eustephius, Nicolaus and Asterius are well-known. Floruit under the emperors Marcianus and Leon. He wrote On Colon, Comma and Period; informal discourses; a history according to Cornutus; Rhetorical …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ77Λαλιάdiscourse[Meaning] public speaking. "In his discourse Arcesilaos was precise [in his use] of expressions and quite [...] outspoken."Matched in translationhighshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThis man [was] an archon in Athens long ago. He held office in the era of Dareios, at a time when there was a heavy fall of snow and everything froze up, preventing anyone …Matched in translationhighshort
λ792Λύθροςgore… and blood, along with serous discharge. In the Epigrams: "but arms dripping with human gore may the precinct of Ares keep."Matched in translationhighshort
λ357Λείβεται τοῖς δακρύοιςis soaked with tears[Meaning] becomes wet through. Aristophanes [writes]: "the son of Hippodamos is soaked when he sees [it]". This Hippodamos was settled in Piraeus and presented his house to the people. [Aristophanes] is saying [this] bitterly …Matched in translationhighshort
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… deriving from thought. It has 6 meanings. Expression and discourse are different; for an expression can be meaningless, like bli/turi, while discourse can in no way be meaningless. Saying, too, differs from uttering; for …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ98Λαμπροφόροιlamp-bearersAristophanes: for we men, just as if we were lamp-bearers, have stooped over. For those carrying lamps are stooped because of the wind.Matched in translationhighshort
λ753Λοιδορεῖσθαι τοὺς πονηροὺςto revile the wicked… who is a] friend; but as it is, everybody knows Arignotos, whoever knows either the white or the orthios nomos." From the saying 'if someone knows [the difference between] the white and the black'. …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… that the sun becomes invisible when the Persians shoot their arrows, said 'Let us be of good courage, because we shall fight in the shade'. And to the soldiers, as they were getting their …Matched in translationhighmedium

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