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λ852ΛύσανδροςLysandros, LysanderOCD(4) 875. The principal architect of Sparta's victory in the Peloponnesian War; died 395 BCE. Poralla/Bradford no.504. Entry (also in Photius) lightly abridged from Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ60Λάκκοςpit, reservoir, tank… other Greeks dig holes under ground, making them wide with four rounded corners, plaster the sides, and put wine and oil in them; and these they called lakkoi.Matched in translationhighshort
λ562ΛίνδιοςLindios, Lindius… 1719). See also next note. [2] Rather, one of the principal cities of that island. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Lindus.Matched in noteshighshort
λ739ΛώτLot… when the men disappeared, as Scripture says, after the remaining four cities were destroyed and after a salt pan was made to exist on the land at the same time. And on the mountain …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ273Λεωπετρίαlevelrock, smoothrock… generated, as Latte on Hesychius suggests, by one of the four instances (all accusative case) in Ezechiel 24-26 LXX. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For the Chersonnese see generally chi 215.Matched in noteshighshort
λ324Λευκὴν μᾶζαν φυρῶ σοιI am mixing you a white barley-cakeA proverb in reference to those promising great things.Matched in headwordhighshort
λ308ΛέσχαιloungesThe principal paragraph here comes from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Antiphon fr. 42 Sauppe; see also Photius lambda209 Theodoridis. cf. lambda 309. [1] Homer, Odyssey 18.328-9 (web address 1). [2] Kleanthes, On Gods (fr.543 …Matched in noteshighshort
λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn… approach on Rome (in 69 CE, the Year of the Four Emperors) of Quintus Petillius Cerealis -- here 'Cerealius' (cf. kappa 1395) -- and Antonus Primus, who had spies smuggling messages to them in …Matched in noteshighshort
λ70ΛακρατίδηςLakratides, Lacratides; LakrateidesThe principal source of this material is a fragment of Philochorus (FGrH 328 F202) preserved in the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 220. Develin (below) 48 dates Lakrateides -- the most authentic version of his …Matched in noteshighshort
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius Catilina… with bibliography. The main sources for the conspiracy are the four Catilinarian speeches by Cicero (at web address 1) and Sallust's Catiline (at web address 2). The present entry draws on John of Antioch …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… Heraclius' army; cf. de Boor (80) and Whitby (50). The four names there, called up from the past, make only a loose chronological and contextual fit with each other: nos.2-4 are Persian-War heroes (for …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ357Λείβεται τοῖς δακρύοιςis soaked with tears… of the Attic deme Agryle, prosecuted as one of the Four Hundred after their oligarchic regime at Athens in 411–410 BCE ([Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 833A, 834A, etc.; Lysias 12.67. Whether his …Matched in noteshighshort
λ533Λικμᾶνto winnow… Demeter the Winnower and the Seasons that tread in the furrows Heronax from his scanty tilth offers a portion of the corn from his threshing-floor and [these] various vegetables."Matched in translationhighshort
λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… of escape, escaping by bending himself, so as not to furnish justice". But some [sc. say that] lugi/zein [means] means to question with the punishment of torture. Also the whips with which athletes are …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ514Λίθειος πύλη Λίθιοςstone gateThe entry is principally designed to illustrate that the adjective 'stone' had 2 variant spellings; cf. lambda 513. The two phrases are attested only in lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort
λ509Λιγυφθόγγοιςclear-voiced… with clear-voiced wings will you sing, locust, sitting in fruitful furrows."Matched in translationhighshort
λ620Λιτόςsimple, plain, frugal; supplicatory… Garland of Philip (vol. I, 90-91); (vol. II, 116-117); and further extracts from this epigram at epsilon 777, epsiloniota 197, mu 1172, and nu 36. [2] Greek Anthology 7.18.1-2 (Antipater of Thessalonica), an epitaph …Matched in noteshighshort
λ805ΛυκίανLykia, Lycia… later use of the term -- of the area, much further south, between Caria and Pamphylia -- see lambda 806.Matched in noteshighshort
λ850Λύραlyre… Gow and Page (vol. I, 20-21); (vol. II, 30-31); and further extracts at epsilon 750, epsiloniota 33, lambda 620, lambda 784, and upsilon 118. On Alcman, see generally alpha 1289.Matched in noteshighshort
λ847Λυπρήwretched… Greek Anthology 6.98.5-6 (Zonas): cf. gamma 162, pi 993. See further excerpts from this epigram at lambda 533 and omicron 153.Matched in noteshighshort
λ665Λογχωτόνlance-headed… unknown); see also alpha 2220, delta 1033, pi 1316. See further excerpts from this epigram, a Bacchante's dedication to Dionysus, at eta 415 and nu 125. For an example of wielding the thyrsus as …Matched in noteshighshort
λ76Λαλητέοςworthy of mention… historian. The poet seems to use a)/fwnos 'having no voice' virtually as a passive, as lalhte/os, the verbal formed from lale/w clearly is. The verb lale/w (lambda 80) is used in later Greek not …Matched in noteshighshort
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
λ189Λαιμοπέδηcollar, dog-collar… and Page, vol. I (122) and vol. II (356-357); cf. further extracts at alpha 325, alpha 350, alphaiota 210, gamma 73, rho 72, and tau 264.Matched in noteshighshort
λ567Λινοπλῆγοςnet-shy… open to metaphors. The headword is its genitive singular; see further, next note. [1] Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda328 Theodoridis, where the suggestion that the headword is quoted from …Matched in noteshighshort
λ165ΛαχάρηςLachares… of speech, but handsome and fine in appearance; as to virtue, he deserves to be called a philosopher rather than a sophist. He was an especially pious man, and having lost his sight he …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ371Λειομίτουwarp-smoothing… Gow and Page (vol. I, 312-313); (vol. II, 345); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 4378, kappa 2515, omicron 587, and tau 39. As Gow and Page note (ibid.), the adjective leio/mitos …Matched in noteshighshort
λ635Λογάδεςwhites of the eye… but the blue-white precious stone; see LSJ s.v., B.II. See further quotes from this epigram at alpha 2999, epsilon 1172, and kappa 1428.Matched in noteshighshort
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… and Page (vol. I, 306-307); (vol. II, 340); and its further extracts at kappa 2680, sigma 16, and tau 1166. [4] Greek Anthology 7.182.3 (Meleager); see note 2 above. Also see another excerpt from …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ684ΛουκιανὸςLucian… to their duty. And this man in fact, showing every virtue befitting a ruler to his subjects, became famous for his justice and wisdom and everything that is an ornament to rulers, as he …Matched in translationhighmedium

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