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57 entries for four principal virtues

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. λ533Λικμᾶνto winnow… Gow and Page (vol. I, 380-381), (vol. II, 414), and further extracts at gamma 162, lambda 847, and pi 993. As Gow and Page note (vol. I, 414), the poet has coined the following …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… where the headword participle (from the verb lugi/zw) occurs; see further below, n.5. [1] As LSJ s.v. explains (web address 1), the image is to twist oneself in order to dodge a blow. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. λ805ΛυκίανLykia, Lycia… later use of the term -- of the area, much further south, between Caria and Pamphylia -- see lambda 806.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. λ733Λώπιονlittle cloak… and Page (vol. I, 234-235; and vol. II, 267-268) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 664, alpha 1108, beta 390, and lambda 183. The 'master' addressed is one of the Kabeiroi (kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. λ360Λεῖκνονwinnowing-basket… the evidence for this.) [2] Greek Anthology 6.165.5-6 (Phalaecus). Find further extracts from this epigram, a dedication to Dionysus, at alpha 1721, alpha 4681, beta 140, beta 548, theta 379, theta 613, iota 72, …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. λ147Λάτρηςhireling, servant… quoted again at omicron 541; see the note there. Find further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3019, beta 473, epsilon 1196, and eta 482. For 'half-female servant of the goddess' see under gamma …Matched in noteshighshort
  28. λ869Λυσσομανεῖςraving mad… Gow and Page (vol. I, 33); (vol. II, 84-86); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1510, alpha 1828, alpha 4172, epsilon 747, zeta 19, kappa 2544, sigma 299, and sigma 1723. As …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. λ63ΛακωνικαίLakonians, Laconians… Gow and Page (vol. I, 100); (vol. II, 289-290); and further extracts at alpha 1539, theta 12, kappa 241, lambda 468, and pi 2936.Matched in noteshighshort
  30. λ792Λύθροςgore… Gow and Page, vol. I (249); vol. II (670-671); and further excerpts from this epigram at epsilon 1124, epsilon 1390, and theta 497.Matched in noteshighshort

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