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- λ854Λυσσάνιεo good sir[Meaning] o mad one. But also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'rabid dog': "avoid the asp, the toad, the serpent and Laodikeans; also a rabid dog and -- I repeat -- Laodikeans."
- λ640Λόγιαsayings[Meaning] things which (a) god says in prose; but chresmoi ["oracles"] [are] those which are spoken in verse, the speakers being inspired by (a) god.
- λ73Λαλαγεῦσανbabbling… n.2). The Locrian musician Eunomos (perhaps a nomen loquens = good tune) in a critical moment in a prize contest had a string break on his lyre, but a cicada leaped onto the lyre …
- λ257Λεόντιος μοναχόςLeontios the monk… authority from men, when even Saul who became king by God's vote slew Abimelech and his sons with a sword when they were in the house of the Lord." When the others were puzzled …
- λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… is said, Heracles set aside his body and became a god. And Leonidas, when it was reported that the sun becomes invisible when the Persians shoot their arrows, said 'Let us be of good …
- λ865Λυσιτελέςprofitable[Meaning something] good, advantageous, or suitable; because "[good] defrays what is expended on it, so that the return from the transaction creates s surplus in benefit." And Diodorus the Sicilian says: "Tryphon [...] prepared …
- λ872Λῦσόν σου τὸ ὑπόδημαloosen your sandalGod says [this] to Moses. See under u(po/dhma.
- λ709Λοχεύονταιthey are in childbed… attested is the adjective] au)tolo/xeutos ["self-birthed"], [meaning] self-begotten, the unbegotten god.
- λ314ΛευιαθάνLeviathan… Lurking in the heart of the earth; [the one] whom [God] pulls in with the fishhook of godhead, which is hidden by the body like some worm.
- λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… he got his laws either from Crete or from the god. The Pythia also addressed him as a god. This man also legislated for physical training for virgins; and that men should not have …
- λ318Λευκαὶ φρένεςclear wits, light wits, pale wits… ones which are] mad, or bright; also [ones which are] good, or soft.
- λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… just and unjust. And one time, preparing to entertain the god [at dinner] (as he put it), he made a sacrifice. Those present at the sacrifice wanted to know whether they really were going …
- λ322Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day[Meaning] a good [one], and [sc. suitable] for festivity. Eupolis in Flatterers [uses the expression]. "Night's dark circle yields to white-horsed day to kindle her light."
- λ289ΛέπρεοςLepreos, Lepreus… a criminal, a gourmet, and a gossip. [Aristophanes writes]: "by god, even without seeing it I abominate Lepreos because of Melanthios."
- λ739ΛώτLot… out the cities because of their sins. But Abraham supplicated [God] not to destroy the righteous with the impious, probably on account of Lot. Now the angels, being in Sodom, received hospitality from Lot. …
- λ584Λιπαρίαperseverance, importuning… importuning. He used to jeer at the attendants of the god, saying that they had got anything out of such protracted importuning."
- λ801ΛύκειονLykeion, Lyceum… gymnasium at Athens, where before the war it seemed a good idea to to exercise -- for prior to the sorties certain armed parades used to occur in the Lykeion, because of its proximity …
- λ848Λυπρόνwretched… you into [a life of] robbery. But I will give good land to [my] working-poor friends."
- λ78Λαλίστατονmost talkative, very talkative… clever[ness] in utterance. Also called this is someone with a good tongue and a most/very pleasant voice.
- λ61Λάκκοςpit… to let oneself down into a pit, this [is] not good.
- λ526Λιθουργικὴstone-working… stones so that each of their works takes on a good appearance. Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Nausias, concerning the carving [writes]: "[...] but because there are three skills in the work, …
- λ818Λύκος χανώνa wolf gaping… in reference to unsuccessful [persons/things]. Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, so that he would …
- λ83ΛάμεχLamech… of the race of the just [ones], since fear of God is an abomination to a sinner. For even the family and the seed of Cain were condemned, but those from Seth were praised. …
- λ276ΛεωσθένηςLeosthenes… time in the war against the Macedonians and with his good fortune failing, proceeds against the enemy and makes a rash charge. He is struck by a rock on the head in an unguarded …
- λ332Λευκόνwhite, clear[Note] that 'white' [is] also homonymous, just like 'good'. What in reference to the body is called 'white' means color, which is under [the category of] quality, and [what is called 'white'] in the …
- λ145ΛατρεύωI worship… I sacrifice, as in "to offer worship to a living god."
- λ323Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day, brilliant day[Meaning] the good [kind]. From the proverb speaking "of the things for a quiver". For Phylarchus says that the Scythians, when they were about to lie down to sleep, brought their quiver, and if …
- λ32Λάγυνοςflask, flagon… Chaldaica 202 des Places), where it describes the hall of God.
- λ877Λύχνιονlampstand… the same person as the subject of the sentence; a god? (cf. the epigram at mu 1418) [3] Aelian fr. 141b Domingo-Forasté (138 Hercher).
- λ753Λοιδορεῖσθαι τοὺς πονηροὺςto revile the wicked… That is, reviling the wicked becomes an honor of the good. "So if the fellow, who must be the object of many insults, had himself been obvious, I would not have made mention of …