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- λ481Λιασθείςhaving fallen, having sunk[Meaning someone] having turned aside.
- λ543Λιμενίοχοςharbor-having[Meaning] one having a harbor.
- λ666Λοεσσάμενοςhaving bathed, having washed[loessa/menos means the same as] lousa/menos.
- λ748Λοιβεῖονlibation-cup… [The term comes] from the [verb] lei/bw ["I pour a libation"].
- λ513Λιθείαςmarble, stone-made[Meaning] expensive, the ones [sc. also] called liqe/as.
- λ744Λωφήσαντοςhaving abated[Meaning he/it] having halted, having found rest.
- λ749Λοιβήlibation[Meaning a] drink-offering, sacrifice.
- λ336Λευκοὺς λίθους ἔχοντες αὐχοῦσι μέγαhaving white stones they boast greatly[no gloss]
- λ171Λαχώνhaving obtained[Meaning] having received one's portion/share. Aristophanes [writes]: "before having received [your assigned share] you gobble down what belongs to the public". That is, before having [a share] assigned by lot, before being voted [a …
- λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down[Meaning] having torn to pieces, having feasted without restraint. Aelian [writes]: "these eagles will gulp down the elephants' innards, he showing the banners." "And when the Persians happen across some wells, they gulp water …
- λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn… a jar for ashes, or a chest. Primus and Cerealius made an incursion into the [territory] of the Romans "first into the urns with the dead through certain messengers and into baskets containing fruit …
- λ780Λύγοςwithy… were accustomed amongst themselves to make a journey in wintertime. Having bound discs [made] out of withies on their feet, they themselves proceeded safely across the snow, compressed [sc. as it was] by the …
- λ636Λογάδηνpicked[Meaning] select. Thucydides [writes]: "not having stone-working tools of iron but carrying stones picked, they fitted each one at random." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'picked stones'. "Created from picked stones." That is, …
- λ797ΛυκάωνLykaon, Lukaon, Lycaon… 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 to having a god as their guest; and, …
- λ591Λιποτάκτηςdeserter, post-deserter… [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] leipotakth/sas, [meaning someone] having abandoned, having fled.
- λ243Λέλογχενhas obtained by lot… he/she/it] hit upon, benefited from. Also [sc. attested is] lelogxw/s ["having obtained by lot"], [meaning] having been allocated.
- λ227ΛεαίνωI smooth['I smooth'] and 'having smoothed' [Attic] and 'having smoothed' [epic]; [this verb is used] with an accusative.
- λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-wareDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos uses the expression. Didymos asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way. But the grammarian seems to be unaware …
- λ741Λωτίηlotus-crown, lotus-wreath[Meaning] a crown/wreath [made] out of lotus-flowers.
- λ575Λιπαράoily, sleek[Referring to] the anchovy. Aristophanes [writes]: "if anyone, having flattered you, should call Athens 'oily,' he would obtain the whole thing [...] having attached [to you] the honor of anchovies." And elsewhere: "the matter …
- λ337Λευκόχρωςpale-fleshed, white-fleshed[Meaning someone] having a pale/white body. In the Epigrams: "Daphnis the pale/white-fleshed, making music with a fine pan-pipe".
- λ247Λέντιονnapkin, hand-towelThe headword lention presumably reflects Latin linteum (literally, made of linen). See e.g. John 13:4-5.
- λ84ΛαμίαLamia… their freedom, and defeated Antipater. Menander in Man-Woman [writes]: "for having filled [?] from various parts of the battle-line he destroyed all the [?] at Lamia".
- λ64Λακωνικαὶ κλεῖδεςLakonian keys, Laconian keys… was possible, for women who had had a three-obol seal-ring made, to open the door. But now this man [Euripides] has taught them to have [seals] made of worm-eaten wood hanging from their belts". …
- λ135Λασιόκωφοςhairy-mute[Meaning] one who is excessively mute; e.g. having hairy ears, resulting in deafness and sense-deprivation.
- λ529Λίθων χοαίstreams of stones, outpourings of stones[Meaning] gold and silver. For Euripides says: "having white stones they boast greatly".
- λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor… be surnamed 'Fortunate'." ['Stone-thrower' means] he who is deserving of having stones cast against him, that is of being stoned to death. And Aelian [writes]: "to destroy that cause of evil and stone-thrower."
- λ450Λημνίᾳ χειρίwith a Lemnian hand… were accused of killing their husbands, because they were not having sexual intercourse with them.
- λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, targetMade of animal hide. cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.453, where the word occurs: web address 1. See also Herodotus 7.91 (on the Cilicians in Xerxes' army).
- λ220Λεβητωνάριονlebetonarion, levitonarionA monk's tunic, made out of hairs; [so called] in the native tongue of the Prousians.