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definition161
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geography70
ethics69
biography60
comedy52
daily life48
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poetry44
zoology40

31 more

imagery38
military affairs36
epic35
food35
medicine31
gender and sexuality30
mythology26
women26
trade and manufacture25
rhetoric21
law20

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Λ lambda213

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high213

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Short195
Medium18

Translator

David Whitehead85
Oliver Phillips ✝48
Catharine Roth33
Nick Nicholas18
D. Graham J. Shipley3
Debra Hamel3

14 more

Malcolm Heath3
Ross Scaife ✝3
George Gazis2
Ioannis Doukas2

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λ271Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόνa lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) imageA close approximation of Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 514-516 (web address 1) [au)/t' is missing from 514], with scholion; cf. kappa 2787, pi 2114.Matched in noteshighshort
λ171Λαχώνhaving obtainedSee also lambda 167, lambda 170. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.40, where the headword (aorist active participle of lagxa/nw, masculine nominative singular) occurs. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 258, with comment from the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ157

λ271

Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόν

a lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) image

In reference to women being debauched and giving birth. A 'cell' [is] the cover of the acorn, where the acorn is situated. "Both in each and every other respect and in having a penis like yours, bent just like a cell".

Λέων, λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόν· ἐπὶ τῶν μοιχευομένων καὶ τικτουσῶν γυναικῶν. κύτταρος δὲ τὸ πῶμα τῆς βαλάνου, ὅπου ἐγκάθηται ἡ βάλανος. τά τ' ἄλλα ἁπαξάπαντα καὶ τὸ πόσθιον τῷ…

Christianity

Christianity

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18

science and technology18

science and technology18

meter and music6

meter and music6

Jennifer Benedict

Jennifer Benedict

2

2

Nicholas Fincher2

Nicholas Fincher2

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Cynthia Shiroma1

Cynthia Shiroma1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Kevin Arrowood1

Kevin Arrowood1

Λαφύξας

having gulped down

… in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius lambda439; see the references at Photius lambda122 Theodoridis. The headword -- aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb lafu/ssw (cf. generally lambda 156, lambda 159) -- is …

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λ294Λεπτὴν πλέκειhe is weaving a thin one[1] See the variant at lambda 292. The present phrase -- where lepth/n leaves a feminine noun implicit -- appears in several of the paroemiographers, with either the indicative as here or the infinitive. …Matched in noteshighshort

λ167Λαχεῖν δίκηνto get a court-hearing, to get a trialThe headword phrase is a technical term in classical Athenian litigation: see generally LSJ s.v. lagxa/nw, I.3. The verb in it implies the use of sortition in the procedure; cf. lambda 170, lambda 171.Matched in noteshighshort

λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life[1] = Photius, Lexicon lambda24 Theodoridis; cf. Zenobius 4.85 and other paroemiographers. For Rhegion, in the toe-end of Italy, see rho 120, rho 121 (with the cowardice aspect), rho 122. For the idiom 'for …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[1] Zenobius 4.84, etc. The hare, the poor man's game animal, appears frequently in proverbs cited by the Suda: delta 86, delta 87, kappa 395, lambda 28, lambda 30, and omicron 105. [2] The …Matched in noteshighshort

λ28Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκαfor a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figs[1] Though this iambic trimeter is classified here as a proverb it does not appear in the paroemiographers; cf. generally nevertheless Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1406. (For hares in proverbs cf. lambda 29, …Matched in noteshighshort

λ250Λέοντα ξυρᾷςyou are shaving a lion[1] Also in Photius (and the paroemiographers), and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 341C (where the phrase 'attempting to shave a lion' occurs). See web address 1. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, …Matched in noteshighshort

λ14Λαγαριζόμενονscraping a livingcf. eta 589, lambda 12, lambda 13, tau 886. [1] An approximation of Aristophanes, Wasps 673-74 (web address 1). Bdelycleon ("Loathes-Cleon") explains to his gullible father Philocleon ("Loves-Cleon") how the Athens' imperial allies view …Matched in noteshighshort

λ200Λαισποδίας τὴν φύσινa natural LaispodiasThe headword phrase quotes Aristophanes, Birds 1569 ("are you a natural Laispodias?"; web address 1), and comment from the scholia there follows. [1] See Thucydides 6.105.2 (web address 2) for Laispodias as one of …Matched in noteshighshort

λ381Λειπομαρτυρίου δίκηsuit against a recalcitrant witnessSame entry in Photius (lambda149 Theodoridis). For an instance of such a suit see [Demosthenes] 49.18-21 (web address 1). [1] That is, the suit fell procedurally into the category of those without fixed penalty …Matched in noteshighshort

λ113Λαμπαδεύεσθαιto act as a torch-bearer[1] 'Aristoph(anes)' in ms V, Adler reports. The otherwise transmitted (and preferred) 'Aristogenes' is quite a common name (cf. alpha 3910, alpha 3911) and cannot be reliably identified with any homonym in the prosopographical …Matched in noteshighshort

λ128Λάρος ἐν ἕλεσιa gull in the marshesLikewise Apostolius 10.48. Photius, Lexicon lambda103 Theodoridis gives the phrase as 'a gull in Nemesis', which one might have thought the preferable lectio difficilior, but Theodoridis, while printing it, mentions Dindorf's rejection of it; …Matched in noteshighshort

λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius lambda102 Theodoridis) and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 18.413. [2] The lexicographer, having found a passage to illustrate his headword, dealt …Matched in noteshighshort

λ370Λειοκυμονοῦσιν αἱ νῆεςthe ships are on a smooth seaComparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Evidently a quotation (from late antiquity, to judge by the other instances of its very rare verb).Matched in noteshighshort

λ84ΛαμίαLamia… double duty: see OCD(4) s.v. Lamia(1) for the 'nursery bogy' and s.v. Lamia(2) for the city. See also lambda 85. [1] D(o)uris of Samos, FGrH 76 F17. (The more authentic title of this work, …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, LeonidasLeonidas (the appropriate Doric form) was Agiad king of Sparta between c.490 and 480 BCE, in which year he perished heroically in the defense of Thermopylai. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Leonidas(1); Poralla/Bradford, A Prosopography …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ71Λάκτινpestle… The noun -- quoted from Callimachus: see next note -- and its glosses are all in the accusative singular. Not the usual word for a pestle, which may be doi=duc (e.g. Aristophanes, Knights 283), …Matched in noteshighshort

λ83ΛάμεχLamech… Monk, Chronicon 45.22-47.5. See the Jewish Encyclopedia entry on Lamech at web address 1. One Lamech appears as the son of Methushael and descendant of Cain's son Enoch at Genesis 4:18 ff. Another is …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ165ΛαχάρηςLachares… II Heracleon; otherwise unattested. [2] epsilon 3750. [3] nu 394 and nu 395. [4] PLRE II Asterius (6). [5] Perhaps 'a history ...; Art of Rhetoric according to Cornutus'. Graeven (1891) argued that the …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ367Λεῖξαιlixae, camp-followers, sutlersThe headword lei=cai, otherwise unparalleled in Greek writers, is a straight transliteration of the Latin lixae. See generally Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary s.v., with references. [1] As the following excerpt outlines, the …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth… Same or similar material in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda10 Theodoridis. [2] Also, already, in Hesychius lambda33. [3] Greek Anthology 6.224.1-2 (Theodoridas); on a shell found at the seashore, dedicated to …Matched in noteshighshort

λ10ΛαβρώνιονlabronionThe second vowel of this headword is properly omega, as here. LSJ register a variant labro/nion in Hesychius [lambda25], but in fact Latte there makes the correction. [1] More fully in Photius, Lexicon lambda9 …Matched in noteshighshort

λ227ΛεαίνωI smoothMss AFV, Adler reports, contain only the two participles, not the primary headword leai/nw or "with an accusative." See also lambda 211, lambda 355. The verb is also listed as taking the accusative in …Matched in noteshighshort

λ174Λαιάleft [hand]Same or similar entry elsewhere; see the references at Photius lambda27 Theodoridis. The headword adjective is cognate with Latin laevus. See LSJ s.v.: "in Hesychius we have lai/ba, i.e. lai/va, = a)spi/s, because borne …Matched in noteshighshort

λ249ΛεοννάτοςLeonnatos, Leonnatus… detail ignored here. The present, overtly hostile, thumbnail-sketch comes from Arrian, History of Alexander's Successors fr.12 (= FGrH 156 F178). [1] phi 354. [2] alpha 1121. [3] Nisaean (or more exactly Nesaean) horses were …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor[1] Aelian fr. 56c Domingo-Forasté (53 Hercher), of the Roman general L. Cornelius Sulla [sigma 1337] (who took the agnomen Felix) looting a temple in Alalcomenae: see Pausanias 9.33. [2] This definition reads the …Matched in noteshighshort

λ108Λὰξ ἐντείνωνstretching out with the heelSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius lambda 84 Theodoridis. The headword phrase combines the present participle (masculine nominative singular) of the verb e)ntei/nw with the adverb la/c (formed …Matched in noteshighshort

λ220Λεβητωνάριονlebetonarion, levitonarionThe headword is attested with various spellings -- lebhtona/rion, lebitwna/rion, leuitwna/rion -- and is apparently of Semitic origin (so E.A. Sophocles s.v.). Adler regards this entry as an interpolation from Symeon Metaphrastes (PG 116.45ab). …Matched in noteshighshort

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