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  1. λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… [4] cf. phi 366. [5] i.e. Thermopylai. For Aristodemos see Herodotus 7.229-231; and omicron 752. [6] cf. eta 616. [7] In fact these were separate groups. The 28 elders were permanent members of the …Matched in noteshighlong
  2. λ272ΛεωνίδηςLeonides, Leonidas… 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 of Lacedaemonians s.v. Leonidas; and, for the primary narrative, Herodotus …Matched in noteshighmedium
  3. λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrine… Hagnous referred to at Plutarch, Theseus 13.2-3 (Emily Kearns, The Heroes of Attica (London 1989) 181). The daughters were probably worshipped at the Leokoreion, which was most probably somewhere in the Agora, although a …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. λ320Λεύκηwhite [disease]From glosses on Herodotus 1.138.1 (web address 1). A kind of mild leprosy (with which Hdt. couples it there) or elephantiasis, turning the skin white. For other references to it see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. λ656Λογοποιόςstorymaker, storyteller… Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [1] Isocrates 11.37 (web address 1). Herodotus 5.36.2 and 5.125.1 (web addresses 2 and 3) both refer to Hecataeus, epsilon 360; cf. 2.134.3 (web address 4), where Herodotus uses the …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. λ110ΛᾶξινassignmentFrom glosses on Herodotus 4.21, where he does indeed use the headword noun -- in the accusative case, as here -- in his survey of the territories beyond the river Tanais (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. λ675Λοπάςdish, plateLikewise in ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. lambda 674.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. λ691ΛούπερκοςLupercus… of authorities in the Suda's preface. [4] cf. eta 546: Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort
  9. λ400Λείψανονremainder, remainscf. ps.-Herodian 78, Etymologicum Magnum 563.5. For the headword see already under alpha 1732. Same glossing word at lambda 362.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. λ228Λεηλασίαlooting… lexica: see the references at Photius lambda141 Theodoridis, and add Herodian, Partitions p. 75 Boissonade. Herodian derives the noun from lew/s "people" ("lew\s, o( lao\s, o(/qen kai\ lehlasi/a, h( ai)xmalwsi/a"), lambda 275; hence the …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. λ75Λαλέοντοςchattering, speaking… Attic form. The headword must be quoted from somewhere (possibly Herodotus: Adler [addenda] points out that lale/ontos is an alternative to the fwneu=ntos which editors prefer in the oracle quoted at Herodotus 1.47.3); cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… Harpok. ascribes this phrase to Kritias (88 F35 Diels-Kranz). [4] Herodotus 7.76.Matched in noteshighmedium
  13. λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, target… 5.453, where the word occurs: web address 1. See also Herodotus 7.91 (on the Cilicians in Xerxes' army).Matched in noteshighshort
  14. λ484Λιβάςtrickle, streamLikewise in ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. This entry is out of alphabetical order, perhaps appended to lambda 483.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ757Λοιμόςplague, pestilenceA marginal addition, Adler reports, in ms M (and positioned after lambda 840 in mss PV). From ps.-Herodian, Epimerismi 80, which is probably behind Eustathius' comments on Homer, Iliad 1.67 (1.80). fqoreu/s seems an …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. λ159Λαφύστιοςgourmandising, greedy… general adjective and also as an epithet/manifestation of both Zeus (Herodotus 7.197.1) and Dionysus; see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
  17. λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… mu 1450, mu 1452. [1] Likewise in Photius lambda255 Theodoridis; Herodotus 3.20.1. [2] Aristophanes, Plutus 810 (web address 1). [3] Aristophanes, Birds 1592 (web address 2). [4] The founder of Stoicism; see generally zeta …Matched in noteshighmedium
  18. λ248Λεξείδιονlittle phrase, little wordOne form of the diminutive of le/cis. Noted in ps.-Herodian 239; and according to Adler there is something comparable in the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. under alpha 3834, epsilon 1838, epsilon 3598, eta 100, rho …Matched in noteshighshort
  19. λ699Λοφιήcrest, maneEpic/Ionic version of the word, as in e.g. Homer and Herodotus. Adler suggests that the entry originated in a comment on Homer, Odyssey 19.446, where the headword appears in the accusative, referring to the …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… other lexica: see the references at Photius lambda210 Theodoridis. [2] Herodotus 9.71.3, on brave Spartans in Persian-War battles (web address 1). [3] From Callimachus' famous epitaph for the elegiac poet Heraclitus of Halicarnassus: Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium
  21. λ202Λαιστρόνlaistron… as a)rxei=on -- which in turn is an Atticisation of Herodotus 7.197.2 ('the Achaians call to\ prutanh/ion a lh/iton, "town hall").Matched in noteshighshort
  22. λ362Λεῖμμαresidue, deficiencyThe headword is a deverbative neuter noun from lei/pw; see already under kappa 2153. Perhaps (to judge from material in Christian writers) quoted here from the New Testament: Romans 11.5. cf. ps.-Herodian 78; also …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… with scholion. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 925; Herodian 1.184.16.Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. λ364Λειμώνmeadowcf. generally lambda 363. [1] Likewise in the Ambrosian Lexicon (as reported by Adler); cf. ps.-Herodian 78. [2] Same or similar gloss in other lexica. cf. alpha 2489, alpha 4298, iota 493, kappa 2431, …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. λ205Λαῖτμαgulf [of the sea]Epic noun. See also under lambda 186. [1] Same glossing in ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; similar in Hesychius lambda166 and ps.-Zonaras. [2] Likewise in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 4.504, …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. λ275Λεώςpeople… metathesis. Both lew/s and lho/s occur in the text of Herodotus. See LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
  27. λ369Λειόβατοςsmooth-troddenComparably in ps.-Zonaras 1294 and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (250). Other sources identify the headword as a kind of fish (a ray or skate): Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.312B (7.89 Kaibel) quoting Plato Comicus …Matched in noteshighshort
  28. λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… probably, 4.483 (where it refers to the river Asopos; cf. Herodotus 9.43.2). See web address 1 & web address 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. λ212ΛέαρχοςLearchus, Learchos, Learkhos… killed by his father on a hunt) and history (e.g. Herodotus 4.110, Thucydides 2.67.2-3).Matched in noteshighshort
  30. λ441Λῆμαwill… 602-3, with scholion. Modern texts generally have "pare/cw 'mauto\n." [7] Herodotus 7.99.1 (abbreviated). [8] Aristophanes, Frogs 899-904; cf. alpha 1233, alpha 4234, alpha 4516, kappa 981. The lexicographer has inserted the names of Aeschylus …Matched in noteshighmedium

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