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λ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus[Lykos] is a hero who has the shape of the beast [sc. of a wolf]. A stone monument to him stands near the jurycourts in Athens; to this, those bribing by tens used to …Matched in translationhighshort
λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-companyA proverbial phrase. [Used] because Lykos the hero had a shrine near the jurycourts [sc. in Athens], where the blackmailers would lie in wait. Three obols a day was set apart for him.Matched in translationhighshort
λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… and, founding an altar, they sacrifice to him as a hero once every year. For he was conspicuously the cause of the complete excellence and leadership of the Spartans, who in older times had …Matched in translationhighlong
λ262ΛεωκόριονLeokorion, Leocorium, Leos-shrineA heroon in the middle of the Kerameikos. For Leos son of Orpheus had a son named Kulanthos, and three daughters named Phasithea [sic], Theope, and Euboule, whom the Athenians honored with the heroon …Matched in translationhighshort
λ320Λεύκηwhite [disease]In Herodotus [this means] a particular condition affecting the whole body.Matched in translationhighshort
λ656Λογοποιόςstorymaker, storytellerWhat we would call an historian. Isocrates and Herodotus [sc. use the term]. [He] who is an inventor of stories and responses.Matched in translationhighshort
λ110Λᾶξινassignment[Meaning] mixture, portion, lot. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort
λ691ΛούπερκοςLupercus… Feminine and Neuter Genders (13 books), in which he outdoes Herodian in many points.Matched in translationhighshort
λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… Milesian-made" and the like. So perhaps one should write, in Herodotus [book] seven, not two hunting-spears "wolf-made" but "Lykian-made", in order that, just as in Demosthenes, they may be described as being of Lykian …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ438Λήκυθονlekythos, oil-flask… call an alabastron for perfume a lekythos [sc. feminine]; but Herodotus used the masculine gender for the alabastron. [These are] the oil-holding vessels. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "the lekythoi are full of myrrh." And …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 of Philosophical Subjects. Herodotus [writes]: "and yet when a conversation had taken place, [sc. about] which of them was the best." "I remembered, how many times we …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ121Λαρινοὶ βόεςLarinian oxen, fatted oxen… big and well-fed oxen, [named] from an oxherd [called] Larinos. Herodian [says that the word] is accentuated on the final syllable, like a)lhqino/s.Matched in translationhighmedium
λ533Λικμᾶνto winnow… the Winnower and the Seasons that tread in the furrows Heronax from his scanty tilth offers a portion of the corn from his threshing-floor and [these] various vegetables."Matched in translationhighshort
λ441Λῆμαwill… myself courageous in will and watching oregano." Meaning watching sharply. Herodotus [writes]: "Artemisia went out with the army with will and courage, without any compulsion." [Aristophanes writes] regarding Euripides and Aeschylus: "both had courage …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccups… his loved ones." Also in the Epigrams: "and wailing, mournful Eros let out a groan." Also [sc. attested is] lu/gdhn ["with violent sobs"], an adverb. From the [verb] lu/zw ["I sob violently"].Matched in translationhighmedium
λ491ΛίβερνοςLibernos, Libernus… itself back together, the Romans vowed to offer this man heroic rites annually in the midst of the forum, and they named the spot Libernus, and erected an altar there; from this Vergil too …Matched in translationhighmedium