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- λ551ΛίμνηpoolSee generally LSJ s.v. li/mnh. [1] cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 636, and to Homer, Odyssey 3.1. [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.709.
- λ432Ληκεῖνto crackleFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 410, where le/lakas occurs. See already under lambda 237.
- λ480Λιαρόνwarm, lukewarmNeuter singular of this adjective, glossed as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.777 (where it refers to blood).
- λ282Λέπαδναstraps… lexica (see the references at Photius lambda191), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 19.393, where the headword occurs (web address 1). [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 768, where the headword also …
- λ442Λημαλέοςblear-eyed, bleary-eyed… plural at Lucian, Lexiphanes 4, and commented on by the scholia there. [cf. lambda 433] cf. generally lambda 447.
- λ637Λογάνιονdewlap… absent here, is supplied by other lexica and in the scholia to Lucian, Lexiphanes 3. For synonyms, see lambda 191.
- λ617ΛιτήprayerSame or similar entry in other lexica and several scholia: see the references at Photius lambda357 Theodoridis. cf. lambda 610, lambda 612, lambda 616, lambda 624.
- λ851ΛύσσαravingFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.239, where the headword occurs (web address 1). cf. lambda 854, lambda 869, and under omicron 130 (personification).
- λ836Λυμαινόμενον τοῖς μειρακίοιςinflicting maltreatment on the infantsAristophanes, Clouds 928, with scholia (here lightly abbreviated: the scholia add the infinitive sunta/ssein after au)toi=s, i.e. "it is usual to have the 'to them' syntactic construction").
- 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 …
- λ352Λέχριοςsideways[1] Same definition in the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 2.175, from where the headword is probably quoted. (And compare also Callimachus, Hymns 4.236, where the y scholia gloss le/xrios with plagi/ws.) [2] Greek Anthology …
- λ537Λικριφίςcross-wise… (web address 1). Gloss (also in other lexica) from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 14.463, where it occurs.
- λ800Λυκείηνwolfskincf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.459 (web address 1), where the accusative-case headword occurs (as luke/hn); and Hesychius lambda1373.
- λ85Λάμιαlamia… Aristophanes, Peace 758 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there. (See also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1035, where these phrases about Kleon [kappa 1731] first appear.) [2] Also from the scholia …
- λ53Λακίδας πεπλωμάτωνtatters of robesFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 423, where the phrase laki/das [...] pe/plwn [sic] occurs (of Euripides' clothing).
- λ103Λαμπτῆρεςlamps, lampstandsSophocles, Ajax 284-85, with comment derived from the scholia there; already at alpha 957. Tecmessa tells how the maddened Ajax rushed forth in the late night to attack, as he supposed, the Greek kings. …
- 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).
- λ244Λέμμαhusk, rind… (see the references at Photius lambda179 Theodoridis) and in the scholia to Plato, Timaeus 76A (where the headword occurs: web address 1). For the headword cf. under alpha 3379.
- λ507Λιγὺςclear, shrillLikewise or similarly in other lexica and various scholia (see the references at Photius lambda302 Theodoridis), though without this double headword. cf. lambda 504.
- λ445Ληματιᾷςyou are high-spirited… think high spirited things, and are noble"), appearing in the scholia and in iota 239. The entire definition is taken from the scholia ad loc.
- λ854Λυσσάνιεo good sir[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1171, where the vocative lissa/nie (Laconian dialect for a)gaqe/) occurs -- but the scholiast and the lexicographer take it for lussa/nie, "o rabid one". [2] Synesius Letter …
- λ37ΛάϊγγεςpebblesFrom the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.433, where this nominative plural headword occurs (web address 1). Same gloss, with others, in Hesychius lambda118. The nominative singular la=i+gc: diminutive of lambda 1/lambda 2.
- λ481Λιασθείςhaving fallen, having sunkFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.418 (web address 1), where the headword -- aorist passive participle of lia/zomai, masculine nominative singular -- occurs in the description of the death of young Polydoros.
- λ349Λέχοςbedding… lexica: see the references at Photius lambda231 Theodoridis. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.31, where the headword occurs.
- λ578Λιπαρέςobstinate[1] Just-So etymology given in the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673. The form is cited in the neuter singular (of lambda 583) there too, to make the etymology work better. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673-675 …
- λ826Λυκόφωςgloaming, twilight… the references at Photius lambda460 Theodoridis) and similarly in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.433. cf. alpha 1775 (esp. the comment there on the gloss).
- λ355ΛειανέωI will smooth… the addition of o(malo/s, and in the feminine) in the scholia ad loc., as well as the Etymologicum Genuinum and Hesychius.
- λ63ΛακωνικαίLakonians, Laconians… lexica. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 142, with the gloss from the scholia there; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1158; and cf. pi 987. [3] Greek Anthology 6.292.1-2 (Hedylus), here misquoted: it should be …
- λ35Λάεινto seeFrom alpha 1071. [1] cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.69, where the derived verb a)lao/w occurs (web address 1).
- λ312Λευγαλέαςbaneful… The glosses are paralleled in other lexica and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.97 (where the genitive singular occurs). [2] Greek Anthology 6.270.3-4 (Nicias: addressed to the goddess of childbirth). Read oi(= "her" …