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- 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").
- 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 …
- 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.
- 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 …
- 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.
- λ467Ληρεῖςyou are babblingcf. alpha 3459, lambda 468. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 517, where the phrase lh=ron lhrei=s occurs; see at n.4 below. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 1273. [3] As a variant reading of …
- λ423Ληΐδαbooty… 1), and the glossing noun lafuragwgi/a is deployed by the scholia there: "loosely money; properly things from carrying off in plunder". See also under lambda 354; and for related words cf. under alpha 2693 …
- λ586Λιπαρόςluxuriant, gleaming[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 616. [2] Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 616 (web address 1).
- λ587ΛιπαρῶςpersistentlyAdverb of lambda 583. [1] Differently glossed in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 4.210, where it occurs. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 7.107-8 (the headword liparw=s, here omitted, occurs before e)gkeime/nwn): web …
- λ428Ληΐσατοseized as plunder… the spelling lhi+/ssato; the Suda's spelling also features in the scholia).
- λ353ΛεῖαsmoothFrom the scholia to Thucydides 2.97.3 (web address 1), on tribute in kind to the ruling elite of the Odrysian Empire. This neuter plural is noted in LSJ s.v. as "of cloths, smooth, plain, …
- λ664Λόγχηlance, spearSee also lambda 663, lambda 665. [1] From the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1311 (web address 1). The "seven lances" there are referring to seven troops of spearmen (LSJ s.v. lo/gxh III). …
- λ447Λήμηblear, rheum, sleep-crust… 2467. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (and various scholia): see the references at Photius lambda268 Theodoridis. [2] Folk etymology appearing also in the Etymologicum Gudianum. [3] The passage is taken from the …
- λ468Ληρεῖς ἔχωνyou are keeping babbling… in Aristophanes: Birds 341, Lysistrata 945, and Frogs 512. (The scholia to the last of these supply the present entry.) Literally, "you are having babbling", with the participle of "have" used as a progressive …
- λ429Ληϊσθείςseized as plunder… s.v. The instance being glossed is Thucydides 1.4; see the scholia there. Aelius Dionysius is cited more closely in Photius lambda251 Theodoridis; the distinction is also invoked in lambda 474.
- λ582Λιπαρεῖ χειρίwith an importunate hand… adjective liparh/s; cf. lambda 578, lambda 583) comes from the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 1378: see below. The related verb is defined at lambda 579. [2] Comparable definitions in e.g. the Lexicon on Gregory …
- λ648Λογισμόςcalculation, account… fact Sophocles: Chrysothemis in Electra 466-467 (with comment from the scholia there). The connection of this passage to the foregoing is indirect: the noun used is lo/gos (cf. LSJ s.v., III.2), not logismo/s.