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λ334ΛευκονοιεύςLeukonoian, Leuconoean… The demotikon is correctly given here, but the deme name itself is more authentically -- as in Harpok. -- Leukonoion; cf. lambda 333.Matched in noteshighshort
λ536Λικνοφόροςbearer of the winnowing-fan… (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 18.260. For the winnowing-fan itself cf. lambda 535.Matched in noteshighshort
λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi 93.Matched in noteshighshort
λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-sellercf. generally lambda 236. The headword itself is attested only here (and in Pollux 7.198), but the feminine version occurs in Aristophanes (Plutus [Wealth] 427) and Lucian (Lexiphanes 3).Matched in noteshighshort
λ777Λυγκεύςlygkeus; lynxes… the references at Photius lambda432 Theodoridis, where the problematic headword itself, here the singular lugkeu/s, is printed as (obelized) lugkes (unaccented; lu/gkes in Hesychius lambda1338). The singular lu/gc appears at lambda 779; and see …Matched in noteshighshort
λ251Λεοντεία δοράlion's hide… the phrase 'leo/nteios (sic) dora/' with 'its skin'. The adjective itself can mean anything pertaining to a lion or more specifically (as in the quotation here) its skin. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. Adler suggests Symeon …Matched in noteshighshort
λ806Λύκιον τέραςLykian portent, Lycian portent… present entry invites the assumption that the (unglossed) headword phrase itself also pertains to Lycia, and if it does, kappa 325 (end) would provide an analogy; but note (LSJ s.v.) the alternative meaning of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ54ΛακιδέαςLaodikeians, Laodiceans… fully at lambda 854, phi 768, and the Synesius passage itself (which goes on to mention 'Euthalios the Laodikean'). See the translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1. The Barrington Atlas lists seven …Matched in noteshighshort
λ279ΛεωτυχίδηςLeotychides, Leotychidas… the name which occurs in the historical record is Leotychides itself, notably as the name of that of two Eurypontid kings of Sparta. For Leotychidas (sic: Doric dialect) II, who reigned c.491-469, see OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ141Λάσταυροςeffeminate, nancy-boy… lambda 136, lambda 137. [2] An approximation of Polybius 8.9.6, itself preserving Theopompus FGrH 115 F224 on the hetairoi of Philip II of Macedon (phi 354); cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.167B [4.62 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged… (253 K.-A.), at Photius lambda254 Theodoridis. Both the headword verb itself and the glossing verb (kappa 1645) are verbs describing violent motion; in a sexual context they are classified by Henderson 35 (expanded 151-153) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ627Λιφαιμεῖlacks blood, loses blood… Synagoge lambda122, Photius lambda364 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius lambda1136. The headword itself -- third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb lifaime/w -- is evidently quoted from somewhere (not necessarily Appian, to whom it …Matched in noteshighshort
λ96ΛαμπρίαςLamprias… forgery, dating from the XIIIth or XIVth century; the catalogue itself probably dates back to the IIIrd or IVth century. Apart from the fact that Plutarch - as far as we know - did …Matched in noteshighshort

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