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4 entries for simplicity itself

λ13Λαγαρόνslack, flat… rather hollow. "But they contrived [defenses] that by slackness or simplicity sufficed against the archers." And in the Epigrams: "and the skin hangs slack on my neck." And elsewhere: "because for you over [the] …Matched in translationhighshort
λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares… that eating hare’s flesh means living luxuriously; and this headword itself can by extension cover all sorts of dainties or luxury foodstuffs (see LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
λ8Λάβραξbass… byword/proverb, applying to gluttons, see Apostolius 10.38; and for Miletus itself cf. mu 1060. [1] Etymologically 'grabby', thus greedy, a sense present in a couple of the associated terms, lambda 7 and lambda 9. …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ692Λουτράbaths… (For baths cf. generally lambda 693, lambda 694.) The entry itself poses numerous problems. It opens with a description of a plurality of men entering into an urban spa somewhere, but shifts abruptly to …Matched in noteshighshort