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- λ713Λόχμαςthickets[Meaning] densely-planted places. Aristophanes [writes]: "I have armpits denser than a thicket, as was agreed." The women grew out [their] hair, so that, whenever they voted, they would look like men. Also, "having rubbed …
- λ714Λοχμαία μοῦσαmuse of the thicket[Meaning] the [muse] of the birds. For they are accustomed to sing while hidden in the thickets.
- λ715Λόχμηthicket, undergrowthA saying: "you're carrying a lot of undergrowth". Meaning you should be depilated. This Phormion was hairy and had swarthy buttocks.
- λ716Λόχμηthicket[Meaning] a dense place. [One] slanting, over-grown, and thickly-wooded. "Entering some thicket, the crowd of women and adolescent boys were awaiting their opportunity."
- λ717ΛόχμιοςthicketedIn the Epigrams: "to the one who haunts a thicketed [sc. place]." That is, a dense [one].
- λ718Λόχοςcompany, troop[Meaning] an ambush, [sc. or] a [military] unit. Aristophanes [writes]: "know that also with us, inside, are 4 companies of warlike men, fully-armed." [sc. The number 4 is chosen] because also among [the] Lacedaemonians …
- λ719Λόχοςcompany, troopA detachment [formed] from 8 men, but some [sc. say] of 12 men, and others 16; that [which is] both complete and proportionate. Also [sc. attested is the related term] loxago/s, [meaning] front-rank-man, leader/commander, …
- λ731Λώπηνcloak[Meaning] outer-garment, robe. In the Epigrams: "I put out the burning torches with the billows of my cloak as I also slipped across into the bed-chamber."
- λ732ΛωπίζωI strip, I uncover[Meaning] I unclothe.
- λ733Λώπιονlittle cloak[Meaning] a cheap, shabby garment. "Master, [Diogenes] vowed to hang this little cloak on the holy temple gateway as an offering from the stormy sea-voyage."
- λ734Λωποδύτηςcloak-stripper[Meaning] a thief of outer-garments. Alternatively lwpodu/ths [means] one who unclothes corpses. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] lwpodutei=n, [meaning] to steal outer-garments. "But the dead of the Persians, being unclothed and lacking …
- λ735Λῶποςcloak[Meaning an] outer-garment.