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1
Λᾶας
rock
[Meaning] stone. In the Epigrams: "and a rock from porous stone, which sharpened a reed's dull edge."
high
short
λ
2
Λᾶας
rock
[Meaning] stone. And [sc. also attested is the genitive] la/ou, [meaning] of [a] stone. From the nominative la=os, produced from the genitive la=os. "By a rock's force." "Moving sideways, and crouching low on a …
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short
λ
3
Λαβαῖς
with handles
[Meaning] with touchings, or with pretexts, or with blame. But [sc. also also attested is the phrase] "bi-mouthed handles", [meaning] the ears of the mixing-bowl, or those which have openings on both sides; or …
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51
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49
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49
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46
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46
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33
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33
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33
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33
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30
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30
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29
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29
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25
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25
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21
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21
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16
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16
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9
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9
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6
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6
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6
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6
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λ
4
Λαβεῖν τιμωρίαν
to exact punishment
[Meaning] to be avenged.
high
short
λ
5
Λάβῃ
may take, would take
Second-aorist subjunctive.
high
short
λ
6
Λαβίνιος
Labinios, Lavinius
A proper name.
high
short
λ
7
Λαβραγόρην
braggart, brashly-speaking
[Meaning him] orating excessively.
high
short
λ
8
Λάβραξ
bass
A kind of fish. And [there is] a proverb: 'Milesian basses'. The appellation was applied because its mouth gapes open and it swallows the bait readily and eagerly [la/brws]; consequently it is easily caught. …
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medium
λ
9
Λαβρότατος
most intemperate, very intemperate
[Meaning] most/very excessive.
high
short
λ
10
Λαβρώνιον
labronion
A kind of drinking-vessel. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] labrw/nios.
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short
λ
11
Λαβύρινθος
labyrinth
[Meaning a] spiral-shaped place; it is also said of nonsense. [sc. The term arises] from its not having [labein] a door [thura]. Or from using many circles of words. It also means the votive-offering …
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short
λ
12
Λάγανα
meal-cakes
[Meaning] flat-cakes, like dry [ones]. From the [adjective] lagaru/ ["thin"]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "[him] starving and eating nothing." "And when David had sacrificed in honor of the relocation of the ark …
high
short
λ
13
Λαγαρόν
slack, flat
[Meaning something] 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 …
high
short
λ
14
Λαγαριζόμενον
scraping a living
Aristophanes [writes]: "when [the allies] have perceived the [rest of the] rabble scraping a living out of a voting-urn and munching on nothing."
high
short
λ
15
Λάγειον αἷμα
hare's blood
That of a hare.
high
short
λ
16
Λαγίδης
hare-ish, leveret; Lagid
The [sc. offspring] of the hare.
high
short
λ
17
Λαγίσκα
Lagiska, Lagisca
A certain courtesan, whom Lysias mentions.
high
short
λ
18
Λαγνεία
lechery
[Meaning] prostitution.
high
short
λ
19
Λάγνης
lecher
[la/gnhs is] masculine in place of la/gnos.
high
short
λ
20
Λάγνος
lecher
[sc. Male] prostitute, low-life, [someone] obsessed by sex.
high
short
λ
21
Λαγόβαρδος
Lagobardos, Longobard, Lombard
Name of a people.
high
short
λ
22
Λαγόβιος
Lagobios, Lagobius
A proper name.
high
short
λ
23
Λαγόνος
flank, hollow
[no gloss]
high
short
λ
24
Λαγορία
Lagoria
Name of a city.
high
short
λ
25
Λάγος
Lagos, Lagus
Proper name. [sc. It was he] who married Arsinoe, the mother of Ptolemaios the Saviour. This Ptolemaios, not related to him at all, Lagos in fact exposed upon a bronze shield. And a story …
high
medium
λ
26
Λαγωβολεῖον
hare-net
[Meaning something] in which they catch hares.
high
short
λ
27
Λαγῴδιον
leveret
[no gloss]
high
short
λ
28
Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκα
for a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figs
A proverb directed against those reckoning things as valuable in [a situation of] necessity. Interpretation of a dream: a hare appearing makes an unlucky path [of life].
high
short
λ
29
Λαγὼς καθεύδων
a sleeping hare
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast …
high
short
λ
30
Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶν
a hare [runs] for his life
A proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the …
high
medium
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