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λ156Λαφυγμόςedacity, gourmandising[Meaning] gluttony, and extragavance in eating; that is, [one] out of the ordinary, expensive luxury. Eating greedily. Eupolis in Flatterers [writes]: "[he/she/it] will be devoured with altogether vigorous edacity". Homer [writes]: "and [sc. a …highshort
λ356Λείαςbooty, plunder[Meaning] spoils from enemies. Also [sc. attested is the headword] lei/as, [meaning] the flocks, the cattle, in Sophocles; hence also lh|sth/s in its proper sense ["plunderer"]. Homer [writes]: "we drove together a lot of …highmedium
λ499Λιγαίνωνcrying out[Meaning someone] announcing. [Meaning someone] singing.highshort
λ570Λίνοςlinos, linusΑ sort of hymn. Homer [writes]: "he sang a fine linos". [The term arises] not because of the strings [being made] from flax, but [because] they sang a sort of hymn, like a paean. …highshort
λ686Λούκιος Σέργιος ΚατιλῖνοςLucius Sergius CatilinaAlthough he was a man of illustrious family, he was otherwise wicked by nature, venturesome and ambitious, and unstable in his disposition, and he conspired for the destruction of his fatherland, having bound in …highmedium