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- λ631Λιχνείαgluttony[Meaning] thickening.highshort
- λ632Λιχμήσονταιthey will lick[sc. Spelled] with a chi, [meaning] they will lick. "Then the lions, after licking the bodies of the saints all over [....]." But likmw= ["I winnow"] [spelled] with a kappa [is used] in reference …highshort
- λ633Λίχνοςgluttonous[sc. Someone] snatching eagerly at the dishes, insatiable, gobbling, overeating. Aelian [writes]: "a man fattening his gluttonous and licentious eye with evil entertainment thirsted to witness the rites of Pherekratte although he was uninitiated."highshort
- λ703Λόφοςridge, crest[Meaning] a rise in the ground; or a head-dress. "And he had children, raising them in the foliage of the grainfield; [they were] already getting their crests and in their prime in feathers." He …highshort
- λ704Λόφοςridge, crest[Meaning a] neck/throat. Also the top of the helmet. [Note] that 'horns' [are] the gleaming disks on the helmets, but 'crests' [are] the hairy parts.highshort
- λ726Λώϊονbonnier[Meaning something] superior. Also [sc. attested is] 'more bonny', [meaning] superior. "More bonny the small call of a swan than a caw of jackdaws broadcast in springtime clouds."highshort
- λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotosA sweet-smelling plant; [the one] which some call 'myrrh-lotus.' Also [sc. attested is] 'lotuses', [meaning] pipes particular to the wedding chamber. "Lotuses were sounding, and the doors of the wedding chamber were rattling." In …highmedium
- λ763Λοῖσθοςlast, final, remaining[Meaning] the ultimate/utmost. Also [sc. attested in the dative as] 'at last', [meaning] to the utmost. "Then he, the last, tosses off his burden and goes into Hades." The saying concerns Alcman.highshort
- λ792Λύθροςgore[Meaning] murder. Or the defilement that comes from blood, composed of sweat and dust and blood, along with serous discharge. In the Epigrams: "but arms dripping with human gore may the precinct of Ares …highshort
- λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang[Meaning] a year. [sc. The term comes] from 'quickly going', or 'gloomily going' (that is, darkly and unclearly). Or from a metaphor of wolves, which cross rivers while holding onto each other's tails in …highshort