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5 entries for four principal virtues

λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… where the headword participle (from the verb lugi/zw) occurs; see further below, n.5. [1] As LSJ s.v. explains (web address 1), the image is to twist oneself in order to dodge a blow. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1334Μώνυχα ζῷαuncloven-hoofed animals, single-hoofed animalsFrom the epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals (cf. next note) by Aristophanes of Byzantium. For uncloven-hoofed see mu 1335. [1] In Aristotle, History of Animals 491a1, examples of pack-animals include the horse, ass, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1172Μνιαρόνmossy, soft… Gow and Page vol. I (90-91); vol. II (116-117); and further extracts from this epigram at epsilon 777, epsiloniota 197, lambda 620, and nu 36. [1] "with thick wool" in the present entry is …Matched in noteshighshort
μ473Μελεδήματαcares, concerns… Gow and Page (vol. I, 404-405); (vol. II, 437); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 3749, alpha 4378, mu 1135, tau 38, and chi 208. [4] kerki/da can also mean "weaver's shuttle" …Matched in noteshighshort
λ772Λύγισμαsprain… as well as in Dioscorides Pedanius and others; but see further, next note. [1] cf. iota 83, where i)/gdisma (sic: "pounding; a dance in which the loins were moved like a pestle": LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort