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- λ766Λύγαtwilight[Meaning] dark [things]. "For she [Artemis] appeared to her [Hegelochia] next to the threads of the loom, like twilight of fire".
- λ767Λύγδηνwith violent sobs; together[Meaning they] sobbing violently. Or meaning together. "In such ways, locked in each other's arms, they were all weeping with violent sobs."
- λ768Λύγδιναmarble-white"And on [sc. her] chest still those marble-white cones of [her] breasts stood up, stripped of an encircling girdle." In the Epigrams. And elsewhere: "as if carved of white marble, laden with maidenly delights". …
- λ770Λυγαίωςgloomily[Meaning] darkly. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] lu/gh ["twilight"], [meaning] darkness.
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself[Meaning] turning oneself, covering oneself. [sc. The term comes] from withies. A withy is a fibrous plant. "He bound [them] with pliant withies." Homer [sc. says this]. And Plato in Gorgias [says]: "[competent at] …
- λ772Λύγισμαsprain[Meaning] a base sound, a disgusting song; [that is] what Alexandrians say. [sc. Also attested is the related verb] lugi/zei ["he/she/it twists"]. "But he was turning songs, as many as Nero was twisting and …
- μ464Μελάνυδροςblack-watered, dark-watered[Meaning ] deep, but in the proper sense [one] of clear water.
- μ465Μελαίνῃdark, black[Meaning] deep. But [sc. also attested is the phrase] 'dark emotions', [meaning] the ones which lie in depth; for deepness [is] dark.
- μ470Μελδόμενοςbeing boiled-down, being melted-down[Meaning one who is] being burned.
- μ471Μέλδοντεςmelting down[Meaning they who are] dissolving, boiling. "Melting down oxen's entrails," that is boiling [them]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase], "[one who is] melting down (meldo/menos) fats." Meaning melting (me/ldwn) the fats.
- μ472Μελεδαίνεινto care for, to attend upon[Meaning] to take care of. Herodotus [writes] "he left behind the sick men, [ordering] the cities both to care for them and to nourish them."
- μ473Μελεδήματαcares, concerns[Meaning] anxieties. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] meledh/mwn, [genitive] meledh/monos "careful." In the Epigrams: "careful weaving-comb of close-woven clothes."
- μ1149Μνᾶταιhe is wooing[Meaning] he is seeking in marriage.
- μ1167Μνηστήcourted [woman], wooed [woman]She who has been married in accordance with courtship [mnhstei/a] or she who is waiting [me/nousa] [sc. to be wedded] from virginity [sc. is] mnhsth/, which is [to say], she who has not known …
- μ1168Μνηστῆραςsuitors, wooers"They took no thought of the suitors of the office of consul; but they themselves chose someone with a long and excellent knowledge of wars and a champion of noble and admired deeds."
- μ1169Μνῆστιςremembrance, recollection[Meaning] memory. "But have recollection of me also. Memory must be attached to a man, if, I suppose, he should experience something delightful [...] but if the remembrance of anyone who has received benefits …
- μ1170Μνήστοραmindful [of][Meaning] knowledgeable [of]. "But he brings someone mindful of the devices".
- μ1171Μνίαseaweeds[Meaning] the efflorescences of the sea, or oyster-greens.
- μ1172Μνιαρόνmossy, soft"But accept a garment of a rug, mossy, with thick wool, like a flowery purple."
- μ1173Μνίειconsumes, ingests[Meaning he/she/it] eats.
- μ1174Μνόωντοthey were wooing[Meaning] they were seeking in marriage.
- μ1175Μνοῦςdown[Meaning] soft hair. In the Epigrams: "[...] and more tender-skinned than down".
- μ1176ΜνῶI recall, I remind[Meaning] I recall/remind. [The form] mnw= is not a perispomenon, for it does not have completeness, but since it is monosyllabic, it is pronounced with a circumflex on the final syllable out of necessity …
- μ1332Μῶνsurely not?[sc. The same as] a)=ra. It signifies an interrogative conjunction. For the [verb] mw=sqai [means] "to seek."
- μ1333Μῶνsurely not?Aristophanes [writes]: "Surely you're not from a fine and noble family, are you?" -- "No, by the gods!" And elsewhere [sc. one finds the equivalence]: mw=n e)sti; [meaning] a)=ra/ e)stin. "I haven't come too …
- μ1334Μώνυχα ζῷαuncloven-hoofed animals, single-hoofed animals[sc. Examples include] horse, ass, mule, and if there is some other, [it is also included]. It has happened for these that they do not swim and they are called pack-animals.
- μ1335Μῶνυξsingle-hoofed, uncloven-hoofed[mw=nuc means the same as] monw/nuc. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] monw/nuxes i(/ppoi ["single-hoofed horses"].
- ν605Νῦν εἰς χώραν ἦλθονnow I came into a place; now they came into a place[sc. a proverbial saying] in reference to those refusing at first to go where they ought, but later arriving of their own accord.
- ν606Νῦν ἦλθον εἰς χορόνnow I [or: they] went into a dance and now you farted[no gloss]
- ν607Νυνμενίat this very momentMeaning at this moment. In many places Aristophanes uses [the word] thus. "But at this moment I am writing to you as if with an outline." Meaning in a general way.