to be awake; but perhaps just as the gazelle has its eyes open while sleeping, in the same way the lion also has its eyes open while sleeping, since its eyes being large, the skin lying over the eyes is smaller, and cannot draw them shut. 9Larisa9: It is the name of a city, it is written with an i; for those ending in -isa, not being from verbs having the ei diphthong, are written with an i; for example, sarisa; it is a type of small javelin; Pisa; it is a city; so also Larisa. 9Lakinia9: With an i for the ki, and the ni; the ambiguous ones; and otherwise from Lakinos. 9Lakinos9: i; and it has a circumflex on the penult; for nouns in -inos having the accent on the penultimate syllable, not having the i from pleonasm, both have a circumflex on the penult, and are written with an i, and have a long i; except for Karkinos; for this has a short i. 9Limbos; Limbanō9: With an i according to tradition. 9Lykinos; Leontinos9: By the rule of Lakinos. 9Lips9: It signifies both a wind, and defeat, from leipō, leipsō; or from leibō, leipsō; with an i; for words ending in ps reject every diphthong. 9Lochitēs9: Those in -itēs are written with an i; it signifies one who lies in wait. 9Litargon9: It signifies the swift, it is written with an i; for from 'lian argon' (very idle) it has become 'swift'. 9Lagneia9: From lagneuō. 9Leiknon9: It is spelled two ways; for it is written both with the ei diphthong and with i; or it comes from lian by metathesis of m to n, liknon, from lian kamnein (to toil much). 9Lakereia9: ei diphthong; by the rule of proparoxytones in -eia; it is the name of a city. 9Lacheia9: It signifies the well-dug earth; with 237 the ei diphthong, by the rule of proparoxytones in -eia from present tenses; for example, kratō, krateia; lachō, lacheia; energō, energeia. 9Leitourgein9: With the ei diphthong; for from to serve; the li, i; and Leiton is the people; from ergon (work) and lēiton, then, has come lēitourgein, and by shortening of the ē to e, leitourgein, and by contraction of the e and i into the ei diphthong, leitourgein. 9Logeion9: It signifies a type of mixing bowl; it also signifies the place of the theater, it is written with the ei diphthong; for words from verbs in -ō formed with -eion, both have a circumflex on the penult, and are written with the ei diphthong; adō, ōdeion; keirō, koureion; skaptō, skapheion; agō, angeion; so also legō, logeion. 9Lekithos9: It signifies the yolk of the egg; the ki is written with an i. 9Leiodēs9: It is a proper name, it is written with the ei diphthong, for from leion, which is written with the ei diphthong. 9Laureion9: It is a place in Attica that produces metal, it is written with the ei diphthong; for trisyllabic words in -eion that are special, are both proparoxytone, and are written with the ei diphthong. 9Lykeion9: It is a place in Thessaly, where a wolf attacking the cattle of Peleus was turned to stone. 9Lageion9: Thus is called the hippodrome of Alexandria from a certain Lagos; it is written with the ei diphthong, by the logic of Laureion. 9Leiobatos9: From leion; it is a type of fish. 9Leiria9: From leion, leïon, and with the addition of r, leirion. 9Lagneia9: It must be known that lagneia is written with the ei diphthong; for words in -tēs that have a corresponding verb in -euō, the feminine is written with the ei diphthong; 238 for example, lēstēs, lēsteuō, lēsteia; hiketēs, hiketeuō, hiketeia; politēs, politeuō, politeia; lagnos, lagneuō, lagneia. 9Leipsanon9: It is written with the ei diphthong; it comes either from leibō, leipsō, for they used to pour libations over the dead; or from leipō, leipsō; for leiphana are the remains. 9Leichō9: With the ei diphthong; for corresponding to it is trapezoloichos. 9Leichē9: Diphthong in lei; for it has either come from leichō, for they say that from licking the affliction arises; or from leion by antiphrasis; for example, that which is not smooth. 9Litos9: i according to tradition; and again, those in -itos that reject the ei diphthong are written; for example, sitos; Epaphroditos; so also litos with an i; and litos signifies the simple and unadorned chiton. 9Leios9: With the ei
ἐγρηγορέναι· ἀλλ' ἴσως ὥσπερ ἡ δορκὰς ἐν τῷ καθεύδειν ἀνεωγμένους ἔχει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ὁ λέων ἐν τῷ καθεύδειν ἀνεωγμένους ἔχει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς, ἐπειδὴ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μεγάλων ὄντων τὸ δέρας τὸ ἐπικείμενον ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μικρότερόν ἐστιν, καὶ οὐ δύναται ἐκσπᾶσαι αὐτούς. 9Λάρισα9: Ἔστιν δὲ ὄνομα πόλεως, διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ισα, μὴ ὄντα ἀπὸ ῥημάτων ἔχοντα τὴν ει δίφθογγον, διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· οἷον, σάρισα· ἔστιν εἶδος ἀκοντίου μικροῦ· Πῖσα· ἔστιν δὲ πόλις· οὕτω καὶ Λάρισα. 9Λακινία9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι τὸ κι, καὶ τὸ νι· τὰ ἀμφιβαλλόμενα· καὶ ἄλλως ἀπὸ τοῦ Λακῖνος. 9Λακῖνοσ9: ι· καὶ προπερισπᾶται· τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ινος ὀνό ματα πρὸ μιᾶς τὸν τόνον ἔχοντα, μὴ ἔχοντα ἀπὸ πλεονασμοῦ τὸ ι, καὶ προπερισπῶνται, καὶ διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται, καὶ μακρὸν ἔχουσι τὸ ι· χωρὶς τοῦ Καρκίνος· τοῦτο γὰρ βραχὺ ἔχει τὸ ι. 9Λιμβός· Λιμβάνω9: ∆ιὰ τοῦ ι κατὰ παράδοσιν. 9Λυκῖνος· Λεοντῖνοσ9: Τῷ κανόνι τοῦ Λακῖνος. 9Λίψ9: Σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ἄνεμον, καὶ τὴν ἧτταν, παρὰ τὸ λείπω, λείψω· ἢ παρὰ τὸ λείβω, λείψω· διὰ τοῦ ι δέ· τὰ γὰρ εἰς ψ λήγοντα πᾶσαν δίφθογγον ἀποστρέφονται. 9Λοχίτησ9: Τὰ διὰ τοῦ ιτης διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· σημαίνει δὲ τὸν ἐνεδρεύοντα. 9Λιταργόν9: Σημαίνει δὲ τὸν ταχὺν, διὰ τοῦ ι γράφεται· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ λίαν ἀργὸν γέγονεν ταχύ. 9Λαγνεῖα9: Ἐκ τοῦ λαγνεύω. 9Λεικνόν9: ∆ιφορεῖται· καὶ γὰρ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου καὶ διὰ τοῦ, γράφεται· ἢ ἐκ τοῦ λίαν γέγονεν κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ μ εἰς ν λίκνον, παρὰ τὸ λίαν κάμνειν. 9Λακέρεια9: ει δίφθογγος· τῷ κανόνι τῶν διὰ τοῦ εια προ παροξυτόνων· ἔστιν δὲ ὄνομα πόλεως. 9Λάχεια9: Σημαίνει δὲ τὴν καλῶς ἐσκαμμένην γῆν· διὰ 237 τῆς ει διφθόγγου, τῷ λόγῳ διὰ τοῦ εια ἀπὸ ἐνεστώτων προ παροξυτόνων· οἷον, κρατῶ, κράτεια· λαχῶ, λάχεια· ἐνεργῶ, ἐνέργεια. 9Λειτουργεῖν9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ ὑπηρε τεῖν· τὸ λι ι· τὸ Λίητον δέ ἐστι τὸ δῆμος· ἀπὸ τοῦ οὖν ἔργον καὶ τὸ λήϊτον γέγονεν ληιτουργεῖν, καὶ κατὰ συστολὴν τοῦ η εἰς τὸ ε, λεϊτουργεῖν, καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν τοῦ ε καὶ ι εἰς τὴν ει δίφθογγον, λειτουργεῖν. 9Λογεῖον9: Σημαίνει δὲ εἶδος κρατῆρος· σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦ θεάτρου, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς ω ῥημάτων διὰ τοῦ ειον γινόμενα, καὶ προπερισπᾶ ται, καὶ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· ᾄδω, ᾠδεῖον· κείρω, κουρεῖον· σκάπτω, σκαφεῖον· ἄγω, ἀγγεῖον· οὕτως καὶ λέγω, λογεῖον. 9Λέκιθοσ9: Σημαίνει δὲ τὸν κρόκον τοῦ ὠοῦ· διὰ τοῦ ι γρά φεται τὸ κι. 9Λείοδησ9: Ἔστιν δὲ ὄνομα κύριον, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται, παρὰ τὸ λεῖον γὰρ, ὅπερ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γρά φεται. 9Λαύρειον9: Ἔστιν δὲ τόπος τῆς Ἀττικῆς ποιῶν μέταλλον, διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· τὰ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ειον τρισύλ λαβα ἰδιάζοντα, καὶ προπαροξύνονται, καὶ διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται. 9Λύκειον9: Ἔστιν δὲ τόπος τῆς Θετταλίας, ἔνθα λίκος ἐπιὼν τοῖς τοῦ Πηλέως βουσὶν ἀπελιθώθη. 9Λάγειον9: Οὕτως δὲ λέγεται τὸ ἱπποδρόμιον Ἀλεξανδρείας ἀπὸ Λάγου τινός· διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται, τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ Λαύρειον. 9Λειόβατοσ9: Παρὰ τὸ λεῖον· ἔστιν δὲ εἶδος ἰχθύος. 9Λειρία9: Παρὰ τὸ λεῖον, λείϊον, καὶ προσθέσει τοῦ ρ λείριον. 9Λαγνεῖα9: ∆εῖ γινώσκειν ὅτι τὸ λαγνεῖα διὰ τῆς ει δι φθόγγου γράφεται· τὰ γὰρ εἰς της ἔχοντα ἀντιπαρακείμενον ῥῆμα διὰ τοῦ ευω, τὸ θηλυκὸν διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· 238 οἷον, ληστὴς, ληστεύω, ληστεῖα· ἱκέτης, ἱκετεύω, ἱκετεῖα· πολίτης, πολιτεύω, πολιτεῖα· λάγνος, λαγνεύω, λαγνεῖα. 9Λείψανον9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου γράφεται· ἢ παρὰ τὸ λείβω, λείψω γίνεται, καὶ γὰρ ἔσπενδον ἐπὶ τῶν τεθνεότων· ἢ παρὰ τὸ λείπω, λείψω· λείφανα γάρ εἰσιν τὰ ἐγκαταλίμ ματα. 9Λείχω9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· ἀντιπαράκειται γὰρ αὐτῷ τραπεζολοιχός. 9Λειχή9: ∆ίφθογγος τὸ λει· ἢ γὰρ παρὰ τὸ λείχω γέγονεν, καὶ γάρ φασιν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ λείχειν τὸ πάθος ἐπαίρεται· ἢ παρὰ τὸ λεῖον κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν· οἷον, τὸ μὴ ὂν λεῖον. 9Λιτόσ9: ι κατὰ παράδοσιν· καὶ πάλιν τὰ διὰ τοῦ ιτος ἀπο στρεφόμενα τὴν ει δίφθογγον γράφεται· οἷον, σῖτος· Ἐπαφρό διτος· οὕτως καὶ λῖτος διὰ τοῦ ι· τὸ δὲ λιτὸς σημαίνει τὸν εὐ τελῆ καὶ ἄποικον χιτῶνα. 9Λεῖοσ9: ∆ιὰ τῆς ει