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Lexicon
Terms from the books in the Diotimos library, with definitions, translation notes, and links to their passages.
4,297 entries across 21 collectionsTerms beginning with L
73–108 of 110
Local aptitude
The phrase means “in some one part”; mesē krasis is a middle or balanced blend.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Locomotion
Phora is movement in respect of place.
Stobaeus, Volume I
Lodging and flutter-spirit
The Spirit's “lodging” is the material dwelling God and Nature have already provided.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Logic
Logique names an art or disciplined exercise as well as the rules and terminology by which it is taught.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Long-lived gods
The phrase dolichaiōnes theoi describes gods of long duration or long life.
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Looking and recognizing
These verbs span looking at, discerning, attending to, recognizing, looking upward, and divining or dimly apprehending.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Lorenzo, dedication and public authority
Laurenti is the vocative used to address Lorenzo.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Loss and suffering loss
Zēmia means loss or damage and, in other contexts, a penalty or fine.
Hipparchus
Loß-sophi
Loß-sophi is the p. 168 marginal pun placed beside the title Philosophi.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Lot
Klēros is a lot or allotted share.
Stobaeus, Volume I
Love
Erastēs names a lover or admirer; eran is to love erotically, and erōs the corresponding passion or relation.
Charmides · Alcibiades I+8 books
Love and chaos
Amor means love; in caos converso means turned into chaos.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Love and hatred
Philein means to love, like or be attached to; misein means to hate or dislike.
Hipparchus
Love and torture
The comparison of love with torture or surgery combines unequal power, bodily exposure and an observer's control.
Intimate Journals
Love as a relative
Erōs names love or erotic desire; in this example it is construed with a genitive identifying the beloved object.
Charmides
Love of gain
Philokerdēs means gain-loving, a lover of gain.
Hipparchus
Lover
Erastēs means lover; the person who is in love.
Lysis
Lover of exercise
Philogymnastēs means lover of exercise or athletic training.
Lysis
Lover of the people
Dēmerastēs combines the people, dēmos, with the lover: one erotically attached to the populace.
Alcibiades I
Lover of wisdom
Philosophos means loving wisdom; a lover or friend of wisdom.
Lysis
Loving erotically
Eraō means be in love; desire as a lover.
Lysis
Lucid intervals
Lucida intervalla means “lucid intervals”: clear or relieving spaces between disturbances.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Lucifer and indivisible meaning
Here Lucifer is the Latin name designating Venus as the light-bearing morning star.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II
Lucretius
Lucretius is the Latin poet whose praise of Empedocles at A 21 is completed by the critical turn printed in Appendix I. The genitive Lucretii appears in Cicero’s discussion of his poems at A 27.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Lucretius
Lucretius Epicureus identifies the author as Epicurean; Lucreti is direct address.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Luminous flare
Selas is a blaze or luminous appearance.
Stobaeus, Volume I
Lunar disc
Diskoeidēs means disc-shaped; phakoeidēs means lentil-shaped.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Lunar distance
Diplasion means double or twice as much; apechein means to be distant.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Lunar fragment
Ἀπόσπασμα is something pulled or broken off, a detached fragment.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Lung
Pneumōn is the lung.
Stobaeus, Volume I · The Anatomy of Melancholy
Lustre
Lustre is radiance or shining appearance; figuratively it is the manifest excellence that makes something worthy of admiration.
Centuries of Meditations
Luxury
Luxe extends from life and possessions to writing, where excess must be distinguished from useful adornment.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Luxury and adornment
Luxury includes soft or elaborate living; habrotēs is refinement or sumptuousness in the Persian display.
Alcibiades I
Lycanthropy
Lycanthropia, modernized as lycanthropy, names the condition Burton also calls Wolf-madness: people believe themselves wolves or similar beasts and, in his account, howl and wander at night.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Lyceum
The Lyceum is Socrates’ intended destination.
Lysis
Lyre
Lyra means lyre; the musical instrument Lysis is permitted to handle.
Lysis · Stobaeus, Volume I
Books in the Lexicon
October 2026
Plato’s Alcibiades I Lexicon
Alcibiades I · Plato
176 entries · 701 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Alcibiades II Lexicon
Alcibiades II · Plato
94 entries · 290 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Traherne Lexicon
Centuries of Meditations · Thomas Traherne
471 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Charmides Lexicon
Charmides · Plato
173 entries · 777 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Empedocles Lexicon
Empedocles, Volumes I–II · Empedocles of Acragas
490 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Epinomis Lexicon
Epinomis · Plato
77 entries · 1,061 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Flatland Literary Lexicon
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions · Edwin A. Abbott
85 entries · 476 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Khunrath Lexicon
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum · Heinrich Khunrath
326 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Hipparchus Lexicon
Hipparchus · Plato
90 entries · 291 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Baudelaire Literary Lexicon
Intimate Journals · Charles Baudelaire
80 entries · 323 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Lysis Lexicon
Lysis · Plato
239 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I Lexicon
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I · Marsilio Ficino
231 entries · 1,313 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II Lexicon
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II · Marsilio Ficino
148 entries · 1,398 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Minos Lexicon
Minos · Plato
54 entries · 506 subsidiary terms
October 2026
René Literary Lexicon
René · François-René de Chateaubriand
81 entries · 275 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Stobaeus Lexicon
Stobaeus, Volume I · John Stobaeus
610 entries · 85 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy Lexicon
The Anatomy of Melancholy · Robert Burton
103 entries · 3,864 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Guérin Lexicon
The Green Notebook · Maurice de Guérin
165 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Lovers Lexicon
The Lovers · Plato
83 entries · 361 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Joubert Lexicon
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Joseph Joubert
459 entries · 110 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Theages Lexicon
Theages · Plato
62 entries · 510 subsidiary terms