The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• LAedere maiestatem, to derogate anye thynge of the kynges auctorytie or prerogatiue.
• Laedo, laesi, dere, to hurte or do displeasure.
• * 1.1Laesae religionis culpa, heresye, or lollardy, contempt of religion or ceremonies.
• Laemargia, gluttonye.
• Laemargus, a glutton.
• Laemuschaton, the rewarde gyuen to hym that vanquyshed at playenge or fyghtynge with weapons.
• Laena, a garment lyned, whiche the dyuy∣nours callyd augures, dyd weare.
• Laerte, a citie in Cilicia.
• Laertes, the father of Vlysses.
• Laertius, the name of one, which wrate the lyues of Phylosophers.
• Laetabilis, gladde, or reioycefull.
• Laetamen, compasse or mucke layde in the fieldes, to make corne and grasse to growe plentuousely.
• Laetifico, are, to make gladde.
• Laetisco, scere, to be gladde.
• Laetitia, gladnesse, reioycynge of the mind, whiche doth also appere outwardly.
• ...Laetitudo, inis, idem.
• Laeto, are, to make gladde.
• Laetor, aris, ari, to be gladde, or to reioyce with outwarde sygnes.
• Laetus homo, a gladde man.
• Laeta ouis, a good shepe. Laeta seges, & letū legumen, plentyfull corne and grayne. All other thynges, not hauynge lyfe, beinge called Laeta, do sygnifye dilectable to be∣holde, or that do please the eye of the be∣holder.
• Laeuigo, are, to plane, or make playne, or to polyshe.
• Laeuis, laeue, smothe or playne.
• Laeuitas, tatis, playnnesse or smothenesse.
• Laeuo, are, to make smothe.
• Laeuor, oris, smothenesse.
• Lagari uersus, verses, whiche do halt in the myddes of the foote.
• Lageos, a kynde of grapes.
• Lagana, be thynne cakes made with floure and water, wherto was putte fatte brothe, pepper, saffron, and cynnamom.
• Lagonon, the frettynge of the guttes.
• Lagoena, a pytchar potte.
• Lagia, one of the names of the ile of Delos.
• Lagois, a kynde of fyshe, whiche maye be called the hare fyshe.
• Lagoplithalmos, he that hathe eien lyke a hare, or in whom the ouerlyds of the eien do not meue downewarde.
• Lagotrophia, a warren or parke of hares.
• Laguncula, a lyttell pytchar.
• Lagygies, people in Sarmacia.
• Laicus, a lay man.
• Lais, the name of a famouse harlotte, vnto whom for her beautie repaired the richest men of Grece.
• Laletania, a countrey in Spayne.
• Lalisiones, coltes of wylde asses.
• Lallare, to speake lyke a baby: in the whi∣che worde the greke doth approche nerer to the englishe than to the latine, as baba∣zin, whiche made a latine worde,* 1.2 is baba∣re, it maye be transferred to the mother or norice, that babeleth with hir childe whan she giueth to it the dugge.
• Lamae, the raggydnesse of rockes.
• Lambo, bere, to lycke with the tounge. also to touche, to flowe, or runne softly.
• Lambrus, a ryuer in Italy, whiche meteth with the ryuer of Po, called Padus.
• Lambrani, people dwellyng about the sayd ryuer of Lambrus.
• Lamentabilis, le, lamentable.
• Lamentarius, a, um, that causeth lamētation.
• Lamentor, aris, ari, to lament or bewayle.
• Lamentatio, onis, lamenting or wailyng.
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• Lamiae, be women, whyche beholdynge, chyldren, or gyuyng to theym gyftes, doo alter the fourme of them, whiche children be afterwarde called elfes, or taken with the fayrye. And some suche women wylle sucke the bloudde from chyldern. They be also those, whyche be called ladyes of the fayry, whiche do allure yong men to com∣pany carnally with them, & after that they be consumed in the acte of lecherye, they coueyte to deuoure them.
• Lamia, is also a beaste, whiche hath a wo∣mans face, and the fete of a horse. It was also the surname of a noble Romayne, and also of a famous harlot.
• Lamina, a plate of mettall.
• Lamirus, one of the sonnes of Hercules.
• Lampas, a leame of fyre, or brightenes of the sonne, moste vsed for a lampe.
• Lampetra, a fyshe called a lamprey.
• Lampsacus, a citie on the border of Asia, v∣pon the ryuer called Hellespontus.
• Lampsacenus, a, um, of that citie.
• Lampytis, a gloo worme, or a worme callid a globerde.
• Lana, woulle.
• Lanaris, re, that beareth or hath wolle.
• Laneus, a, um, woullen.
• Laneus, a fyshe.
• Lanitium, the occupienge of woll.
• Lanitius, a, um, wollen or of wolle.
• Lanate paecus, beastes hauyng woll.
• Lanarius, a wulle man, or he that occupieth or selleth wolle.
• Lanatus, a, um, cladde or wrapped in wolle.
• Lanatus lup{us}, a fishe so called for his white∣nes and softenes.
• Lancia, a spanish iauelin with a brode heed.
• Lancearius, he that beareth a Iauelyn.
• Lanceatus, armed with a iauelyn. also woū∣ded with a iauelyn.
• Lanx, cis, a dyshe, whiche of some is callid a potenger. also a balance.
• Lancino, are, to strike, to rent with the teth.
• Lanerum, a garment made of vndied woll.
• Langa, a beast, whiche is found aboute the ryuer of Po.
• Langueo, & languesco, ere, to languyshe, to be sycke, to be faynt, to be aferd, to be idell.
• Languidus, da, dum, faynt, sick, aferde, idell.
• Langurium, langettes of aumbre, lyke to longe beadestones.
• Languor, oris, languour, faylyng of strēgth and naturall all moysture.
• Laniena, the flesh shambles, or shop where fleshe is solde. Sommetyme it sygnyfyethe dismembrynge.
• Lanificium, cardinge and spinning of woll.
• Lanificus, he that dothe worke woulle, to make it mete for the clothyar. It maye be called also a woll wynder.
• Lanio, are, to cutte lyke a boucher.
• ...Lanifex, ficis, idem qui lanificus.
• Lanionius, a, ū, {per}taynyng to bouchers craft.
• Lanista, he that had the reule ouer sworde players, and caused them to be taught, and after solde them. Also that ordayned byr∣des to fyghte.
• Lanium carnarium, a slaughter house.
• Lanius, & lanio, onis, a boucher.
• Lano, are, to put in woll, or to dresse w^t woll.
• Lanugo, the soft heares or mosynes in the vysages of chylderne and women. Also on fruites called peaches, and some herbes as longe wort, clary, and suche other.
• Laodicea, a citie in Asia.
• Laodomia, the wyfe of Prothesildus.
• Laomedon, ontis, the father of Priamus.
• Lapa, & lapathes, an herbe called Clote▪ whiche beareth bourres, that cleauen to clothes and cattell.
• Lapathos, seu lapathiū, an herbe called sorel.
• Lapicida, a mason.
• Lapidarius, a, um, pertainyng to stones.
• Lapidesco, ere, to be made or tourned into a stoone.
• Lapidicina, a quarre of stones.
• Lapido, are, to strike with stoones. also to strike somtyme without stones.
• Lapillus, a lytle stone, also a precious stone.
• Lapio, iui, ire, to make harde as a stone.
• Lapis, pi••••s, a stone but lasse than that, whi∣che is called Saxum.
• Lapis, is sommetyme taken for a myle. Ad tertium aut quartum lapidem, at the thirde or the fourthe myle. De lapide empti, were slaues or bondmen solde.
• Lapithe, people of Thessalie, of whom Pe∣rithous was kynge.
• Lapsana, wylde colewortes.
• Lapsio, a falle.
• Lapso, are, to falle often.
• Lapsus, us, a falle. Also a small offence done by neglygence, an ouersight.
• Lapythos, a citie in the yle of Cypres.
• Laqueare, laquear, & laquearium, the roufe of a chaumber, which is imbowed or fret∣ted. also a playne beame in a rouffe.
• Laqueatus, a, um, haltered, snarled, tyed or bounde faste. sommetyme it sygnyfieth ho∣lowe or bowynge.
• Laqueus, an halter.
• Lares, goddes, whiche the paynyms didde suppose euery person had belongyng vnto hym▪ which were also called Penates, both the whiche wordes be also taken for pry∣uate dwellynges or houses. Mei lares, mei penares, my house or dwellynge place.
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• Laranda, a cytie of Lycaonia.
• Lararium, a priuate chappell or closette in a mannes house.
• Lardum, larde, or the fat of an hogge. some¦tyme swynes flesshe salted.
• Larentia, a famous harlotte, which bycause she made the people of Rome her heyre, they named her a goddesse, and callydde hyr Flora.
• Largior, iris, iri, to gyue lyberally.
• Largitas, tatis, largenes, or lyberalitie.
• Largitio, lyberalle expenses, to wynne a mannes pourpose.
• Largus, a, um, large, or free of expenses.
• Large, abundauntly.
• Larine, a fountayne in Attica.
• Larissa, the name of one citie in Thessalia, an other in Asia, the thyrde in Italy.
• Larius, a brooke by the citie of Comum.
• Larix, icis, a tree of the kynde of firre, out of the whiche issueth a soote gumme.
• Larodij, people in Scithia.
• Larua, a spyrite, whiche apperethe in the nyght time. Some do call it a hegge, some a goblyn. Also a masker, or he that wea∣reth a visour. it is sometyme taken for the same visour.
• Laruatus, he that is feared with a spirite, & is becomme madde. It sommetime signy∣fieth a masker.
• Laruale, an ymage defourmed, pale, leane, and horrible to beholde.
• Larum, a lyttell blacke waterfowle.
• Lasanum, a chaumber potte, or vrynall.
• Lasciuio, ire, to be wanton.
• Lasciuus, a, um, wanton.
• Lasciuia, wantonnesse.
• Laser, the iuyce of an herbe called Laserpi∣tium, commendable in sondry medicines.
• Lasibus, olde writers vsed for Laribus.
• Lasseo, & lassesco, lassus sum, sere, to be wery.
• Lascea, an yle in the see called Egeū. It was also called Andros.
• Lasso, are, to be weery.
• Lassus, a, um, weery.
• Lassitudo, werynesse.
• Lastaurus, a greatte lechour.
• Latebra, & latebrae, brarum, a priuye place, where men do hyde them. Sommetyme it sygnifieth an excuse.
• Latebro, are, to hyde.
• Latebrosus locus, where as be many priuye places.
• Lateo, tui, tere, to be hydde.
• Later, a tyle.
• Laterani, yeman of the garde.
• Lateranus, the name of a cōsul of Rome, of whose hous was made a church of sainte Iohn̄, whiche is nowe callid Lateranensis.
• Laterculus, a lyttell tyle.
• Laterem lauas, thou losest thy labour.
• Lateritius, a, um, made of tyles.
• Laterna, a lanterne.
• Lato, latescere, to be brode.
• Latex, ticis, all maner of lycour: but it is moste commonly taken for water.
• Latomia, a dungeon in the prison at Rome.
• Latomus, a mason.
• Latialis, le, & latiaris, re, of latin, of that part of Italy, whiche was called Latium.
• Latibulo, are, to be hydde.
• Latibulum, a denne or bury, where beastis do hyde them. somtime it is vsed for a se∣crete place or caue, wherin men be hidde.
• Laticlauius, a Senatour.
• Latifolium, that whiche hath brode leaues.
• Latifundium, a greatte or large felde, great and large possessions.
• Latinae, narum, sacrifyces to Iupiter named of the latins, who fyrst dyd ordayne them.
• Latinè, in the fourme of latyne.
• Latinitas, tatis, latyne speche.
• Latinus, na, um, latin, or of the people cal∣lyd latines.
• Latinus, the propre name of Aeneas father in lawe.
• Latico, are, to lurke.
• Latium, a parte of Italy.
• Latius, a, um, of that countrey.
• Latinius, a mountayne in Ionia, where po∣etes say the mone kyssed Endymion.
• Latomiae, was a strayte prison in the citie of Syracusis in Sicilia, an other in Spartha. It is also a quarry, out of the whiche sto∣nes are dygged.
• Latona, was mother of Apollo and Diana.
• Latonia, called also Diana, and is also taken for the moone.
• Latria, the honour and seruyce, wherewith god onely is worshypped.
• Latres, a seruaunt.
• Latrina, a syege or iakes.
• Latro, are, to barke as a dogge dothe.
• Latrocinium, thefre, robberie.
• Latrocinor, trocinari, to robe, also to serue in warres.
• Latrones, robbers by the high waye. Also souldyours retayned. Amonge the Ro∣maynes it were those, whyche were al∣waye aboute the kynges or Emperoures persone, as the garde is aboute the king. Also Latrones, seu Latrunculi, be chesse∣menne, with whiche menne doo playe at the chesse.
• Latrunculator, a iustyce of gayle delyuery, or any Iustyce, whyche dothe gyue sen∣tence on theues.
• Latus, lata, latum, brode.
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• Late, abrode, in many places.
• Latitudo, dinis, bredthe.
• Latuniae, quarres where stones are digged.
• Latus, lateris, a syde.
• Latus clauus, a senatours robe or garment. it is put somtyme for the dignitie of a Se∣natour. semblably Laticlauium.
• Lauacrum, a bathe or bayne.
• Lauatrina, a synke, wherinto fowle water is caste or swepte, wherby pauementes are made cleane.
• Lauce, an yle in the see called Pontus.
• Laudabilis, le, laudable, commendable.
• Laudatio, a praise or commendation.
• Laudo, are, to prayse. Laudo testem, I take to wytnesse.
• Lauerna, a goddesse, vnder whose protecti∣on theues were in Rome.
• Lauinium, a citie in Italye, called also Lau∣tentum.
• Lauo, uaui, are, & lauo, ui, ere, to washe.
• Lautus, & lotus, ta, tum, washed.
• Laurea, a leafe of a laurell or bay tree, some¦tyme a garlande made of Laurell.
• Lamens, tis, a manne of the towne callyd Laurentum.
• Lamentū, a citie in Italy callid also Lauiniū.
• Lameo, are, to put on a garlande of laurell.
• Lameola, a crowne or garlande that vyc∣tours ware in theyr triumphe.
• Lameus, a, um, of laurell.
• Lametum, a place, wherin doo growe lau∣relles or baye trees.
• Lautiser, & lauriger, is, he that wearethe a garlande of laurell.
• Laurinum, oyle of laurell or bayes.
• Laurion, a place in Attica, where syluer was dygged.
• Lautus, a laurelle or baye tree.
• Laus, laudis, prayse.
• Lautia, were presentes, which the Romās did send to ambassadors of other realmes.
• Lautitia, magnifycence and netenesse in dy∣ners and bankettes.
• Lautrices, the wyfes of two bretherne.
• Lautulae, weate baynes.
• Lautus, ta, tum, washed. also nete or cleane, or elegant, ryche.
• Laxitas, tatis, & laxamentum, release, par∣don, lowsenes, lybertie.
• Laxo, are, to lowse or sette at lybertie, to release.
• Laxus, a, um, lowse, large, wide, soft, weke.
• Laxum, an aduerbe, signifieth wyde.
• * 1.3Laxare manipulos, was in batayle, whan the sondry bendes or companyes of fote men were set in a ray, one man a cōuenient di∣stance from an nother, that they mought fyght the more at their lybertie.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ci. in Ver.
• * 1.2

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
• * 1.3

  Caesar.