The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

• LEae, an Ilande by Cyrenaica, a regyon of Affrike.
• Leiena, a lyonesse.
• Leander, the name of a man.
• Lebes, lebetis, a caudron to boyle in.
• Lebadia, a cytie in Boeotia.
• Lectica, a thynge lyke to bed, wherin riche men, and noble men were borne by six ser∣uantes. It may be taken for a lyghter.
• Lecanomantia, a diuination or prophecy by the noyse of basons.
• Lecticarij, they whiche bare Lecticam.
• Lectio, onis, reedynge.
• Lectipes, an herbe.
• Lectisterniator, oris, a chaumberlayne, or he that maketh the beddes.
• Lectisternium, a solemnitie among the pay∣nims whan in the honour of their goddis Iupiter, Iuno, and Minerua, beddes were spradde in the temples, in the which fyrst the idolles were layde, in the resydue as many as mought lye and eate.
• Lectito, are, to rede often.
• Lectrum, a part of Asia, lyenge into the see.
• Lecturio, ire, to desyre to rede.
• Lectus, a bedde. Lectulus, a lyttell bedde.
• Lecythus, a potte of erthe, whiche serued onely for oyle.
• Legatarius, ia, to whome any thynge is be∣quethed.
• Legacitius, pertaynynge to legacies.
• Legator, oris, he that bequetheth any thing, the testatour.
• Legatum, a legacye or bequeste.
• Legatus, an ambassadour, that hathe com∣missyon to treate of matriers. He that is sente oonely to salute or congratulate, is callyd Orator.
• Legerda, a citie in greate Armeny.
• Legirupio, onis, a breaker of lawes.
• Legio, onis, a company of men of warre, cō∣taynyng cōmonly, syxe thousand fote mē, seuen hundred thyrty and two horsemen.
• Legionarius, a, um, pertaynyng to a legion.
• Legirupa, a breaker of lawes.
• Legislator, a maker or gyuer of lawes.
• ...Legifer, idem.
• Legittimus, a, um, accordynge to the lawe.
• Legittimi dies, dayes in banke, whanne the partie shulde appere or pleade.
• Legittima iuditia, iugementes confirmed by lawes written, or auncient custome.
• Legiuncula, a small legion.
• Lego, are, to sende as an ambassadour, or as a legate, or deputie, to commytte, or ap∣poynte, to bequeathe.
• Lego, gi, gere, to gather, to rede, to passe by to stryke.
• Legula, a fyllet.
• Leguleius, a lawyer.
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• Legulus, a gatherer of small thynges.
• Legumen, minis, all maner of pulse, as bea∣nes, peason, vetches, tares. &c.
• Legumentum, & legarium, the same.
• Leleges, seu lelegae, people, whiche were al∣way wandrynge, and dwelled sommetyme in Thessalia.
• Lema, a teare.
• Lemanus, a ryuer whiche runneth into the ryuer of Rone.
• Lembus, a swyfte lyttelle shyppe, whyche may be callyd a barke.
• Lemnisci, labelles hangynge downe frome garlandes.
• Lemnos, an yle in the see called Aegeum.
• Lemnia terra, that whyche is nowe callyd Terra sigillata.
• Lemosi, they that weepe lyghtly.
• Lemonici, a people in Guyan, Lemonoise.
• Lemures, spyrites, whyche doo walke by nyght with horrible fygures.
• Lenaeus, one of the names of Bacchus.
• Lenas, a bawde.
• Lendiginosus, a, um, full of nyttes.
• Lenio, iui, ire, to pacifie, to appease, to treate gentilly, to make plain, or smoth, to cōforte.
• Lenis, lene, that whiche hath no roughnes, meke, tractable, softe of condicions.
• Lenitas, & lenitudo, mekenesse, gentilnesse, easynesse to please, softenes, smothenes.
• Leniter, softely, swetely, moderately.
• Leno, a baude, a marchant of hoores.
• Lenobates, a treader of grapes.
• Lenocinium, the practyse of bawdry. some¦tyme immoderate and exquisyte clenlynes or elegancye, to styrre a manne to vyce.
• Lenocinor, ari, to practise baudrye. Also to speake fayre, or allure oone with wordes, and other pleasaunt thynges.
• Lenonius, a, um, pertaynyng to bawdes.
• Lens, lendis, a nytte.
• Lens, tis, a kynde of poulse called fatches.
• Lentesco, scere, to be smothe, or tender.
• Lenticula, a poulse called chittes.
• Lenticula, a maner of vessel, out of the whi∣che kynges and princes were annoynted, a Chrismatorie.
• Lenticularis, re, lyke a chytte or fatche.
• Lentigo, ginis, a thynge lyke a lyttell warte in the face redde or blacke.
• Lentiscus, a lyttell tree, out of the whyche cometh Mastix, a swete gumme.
• Lente, easily, softely.
• Lento, lentare, to doo a thynge softely or easyly, slowely.
• Lentus, ta, tum, softe, gentylle, easye, slowe, remysse, ydell, cleauynge, or clammy.
• Lenulus, a lyttell or yonge bawde.
• ...Lenunculus, idem. Also a lytel fishers bote.
• Leo, onis, a Lyon.
• Leo risit, a prouerbe touching thē, which be sowre of countenance, fierce, & vncurteyse.
• Lonem radere, spoken where one attēpteth a thynge dangerous, and almost impossible.
• Leocrates, the name of an excellent grauer.
• Leodamas, the {pro}pre name of a philosopher.
• Leon, a philosopher.
• Leonides, was kynge of the Lacedemoni∣ans, whiche dyd feates of warre agaynste Xerxes kynge of Persia incredible, and fi∣nally was slayne in defendyng Grece, with foure thousande and eight hundrid grekes onely, against .xvii. hundred thousande of the hooste of Xerxes. There was also an other Leonides, which was tutour to king Alexander, whan he was a chylde.
• Leonina, an herbe, whiche groweth on hil∣les, whose floures are like to a lions mouth whan he gapeth.
• Leontopetalon, an herbe, hauynge leaues lyke to colewortes, the stalke halfe a foote high, the sede in huskes as great as smalle peason, the rote lyke a rape rote, great and blacke, whiche helpeth ageynste the styn∣gyng and bytynge of all maner of serpētis.
• Leontophon, a lyttell worme, whiche if the lyon do byte, he dyeth incontinent.
• Leontophona, a lyttell beaste, whose heed is tourned into asshes, wherwith men doo myxte fleshe, and cast it in the ways, wher∣by lyons do passe, wherof if they doo eate, they dye incontinent.
• Leontopodion, an herbe callid Pee de lyon whiche hath floures lyke roses vnspradde.
• Leopardus, a Lybarde.
• Lepadusa, the yle of Sicile.
• Lepidiū, an herbe lyke to a wyld parsnippe.
• Lepidus, a, um, nete, polyte, and pleasaunte, as well in speeche, as in gesture.
• Lepor, oris, & lepos, òris, purenesse or nete∣nesse in speeche. Also the good grace and dilectablenesse in speche and gesture.
• Leporarium, an inclosure, or place inclo∣sed, wherin are kepte any beastes for plea∣sure or huntynge.
• Leporinus, rina, rinum, of an haare.
• Lepra, leprye.
• Leprium, a cytie in Achaia.
• Lepus, poris, an hare.
• Laeptoludiae, blacke fygges.
• Lepusculus, a l••uret or yonge hare.
• Lerna, a place, wherein the citie of Argon layde all their ordure and fylthe.
• Lernaeus, a, um, of Lerna. Lerna malorum. the dunge heape of mischiefes.
• Leros, an Ilande in the see Icarie.
• Lesbos, an ile in the see called Agaeum.
• Lesbius, a, um, of, the yle of Lesbos.
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• Lessus, us, a lamentable voyce, vsed in the burieng of men, us we do saye, Alas.
• Lestorum, a region of Indie.
• Lestry gones, a people in the extreme parte of Italye, whiche dyd eate the company∣ons of Vlysses, rostynge them on broches.
• Letalis, le, mortalle.
• Letania, uel litania, a supplycation or com∣mune prayer.
• Lethargus, a syckenes, whiche causeth one to slepe continually, and to forget al thing.
• Lethargicus, he that hath the slepynge or forgettynge syckenesse.
• Lethe, a ryuer of hel, the water wherof as soone as it is drunke, causeth a man to for∣gette all thynge that is passed.
• Letisicus, ca, cum, causynge deathe.
• Leto, tare, to slee. Letatus, slayne.
• Letum, deathe.
• Leua manus, the lefte hande.
• Leuca, a promontorie or elbowe of lande, nygh to Corinthus.
• Leucantha, white bryer.
• Leucanthemis, an herbe, which phisytions of late dayes calle Camomylle.
• Leucates, a mountaine in Epiro. also an yle.
• Leuce, a littell towne not far from Smirna.
• Leucola, an yle by Cypers.
• Leuconium, whyte cotton.
• Leucophaeus, a browne or a russette co∣loure.
• Leucophaeatus, he that dothe weare a rus∣set garment.
• Leucopum, & leucopus, white of naturalle coloure.
• Leucophlegmantia, a white dropsye.
• Leucosyria, a countrey, whiche is now cal∣led Cappadocia.
• Leucosia, an yle agaynste Pestanum, in the the see Thyrrhenum.
• Leucothaea, the goddesse, whiche was cal∣led Matuta, & Aurora.
• Leuctrum & leuctra, a towne in Boeotia.
• Leuis, leue, lyght. Leuitas, tatis, lyghtnes.
• Leui, one of the sonnes of Iacob, the pa∣triarch.
• Leuiathan, a dragon of the see: it is taken in holy scripture for the dyuell.
• Leuiculus, a, um, somwhat light. also wāton.
• Leuidensis, se, thynne wrought, and of small substance.
• Leuifidus, da, um, of light credence or trust.
• Leuir, ri, the husbandes brother.
• Leuo, are, to lyfte vp. somtime to take away, to abate.
• Leuus, a, um, lyght. Also whan it is spoken of worldly thynges, it sygnifieth lefte, vn∣happy, contrary: whan it is referred to ce∣lestiall thynges, it betokeneth ryghte, for∣tunate, prosperous. For that whiche to vs is the lefte hande, to them, whiche are a∣boue vs, and do looke towarde vs, is the ryghte hande.
• Lex, legis, lawe.
• Lex municipalis, the peculyar lawe, why∣che euery citie hath.
• Lex orchia, a lawe, whyche assigned howe many persones shulde be boden to souper, and that men shulde soupe at their doores, to the intent that it moughte appere, howe the lawe was obeyed.
• Lex plagiaria, wherby men were whipped.
• Lexipyreti, medycines, whyche doo heale menne of feuers.
• Lexouii, people in hyghe Fraunce aboute Burbon.

Notes

• Varro .3. de re rust.