λάμβδα Λ, λ, λάμβδα λάβδα, τό, indecl., eleventh letter of the Gr. Alphabet: as a numeral λ 30, but λ 30, 000. Attic λ is sometimes represented by π, as κλίβανος κρίβανος, γλώσσαλγος γλώσσαργος, ναύκραρος ναύκληρος, ἀλκ-ή ἀρκ-εῖν: so, ὁλᾷς Θέωλος κόλαξ were lisping pronunc. for ὁρᾷς Θέωρος κόραξ, Ar. Doric λ becomes ν, as, ἦνθον φίντατος for ἦλθον φίλτατος; whereas Attic λ sometimes replaces ν, as, λίτρον πλεύμων for νίτρον πνεύμων. initial λ is dropt, as εἴβω for λείβω, αἰψηρὸς ἀφύσσω ἄχνη for λαιψηρὸς λαφύσσω λάχνη. Epic Poets double λ, metri grat., esp. after the augment, as, ἔλλαβε ἐλλιτάνευε; and in compds., as in τρίλλιστος:—and Homer omits λ, where two come together, metri grat., as Ἀχιλεύς. δ sometimes becomes λ, cf. δέλτα, II. 5. γ and λ are interchanged in μόγις μόλις. ν before λ becomes λ, as in συλλαμβάνω ἐλλείπω.