לעוז

לָעוֹזm. (לָעַז) speaking a foreign tongue, esp. Greek. Y.Meg.II, beg.73a היתה כתובה כהלכתה הל׳ יוצא בה בלעז if the Book of Esther was written according to law (in Hebrew), the Greek-speaking (reading from it) in Greek (translation) performs his duty.Pl. לְעוֹזוֹת. Mish. ib. II, 1 קירין אותה לל׳ בלעז והלוֹעֵזוכ׳ Y. ed. (Bab. a. Mish. ללֹועֲזוֹת) it is read to those speaking a foreign tongue in their tongue, but the foreigner that heard it in Hebrew Y. ib. IV, 75a bot. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 13 בית הכנסת של ל׳ (Var. לעזות) in a synagogue of foreigners; a. e.