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Κᾶλα · logs, spars, woods (κ 186) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near κ186

κ182bad men drink the fog of villainy
κ183to spoil the dregs
κ184and he was taking a shit
κ185to let fall
κ186logs, spars, woods
κ187Kalabria, Calabria
κ188Kalabria, Calabria, Kalaureia, Calauria
κ189crook
κ190you are hitting very well

Suda/Κ kappa/κ186

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Κᾶλα

logs, spars, woods

Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Mar 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

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2 words

Translation

[Meaning] timbers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κᾶλα· τὰ ξύλα.

Betacode

*ka=la: ta\ cu/la.

Notes

Neuter plural(s), the headword one probably quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 427; cf. the scholia there.
See also kappa 195, kappa 201, kappa 211, kappa 247.

Linked from4 entries

κ195Καλάμηstalk; stubble[The term is taken] from wood [ka=lon], [i.e.] timber; but [it is] the same from "burning" [kau/sews].
κ201Κᾶλα παλαίθεταwoods long-positioned[Meaning] dry timbers, [ones] put aside a long while ago. For a "wood" is a timber. Out of this [word] also [comes] "wood-foot", a wooden foot.
κ211Καλιάhut; grotto[Meaning] nest; or properly a wooden house. For timbers are kala. [Those] out of which it is put together. In the Epigrams: "and a walled grotto of pine-crowned Pan". The iota [sc. in kalia/] [is] long.
κ247Κᾶλονspar, wood[Meaning] a timber. But the [form] ka/lw [is] Attic.

Neighbouring entries

κ184Κἄκχεζενand he was taking a shit κ185Κακχεῦσαιto let fall κ186Κᾶλαlogs, spars, woods κ187ΚαλαβρίαKalabria, Calabria κ188ΚαλαβρίαKalabria, Calabria, Kalaureia, Calauria

Revision history2 revisions · last 23 Jan 2013

23 Jan 2013augmented note; more keywords — David Whitehead
10 Mar 2008tweaks — David Whitehead
9 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κᾶλα (Adler number kappa 186), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 9 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/186

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗