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Κατακᾶσα · katakasa, whore (κ 567) · Suda

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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 κ567

κ563in one's heart
κ564a death suiting one's heart
κ565perpendicularly, vertically
κ566calling back, summoning back
κ567katakasa, whore
κ568I exult over
κ569to grind roasted barley
κ570to kill
κ571killing

Suda/Κ kappa/κ567

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Κατακᾶσα

katakasa, whore

Translated by Catharine Roth26 May 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning she who is] lewd, or deserving to be burned up.¹
Or [sc. so called] because ka/son [is] the man's sperm. Whence also [comes] kasi/gnhtos ["brother"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατακᾶσα· κατωφερής, ἢ ἀξία τοῦ κατακαυθῆναι. ἢ ὅτι κάσον τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ ἀνδρός. ὅθεν καὶ κασίγνητος.

Betacode

*kataka=sa: katwferh/s, h)\ a)ci/a tou= katakauqh=nai. h)\ o(/ti ka/son to\ spe/rma tou= a)ndro/s. o(/qen kai\ kasi/gnhtos.

Notes (2)

Similar (but not identical) entries in other lexica: Hesychius kappa1154; Etymologicum Magnum 493.28, 494.38.
1From Callimachus, Hecale fr. 288. The headword is etymologically related to kappa 446, kappa 447, kappa 448. ↩
2kappa 452.

Neighbouring entries

κ565Κατὰ κάθετονperpendicularly, vertically κ566Κατακαλῶνcalling back, summoning back κ567Κατακᾶσαkatakasa, whore κ568ΚατακαυχῶμαιI exult over κ569Κατακαχρύσαιto grind roasted barley

Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Apr 2016

29 Apr 2016cosmeticule — David Whitehead
7 Apr 2016cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2016coding — Catharine Roth
31 Jan 2013expanded notes — David Whitehead
27 May 2008tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 May 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κατακᾶσα (Adler number kappa 567), trans. Catharine Roth, 26 May 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/567

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