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κ22ΚάδμοςKadmos, CadmusSon of Pandion, from Miletus, historian, who first (according to some) wrote a book in prose. [He was] a little younger than Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all Ionia in …highshort
κ27ΚάϊνCainThe brother of Abel. [It was he] who was greedy; but Abel attended to righteousness. And Cain having killed Abel hid his corpse, thinking that it would thenceforth escape notice. And after his condemnation …highlong
κ71ΚαθηδυπαθῶI dissipate in pleasure, I squander, I waste[Used] with a genitive. "To dissipate one's life". But [sc. also] with an accusative: "[him] dissipating, good and proper, the opportunity for power".highshort
κ108ΚαθιλαρύνωI gladden, I put cheer in[Used] with a dative.highshort
κ109ΚαθιλατρεύομαιI worship, I am a worshipper of[Used] with a genitive.highshort
κ122Καθοσίωσιςtreason; holiness[A term deriving] from being against the holy, that is [against] the emperor. "In the time when Theodosius was emperor of the Romans, Symmachus, of consular rank, issued a speech for the imperial despot …highshort
κ125Καθωσιωμένοςrevered[Meaning] upright, orderly, honorable. "Uranius the revered magistrianus has returned the sacred scriptures to the most holy archbishop Calandion." Also [sc. attested is the perfect middle/passive infinitive] kaqwsiw=sqai ["to be made holy"].highshort
κ150Κακίαvice, evilVices are analogous to virtues. Some [vices] are primary, others - such as imprudence, cowardice, injustice, intemperance, incontinence, slowness of understanding, ill-advisedness - are subordinated to these. Vices are [part] of ignorance. [This embraces] …highmedium
κ151ΚακίαviceThe word has a double meaning. [One is] the real vice, such as prostitution, seduction, greediness and perjury, slander. But hunger and pestilence, deaths and diseases etc. are not evils, because they often become …highshort
κ160Κακοήθειαmaleficence[Meaning] 'disposition toward evil' in the Apostle.highshort
κ174Κακόχαρτονdelighting in evil[Meaning] rejoicing in evil things.highshort
κ176Κακῶνof evilsGod is not responsible of [ = for] evils. We properly call evils not what some ordinary people are wont to call evil, but vice and licentiousness and the other kinds of lawlessness which …highshort
κ219ΚαλλιερῶI obtain good omens, I obtain favorable sacrificial signsA verb. The second [sc. person singular is] kallierei=s; and the [related] noun kallie/rhma. Every sacrifice is dear to God. And on the one hand Christians obtain good omens at the time when they …highmedium
κ281Καμηλαύκιονcap, hood, kamelavkionThe word [is] Latin. But it could also be derived in Greek from the [phrase] "to drive off the heat of the sun" (kauma elaunein).highshort
κ282Κάμηλοςcamel[Meaning] the animal [of that name]. Aristophanes [writes]: "how, being a Mede, did he fly here without a camel?" For the Medes came into Greece by camel. Also [sc. attested is the term] kamelites, …highshort
κ301ΚανδάκηCandace, KandakeQueen of the Ethiopians. Also look under the history of Alexander.highshort
κ320ΚάνωποςCanopus, KanoposIn Egypt. Once, as they say, the Chaldaeans glorified their own god, which is the fire, and they carried him round, so as to compare him with the gods of all the provinces and …highmedium
κ325ΚαππάδοξKappadokian, CappadocianAlone of the [nouns ending] in -ox [this is spelled] with omicron. The nominative is also said *kappado/khs. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] *kappado/kion te/ras ["Cappadocian monster"].highshort
κ334Καπηλικῶςdeceptively, vamped up for saleMeaning rascally. Since tavern-keepers adulterate the wine, mixing old [wine] with it. "Your tavern-keepers make the wine turbid."highshort
κ359Καρατομεῖταιis beheaded[Meaning he/she/it] is decapitated.highshort
κ415Καρπόςfruit; wrist[Meaning] produce; also a part of the hands. For it means two things.highshort
κ426Κάρταλλοςkartallos, pointed-bottomed basket"I offer the first[-fruits] of my threshing-floor and wine-vat to Christ, and a kartallos of grapes to the Holy Spirit." [A kartallos is] a basket [that is] pointed below.highshort
κ436Καρυκείαsaucing[Meaning] the sweetness of broths.highshort
κ445ΚαρχηδώνKarkhedon, Karchedon, CarthageThe [sc. city also called] Africa; [the one] from which the great Cyprian originated. Scipio razed this [city] to the ground; after its first colonization it had ruled its neighbors for seven hundred years.highshort
κ462ΚασταλίαKastalia, CastaliaIt was a spring in what is called Daphne, in which Apollo was said to be present and to give oracles, as a breeze and a breath arose from the water. From these [sounds] …highshort
κ470Καστρεύσαντεςencamping"Encamping themselves around the archbishop they thought they would persuade [him] by entreaty."highshort
κ475Κατάβαλεthrow downLike hurl, cast away, set down.highshort
κ486Καταβραβευέτωlet him disqualify[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] let him reckon up, let him condemn, let him prevail against. The Apostle is saying that to be disqualified [katabrabeu/esqai] [is] the [phenomenon of] crowning one man when another …highshort
κ491ΚαταγγέλλωI denounce, I announce[Used] with a genitive. "Perhaps he would denounce you before the law-giver [of the fasts]". But [sc. also attested] with a dative: "a day of mirth and joy announces [itself?] to one's own people …highshort
κ507Καταγοητεύωνbewitching[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning someone] deceiving.highshort