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κ
1108
Κατωθούμενος
being pushed down
[Meaning one] being overturned.
high
short
κ
1111
Κατώλισθον
I slipped down, they slipped down
[Meaning] I/they fell down.
high
short
κ
1119
Κατωφρυῶσθαι
to be furnished with eyebrows; to frown, to be stern
[Used] with a genitive.
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κ
1140
Καύσωνος
burning heat's, heatwave's, summer heat's
[Meaning] heat's.
high
short
κ
1234
Κεκαυτηριασμένος
cauterised, seared
[Meaning someone] not having a healthy conscience.
high
short
κ
1245
Κεκλίαται
they have leaned
[Formed] out of the [verb] kli/nw ["I lean"]. Also [sc. attested is the active] ke/klika ["I have leaned"] similarly.
high
short
κ
1252
Κεκομψευμένος
ingenious
[Meaning] noble, or urbane, or thoroughly-adorned.
high
short
κ
1312
Κένανδρον
empty of men, men-empty
[Meaning] an empty man.
high
short
κ
1334
Κεντιλίων σχολῆς
of the school of the Kentilioi; of the Gentiles' school
A kind of rank/position.
high
short
κ
1374
Κερασβόλα
horn-struck, hard-shelled
Tough [seeds], growing together both amongst tough [plants] and amongst pulses; black in colour, round, and of the same size as millet grains; they do not soften when boiled together with pulses. They are …
high
short
κ
1383
Κερδαλεόφρων
profit-minded, greedy, crafty
[Meaning someone] willing treachery, planning crooked things.
high
short
κ
1471
Κεχρησμῳδημένων
of the prophesied, of the divined
[Meaning] of the [sc. persons or things] foretold.
high
short
κ
1480
Κειρία
swathing-band
[Meaning] wrapping with swathing clothes.
high
short
κ
1573
Κιβδηλία
adulteration, dishonesty
[Meaning] paring(s) from money/silver. That is, wickedness and envy. But at the same time because coins are debased -- from what is handed over by [the] Kians. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "you have taken …
high
short
κ
1838
Κλώψ
thief
[klw/y means the same as] kle/pths. Xenophon [writes]: "they are foot-soldiers of the thieves harrassing us". And in the Epigrams: "strike [the] thieves with [your] bow, and save [your] friends."
high
short
κ
1870
Κνηστιῶντες τὰς ἀκοάς
wanting to scratch their hearing, having itchy ears
Meaning [they] being desirous of hearing.
high
short
κ
2030
Κόνδυλον
knuckle
[...] the [phrase] "they slapped him", as it seems, hence the Attic speakers; but Kolaphos is [used] in Epicharmus. Aristophanes [writes]: "if the child asks for wine, give him a knuckle". [Said] in order …
high
short
κ
2151
Κόσυμβος
knot of hair, hairnet
[ko/sumbos] and kosu/mbh: a band, or a fringed/tasselled tunic. The band of two gloves, when someone ties [them] over his own neck.
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short
κ
2188
Κουριόσσου
curiosus, informant
From the Life of Chrysostom: "being dragged away by the city's informant in the middle of the city."
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short