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Καβάδης
Kabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh
A proper name.
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Καγχάζει
jeers, mocks
[Meaning he/she/it] laughs continually. Eunapius [writes]: "the Huns had gone away flatly jeering." And Sophocles [writes]: "everyone mocking with tongues." That is, blaspheming. "In his heart he was jeering, but outwardly he was angry …
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Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
The Milesian, inventor of the alphabet. In an epigram of Zeno: "but if [your] fatherland [is] Phoenician, what reproach [is there]? It is also [the home of] that Cadmus, from whom Hellas has the …
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Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
Son 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 …
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Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
Son of Archelaos, from Miletus, a more recent historian. Some recorded Kadmos' name as Lykinos. So perhaps he is a different man. These are his writings: Release from the sufferings of love in 4 …
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25
Καδουΐας
Kadouias, Kadouidas
A king of Scythians.
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κ
27
Κάϊν
Cain
The 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 …
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30
Καθαλάμενος
having leapt down
[Meaning he] having dismounted. "Having leapt down from the horse he drew his sword and struck him".
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31
Κάθαμμα λύεις
you are undoing a knot
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to undo something which is hard to undo. From the waggon of Midas. For an oracle had been issued to the Phrygians [which said] that …
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37
Καθαρῶς
clearly
[Meaning] exactly. Plainly. "Calling to council anyone who was noble amongst the Persians, he disclosed these matters."
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κ
40
Κάθαρσις γυναικῶν μαινουσῶν
purification of mad women
See under "Bakis".
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κ
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Καθεσταμένος
having been appointed
[Meaning he] having had [something] entrusted. "Having been appointed to the treasury." [Meaning he] having been assigned. And elsewhere: "and he did not deem [himself] worthy to preserve any of the established things." That …
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Καθεστῶτι
established
[Meaning] quiet, unconfused. "But the hopes of both [sc. Leutharis and Boutilinos] had been raised, and it was no longer possible for them to keep on living in the established way."
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Καθεῖναι
to let grow
[Meaning] to let loose downwards. "They say that Antisthenes was the first to let his beard grow and to use a pouch and staff".
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Καθείς
putting down
[Meaning he] putting in, letting loose. "And putting his hand down into the pouch he destroyed the letter".
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Καθῆκόν
due action; what is appropriate
They say that Zeno of Citium was the first to have named [due action] and to have composed a treatise on it.
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κ
82
Καθημαξευμένος
wagon-crushed
[Meaning he who has been] trampled, stripped bare. Aelian [writes]: "[sc. she was] a woman from Syria and wagon-crushed by every comer. For she was a well-known courtesan and more passionate in licentiousness than …
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κ
86
Καθῄρει
took down
[Meaning he/she/it] removed [someone] from [an] office. "Trajan neither envied nor took anyone down; rather, he particularly honored all good men. That is why he neither feared nor hated anyone."
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Καθιγμένος
having attained
[Meaning he] having achieved, having anticipated. "The king, having attained this purpose also, became [?eager?] for a return home."
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κ
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Καθίδρυσαν
they established
[Meaning] they settled safely. "And after making sacrifices they established the cities. Traianai/Trajanae, naturally, was a name [given] to each."
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short
κ
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Καθιδρύσασθαι
to appoint, to instal
[Meaning] to confirm. "He sends out [John and Peter] having appointed [them] as ambassadors empowered to resolve the discussions concerning a treaty."
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κ
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Καθίει
was initiating
[Meaning he/she/it] was putting in, he was attempting to speak. "He was making an attempt at the man, supposing that he would have him as a partner in the things which he has started …
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Καθιείς
initiating
Meaning [he] establishing, having begun. "Initiating an experiment and contriving to perform a test everywhere, he was undertaking the business among the Lydians of the cauldron and the tortoise and the lamb."
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Καθιείς
sending down
[Meaning he] sending upon. "By always sending down false reports through lookouts, [Trajan] accustomed them to march in (sc. good) order."
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Καθιππάζεσθαι
to trample underfoot
[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".
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κ
114
Καθιστάμενος
conveying for one's own advantage
[Meaning someone who is] conveying with a view to something better. "And [sc. Julius] Caesar [...] came into Asia [...] conveying for his own advantage the goods of his subjects and those of the …
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short
κ
115
Καθίστατο
began to prepare for
[Meaning he/she/it] was taking care of, was considering. "The emperor, having heard the information that had been collected [...], immediately began to prepare for war."
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short
κ
119
Καθοσιούμενος
dedicated to
Meaning [one who is] satisfying fully. "Already irritated by the inactivity of the Empire and dedicated to Maximinus, [Capelianus] mustered an army and sent it to attack Carthage."
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short
κ
120
Καθοσιωθεῖσαι
consecrated
[Meaning they who were] offered up. "[...] to ensure that the women would suffer no harm, [they said] that guarantors would be the gods, to whom, consecrated, they would make their supplications to the …
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short
κ
122
Καθοσίωσις
treason; 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 …
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