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- κ10Κάγκανονparched[Meaning] dry.highshort
- κ12Κάγχρυparched barley[Meaning] barleycorns. Also [sc. attested is] "parched-barley bread". Parched-barley therefore [means] the ground barleycorns.highshort
- κ31Κάθαμμα λύειςyou 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 …highshort
- κ154Κάκιθοςcriminal, victim[Meaning] one who is being badly treated.highshort
- κ186Κᾶλαlogs, spars, woods[Meaning] timbers.highshort
- κ192Καλαμᾶταιgleans[Meaning he/she/it] harvests the upper [parts] of the olive-trees, or eats [them] up.highshort
- κ194Καλάμηstalk[Meaning] the ear of the grain.highshort
- κ195Καλάμηstalk; stubble[The term is taken] from wood [ka=lon], [i.e.] timber; but [it is] the same from "burning" [kau/sews].highshort
- κ196ΚαλαμίνθηcalamintA kind of plant, which also, when burning, drives away snakes. Aristophanes [writes]: "you would smell of calamint". Something that drives away a snake.highshort
- κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-likeEither in reference to the stalk of the grain; or a proper name. And Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Crown [writes]: "in the shack next to the hero Kalamites." And the feminine form …highshort
- κ198Καλαμώμενοςstalk-binding, reaping[Meaning one] gathering ears of grain. For a 'stalk' [is] the ear of the grain. Also [sc. attested is] 'they bind stalks', [meaning] they make a profit.highshort
- κ199Καλαμῶνοςreed bed; Kalamon[no gloss]highshort
- κ200Καλαμῶνται>20 αἰτιατικῇthey reap[Used] with an accusative.highshort
- 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.highshort
- 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/] …highshort
- κ247Κᾶλονspar, wood[Meaning] a timber. But the [form] ka/lw [is] Attic.highshort
- κ265Καλοίbeautiful [youths]Aristophanes [writes]: "they used to write on the walls: Athenians [are] beautiful". It was a peculiarity of lovers to write the names of their beloveds on walls or trees or leaves of trees, thus: …highshort
- κ267Κάλυκαςcalyxes[Meaning] casia-quills. Closed/concealed roses.highshort
- κ271Κάλυξcalyx, rosebud[Meaning the] closed bloom of a rose.highshort
- κ280Καμειραία ἰσχάςKameiraian fig, Camirean figBabrius [writes]: "waiting a little, then popping out from within he was about to grab hold of a Camirean fig." Anaxandrides the Rhodian was from Kameiros.highshort
- κ298Καννάβηhemp[no gloss]highshort
- κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylosA dish prepared with honey and milk; as also sour-sauce restraining a dish. See also in the [entry for] a)kro/drua ["fruits"].highshort
- κ305Κάνναιςreeds"[Reeds] and straws the nomads [= Numidians] use in hut-making."highshort
- κ306Κάνεονreed-basket[Meaning] a small basket. Also [sc. attested is the variant] kaneion [used] likewise.highshort
- κ307Κάνηςreed-mat[Meaning] a rush-mat. And it is declined [in the genitive] ka/nhtos.highshort
- κ313Κανθήλιοςpack-ass[sc. Someone] slow to understand, or dull. Or a large ass/donkey. Xenophon says: "in Babylon the date-palms are not less than a plethron in size: indeed, when they are under great pressure, they bend …highshort
- κ318ΚανοῦνbasketA small basket. At the festival of the Dionysia at Athens the well-born women used to be basket-carriers. The baskets on which they put the first-fruits of all [crops] were made of gold. [The …highmedium
- κ327ΚάππαριςcaperA kind of plant. Its fruit seems to be useful to doctors. Zeno of Kition "used to swear 'by caper', just as Socrates [did] 'by dog'."highshort
- κ328Κάππαριςcaper[The word is derived] from the [phrase] "to take (ai)/resqai) out of the field (ka/mpou)".highshort
- κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady[The term is derived] from the [phrase] "to spoil [kaku/nein] the dregs [phlo/n]". "Dregs" [phlo/s] [is] wine; hence also [comes] a)/mpelos, i.e. being e)/mpelos, having the dregs in itself.highshort