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11 entries for Timaeus

κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyTimaeus says in his 9th [book] that this [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in …Matched in translationhighshort
κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… -- these men were slaves of the exiles, according to Timaeus in [book] 6; hence the overwhelming majority they used to call Kallikyrioi. They were named after the fact that, though diverse, they came …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1957Κόλλοψtuning-pegcf. Etymologicum Magnum 525.30. See also Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and a scholion on Plato, Republic 531B (where the word occurs in the genitive plural: web address 1). [1] Attested in Attic Comedy (Eubulus) and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2267Κωμῳδεῖνto make fun of, to make a joke ofSame (substantive) glossing in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; also in Photius, Lexicon kappa1314 Theodoridis, where the editor notes Ruhnken's view that the headword is extracted from Plato, Parmenides 128C or Republic 5.452D. See also e.g. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1893Κοάλεμοςblockhead, booby, dunce, dunderhead… entry thus far is the same as the one in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
κ190Καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖςyou are hitting very well… the passage. Same or similar entries in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The idiom has been taken (in LSJ and elsewhere) to derive from a noisy sort of game, platagh/ or platagw/n (sic); …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1924Κολλάβουςcakes, rolls… on Aristophanes, Frogs 507 (web address 1). [2] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; also a scholion on Plato, Republic 531B (web address 2; cf. kappa 1957). See also a scholion on Lucian (61.2 Rabe).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2468Κρονικώτεραmore antique, rather antique… nominative/accusative plural. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia on Plato, Lysis 205C, from where it is taken to be quoted (web address 1), and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1795Κλητῆρεςsummoners, witnesses to summons[1] Gloss routinely used for klhth=res, from Timaeus (Platonic Lexicon s.v. lh/ceis) and Hesychius onwards. [2] Properly (LSJ s.v.) "witness who gave evidence that the legal summons had been served". [3] The entire paragraph …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2746Κύρβιςbillboard… from scholia to this line. See also Hesychius kappa4464, and Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… wine, from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.34C-E (1.62 Kaibel). Athenaeus also cites Timaeus as reporting that the Sybarites ate cabbage before drinking, because it would make wine "dimmer", and adds support from Alexis and Eubulus (referring …Matched in noteshighmedium