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3414
Εὐδιάλογος
communicative, outgoing
[Meaning] sociable.
high
short
ε
3449
Εὖ ἔχειν στόμα
to hold a mouth well
[Meaning] to speak words of good omen. So Eupolis [sc. uses the phrase].
high
short
ε
3458
Εὔειλος
sunny
[Describing] a place that is warm.
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ε
3489
Εὐθετῆσαι
to place well, to set in order
[Meaning] to arrange, to frame. Thus Aristophanes [sc. uses the word].
high
short
ε
3636
Εὐπαράγωγος
easily led-astray
[Meaning] easily-persuaded. Aristophanes [writes]: "but you [Demos] are easily led-astray, rejoicing in being flattered and deceived, always listening with mouth gaping to the one speaking. Your mind is abroad while here." And elsewhere: "he …
high
short
ε
3842
Ἐφαπλώματα
rugs, cloaks
Aristophanes calls [them] peplw/mata ["robes"]. See under 'squalid' and 'peplos.'
high
short
ε
3850
Ἔφεδρος
reserve, in reserve
[Meaning] third taulistes, and [= or] a man in waiting. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "Cleidemides [says that Sophocles] intends to sit out in reserve. And if Aeschylus should win, he will stay where he …
high
medium
ε
3857
Ἐφ' ἕνδεκα κώπαις
on eleven oars
There is a naval order so called. "Raise a great wave [sc. of applause] for them [and send out a good Lenaean hubbub on eleven oars]." It is a metaphor from those rowing on …
high
short
ε
3887
Ἐφεῖτο
advised
[Meaning he/she/it] enjoined. Aristophanes [writes]: "so yesterday Kleon advised us to come early."
high
short
ε
3944
Ἐφόλκια
tenders, towed-boats
[Meaning] small craft/vessels. [sc. So named] from being towed by rowers or by large ships. Also called [this are] those who oversee the goods-for-sale of the cities. "[They] having sent forth some people in …
high
medium
ε
3997
Ἐχέτω
let hold
[Meaning] let [someone/something] control. Aristophanes [writes]: "let breathless aether hold its blasts; let the shimmering wave of the sea not sound."
high
short
κ
100
Καθίει
let fall
Meaning bring down, or put down to the cup. Meaning release them.
high
short
κ
255
Καλῴδιον
small cord
[Meaning] a rope. Also [sc. attested is] ka/lws ["rope"], [genitive] ka/lw in Attic.
high
short
κ
259
Κάλως
cord
[Meaning] a rope. And [there is] a saying: "to move every rope". [Aristophanes] says it figuratively from the mast. You must unfurl the sails; that is, move everything with a view to prevailing over …
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short
κ
262
Καλῶς
fine, well
He is using it in reference to excusing oneself and denying. For Dionysus has proclaimed in response to Euripides, "and of course you offer frankincense"; he introduced, "fine: for there are other gods to …
high
short
κ
292
Κάμπιος δρόμος
winding course
Some [race-]courses were winding, not straight and simple, but having bends.
high
short
κ
297
Καμπυλιάζειν
to twist
[Meaning] to curve and to bend.
high
short
κ
303
Κάνδυλος
kandulos, kandylos
A dish prepared with honey and milk; as also sour-sauce restraining a dish. See also in the [entry for] a)kro/drua ["fruits"].
high
short
κ
307
Κάνης
reed-mat
[Meaning] a rush-mat. And it is declined [in the genitive] ka/nhtos.
high
short
κ
313
Κανθήλιος
pack-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 …
high
short
κ
314
Κάνθων
pack-ass
[Meaning] a donkey.
high
short
κ
335
Καπηλίς
huckstress, 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.
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short
κ
336
Κάπηλος
salesman, shopkeeper, retail-dealer
[Meaning] a huckster, a businessman. "Salesman of shields". [Meaning] the huckster of every item.
high
short
κ
339
Κἀπιδώσειν μοι δοκῶ τὸ χρῆμα μᾶλλον
and it seems to me the matter will increase further
Meaning [it seems to me that it] will get an addition.
high
short
κ
343
Κάπνη
chimney
[Meaning] a smoke-collector. Aristophanes [writes]: "why is the chimney making a noise?"
high
short
κ
346
Καπνοῦ σκιά
smoke's shadow
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to exceedingly weak [people/things]. "And he does not know that he is killing a corpse or smoke's shadow, a mere phantom; for he would not have caught me …
high
short
κ
371
Καρδιώττειν
to have heartburn, to have stomach-ache
[This is what] Sicilian Greeks [call] heart-suffering; what we [call] boulimia=n ["to be starving"]. Apollodoros in the sixth [book] of On Epicharmus says that the Sicilians call 'having a stomach-ache because of hunger' kardiw/ttein …
high
short
κ
372
Κάρδοπος
kneading-trough
[Meaning] a mortar of [= for] wheat-meal. A trough, in which they used to knead the loaves. Or a small tub, in which [it was] customary to knead and mix up the barley-groats. ka/rdopos …
high
short
κ
490
Κατάγελως
mockery
"Is this not sheer mockery for men?" And the dative [is] tw=| katage/lwti. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] I scoff at you; [i.e. used] with a genitive.
high
short
κ
498
Καταγιγαρτίσαι
to de-kernel, to de-pit
[Meaning] to copulate with. Or meaning to cast down and separate [something] from agricultural grape-stones. The verb [is] context-dependent, so that in part it might be formed from gi/garta ["grape-stones"]: for katagigarti/sai does not …
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medium
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