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κ867Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳpour the oil in the shieldAristophanes [sc. writes this]. Meaning into the hub of the shield, in order to make it brighter. For there are some who tell the future by looking in oil. So he is wiping the …highmedium
κ1127Καττύεταιis stitched togetherStanding for the [verb] is put together, is sewed together. Aristophanes [writes]: "I myself know [the place] from where, long since, this affair has been stitched together." The metaphor [comes] from shoes.highshort
κ1128Καττύειstitches together[Meaning he/she/it] prepares. [Meaning he/she/it] sews together, stitches together. "And they said that Baram was stitching together a war with forty thousand." For kattu/w [means] I sew tricks.highshort
κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather[Meaning] deceit, trickery. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Kleon,] whom one day I shall personally flay to make sandals for the knights." But kattymata are strong and hard pieces of leather, which are placed under sandals and …highshort
κ1150Κἄχεζενand he was taking a shitAristophanes [sc. uses this word] instead of 'and he was relieving himself'.highshort
κ1205Καὶ ταῦτ' ἔχοντες κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαιςand that too staying in the arms of the wavesMeaning [they] being in many perils.highshort
κ1240ΚεκλάγξωI will have bayedAlso [sc. attested is] kekla/gcomai, meaning I will bark. In reference to dogs.highshort
κ1244ΚέκληκαI have called[Meaning] I called.highshort
κ1260Κέκραθιscream!, shriek![ke/kraqi means the same as] kra/con.highshort
κ1274Κεκτημένηςof the lady-owner, of the lady-possessor[Meaning] of the mistress. Aristophanes [writes]: "where is the husband of my lady-owner?"highshort
κ1275Κεκοισυρῶσθαιto be like Coesyra[Meaning] to be embellished.highshort
κ1276Κεκυφότεςbent-forward, stoopingAlso [sc. attested is the aorist participle] ku/yas ["he having stooped"]. Aristophanes is speaking about a beetle: "how the cursed [creature], having stooped, eats." Through the expression he is indicating its gluttony. For those …highshort
κ1301Κέληςdinghy, yachtA kind of small boat. Aristophanes [writes]: "but those women, I know, came across on dinghies standing up." But also [sc. attested is] a ke/lhs horse, [i.e. ridden] bareback. [Aristophanes] is saying, therefore, that …highmedium
κ1314Κενεβρίωνof carrion[Meaning] of carcasses. For carcasses [nekrimaia] [are called] carrion [kenebria], by rearrangement of the letters.highshort
κ1333Κεντήματαpricks, punctures[no gloss]highshort
κ1342Κεντροτύποςstriking with a goad[Meaning one who is] knavish. Or [a term for] a charioteer. From goading horses.highshort
κ1344ΚέντρωνrogueThat is, [someone] harsh and horrid. Insofar as we call charioteers goad-strikers, those striking horses with goads. Or: patchwork, something stitched together from many things. Because they call such things kentrônes when they are …highmedium
κ1347Κέπφοςstormy petrelA kind of very quick bird. It is light and floats on the waves. "O petrel!", meaning o most paltry and babbling!; for that is what they say the petrel is like. The proverbial …highshort
κ1353Κεραμεύεινto potterIn a general sense meaning to work on. For Kephalos was also the father of a potter. They would also say "pottering" for dealing badly with public affairs.highshort
κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour"If he does not gain his advantage fairly, but works the unholy, or possesses the untouchable. Where such things occur, what man out of the foolish ones will think any more that he can …highshort
κ1402Κέρκοςtail[Meaning] the tail of reptiles, and of any animal. [Derived] from the [verb] to skip (skairein) and to crawl (herpein). Aristophanes [writes]: "look, take this hare's tail." [Meaning] the tail of the hare. For …highshort
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galleyA kind of ship. Light galleys and light pirate craft and cock-boats [are] kinds of boats. And [there is] a proverb: "and a light galley [sc. belongs] among herbs". A herb [is] something wild, …highshort
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the apeThe proverbial saying is a metaphor from animals that wag their tail [kerkos] towards one. But [it would be] more sound to derive it from the Kerkopes, which the story goes are very deceitful …highshort
κ1408Κερκώπηcicada; Kerkope[no gloss]highshort
κ1411ΚερκυόνηKerkyone[no gloss]highshort
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slicesAristophanes in Clouds [sc. uses the phrase]. kestreai are not the same as kestreis ["mullets"]; instead, some think that murries [myrainai] are called kestrai; others say it is not those, but a different kind …highmedium
κ1430Κεστρέαιmullets, kestreaiKestreai [are] a kind of fish. The masculine [is] [nominative] kestreus, [genitive] kestreôs. It is also a kind of anchovy; see under "anchovy".highshort
κ1431Κεστρεύςmullet, kestreusWhat is now known as a kephalos.highshort
κ1432ΚεστρεῖςmulletsThey used to call them "fasting" and gaping and hungry; for these fish [are] gluttonous. Of all the fish that eat each other, it is the only one that abstains [sc. from eating flesh]. …highshort
κ1469Κεχωσμένοςheaped-up[no gloss]highshort