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Καβάδης
Kabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh
A proper name.
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κ
2
Καββαλίς
kabbalis
[kabbalis means] one who is throwing down. In effect [an animal] eating enough from a manger. It declines kabbali=nos [in the genitive]. The word is a compound of ka/ph ["manger"] and a(/lis ["enough"]. For …
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κ
3
Καββαλών
having thrown down, throwing down
[kabbalw/n means the same as] katabalw/n. Ameipsias in Seducers [writes]: "and you came [and] you threw down three obols."
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κ
4
Κάβαξ
rascal
[Meaning a] villain.
high
short
κ
5
Κάβαισος
gluttonous
[Meaning] insatiable. For a ka/bos [is] a measure of grain. And [sc. similarly] we ourselves call a drunkard a "wine jar".
high
short
κ
7
Καβησός
Kabesos, Cabesus
[Meaning] a city [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] *kabhso/qen, [meaning] from the city of Kabesos.
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short
κ
8
Κάβος
kabos, cabus
A kind of measure. And [there is] a proverb: 'a kabos of kabos'.
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κ
9
Καβύλη
Kabyle, Cabyle
A place in Thrace, situated near the Taxos river, in the centre of Thrace.
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κ
10
Κάγκανον
parched
[Meaning] dry.
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κ
11
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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κ
12
Κάγχρυ
parched barley
[Meaning] barleycorns. Also [sc. attested is] "parched-barley bread". Parched-barley therefore [means] the ground barleycorns.
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short
κ
13
Κάδης
Kadesh
[Meaning] holiness. "And the Lord will shake up the wilderness of Kadesh".
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short
κ
14
Καδίσκος
voting-urn
A particular vessel, into which the jurors used to cast their votes, bore this name. Phrynichus in Muses [writes]: "look, take the pebble; here is your voting-urn, this one to acquit, that one to …
high
short
κ
15
Καδμεία
Kadmeia, Cadmeia
The acropolis of the Thebans.
high
short
κ
19
Καδμεῖος
Cadmean
[A synonym for] Theban.
high
short
κ
24
Κάδος
kados, jar
A measure of wine. "He consecrated these three jars, having filled them with the first-flowing wine of three vineyards". In the Epigrams.
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short
κ
26
Κάειρα
Kaeira
A city and a proper name.
high
short
κ
28
Καθαγιάζεται
is dedicated
[Meaning he/she/it] is consecrated.
high
short
κ
29
Καθαγίσω
let me make hagios
[Meaning] let me burn, let me make holy.
high
short
κ
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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short
κ
32
Καθάπαξ
once and for all
[Meaning] altogether. Collectively. They also say kaqa/pan. "It was decided not to stir them up to war once and for all."
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short
κ
33
Καθαπτός
equipped with, wrapped in
[Meaning he who is] wearing. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "[Dionysos...] wrapped in fawn-skins [...]."[sc. Formed] like tarakto/s ["disturbed"]. When it is said otherwise, it means "able to take hold."
high
short
κ
36
Κάθαρμα
offscouring, residue
"Aren't you going to waste the offscourings, he said, and go away from us?" Aristophanes says [this]. For the purification of a city they used to kill some adorned [animal], which they called katharma. …
high
medium
κ
37
Καθαρῶς
clearly
[Meaning] exactly. Plainly. "Calling to council anyone who was noble amongst the Persians, he disclosed these matters."
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short
κ
38
Καθάρσιον
purificatory
It was a custom in Athens to purify the [sc. place of] assembly and the theaters and, in sum, the meeting-places of the people with very tiny piglets, which they called purificatories. This is …
high
short
κ
39
Καθαρσιώτερα
cleaner
[Meaning ones that are] brighter. "These to be cleaner and smarter".
high
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κ
43
Καθαιρήσονται
they will bring down
[Meaning] they will lay hold of/seize.
high
short
κ
45
Καθεδεῖσθαι
to sit
Also [sc. attested is] kaqedou=ntai ["they will sit"], [meaning] they will be seated.
high
short
κ
46
Καθέδρα
siege
[Meaning] delay in Thucydides.
high
short
κ
48
Καθελών
having overpowered
Demosthenes [writes "or having overpowered on a road"] meaning having done away with [someone] and killed [him]. Stesichorus and Sophocles also used the word in this way.
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