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- κ4Κάβαξrascal[Meaning a] villain.highshort
- κ5Κάβαισοςgluttonous[Meaning] insatiable. For a ka/bos [is] a measure of grain. And [sc. similarly] we ourselves call a drunkard a "wine jar".highshort
- κ11Καγχάζειjeers, 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 …highshort
- κ13ΚάδηςKadesh[Meaning] holiness. "And the Lord will shake up the wilderness of Kadesh".highshort
- κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victoryThis is said in reference to those who are victorious to their hurt. Some say that [this is because] after their victory the Thebans were defeated by the Epigonoi; others [say it is because] …highmedium
- κ18Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victoryThey explain the [proverb] as referring to an unprofitable victory; since when Eteokles and Polyneikes fought in single combat both of them perished. But others say that it is used in reference to those …highshort
- κ27ΚάϊνCainThe brother of Abel. [It was he] who was greedy; but Abel attended to righteousness. And Cain having killed Abel hid his corpse, thinking that it would thenceforth escape notice. And after his condemnation …highlong
- κ34ΚαθαρίζωI cleanse, I purify[Used] with an accusative.highshort
- κ38ΚαθάρσιονpurificatoryIt 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 …highshort
- κ41Καθ' αὑτοῦ ΒελλεροφόντηςBellerophon against himselfIn reference to those who bring evils on themselves. kaq' au(to/ ["for itself"] ....... di' au(to/ ["because of itself"] e(te/rou e(/neken ["for the sake of another"] ..... di' a)/llo ["because of something else"]. The …highlong
- κ54Καθεσταμένοςhaving been appointed[Meaning he] having had [something] entrusted. "Having been appointed to the treasury." [Meaning he] having been assigned. And elsewhere: "and he did not deem [himself] worthy to preserve any of the established things." That …highshort
- κ58Καθεστῶτιestablished[Meaning] quiet, unconfused. "But the hopes of both [sc. Leutharis and Boutilinos] had been raised, and it was no longer possible for them to keep on living in the established way."highshort
- κ59Καθεστώτωνof the established[Meaning] of the defined laws. "For they took delight in the change of the established [laws]". [Meaning the] safeguarded [ones].highshort
- κ71ΚαθηδυπαθῶI dissipate in pleasure, I squander, I waste[Used] with a genitive. "To dissipate one's life". But [sc. also] with an accusative: "[him] dissipating, good and proper, the opportunity for power".highshort
- κ74Καθῆκανthey sent down[Meaning] They threw to. "They sent down the argument/speech to deceive the Romans."highshort
- κ76Καθῆκόνdue action; what is appropriateThey say that Zeno of Citium was the first to have named [due action] and to have composed a treatise on it.highshort
- κ77Καθῆκονdue action; what is appropriateThey say that a due action is that which when done has a reasonable justification, such as consistency in life. Such a consistency extends both to plants and animals for due actions can be …highmedium
- κ78ΚαθήκονταdutiesDemosthenes in Philippics 11 says: "who did not think it right to do the duties [coming] to him." Meaning the things coming.highshort
- κ79Καθηκόντωςappropriately, fittingly[Meaning] properly, suitably.highshort
- κ82Καθημαξευμένοςwagon-crushed[Meaning he who has been] trampled, stripped bare. Aelian [writes]: "[sc. she was] a woman from Syria and wagon-crushed by every comer. For she was a well-known courtesan and more passionate in licentiousness than …highshort
- κ86Καθῄρειtook down[Meaning he/she/it] removed [someone] from [an] office. "Trajan neither envied nor took anyone down; rather, he particularly honored all good men. That is why he neither feared nor hated anyone."highshort
- κ87Καθῄρηντο τὰς γνώμαςthey had been overcome in their judgmentsMeaning they were falling into cowardice. "Most people had been overcome in their judgments to such an extent that, from fear, they shrank away from their loyalty toward [the] king/emperor."highshort
- κ99Καθίειwas initiating[Meaning he/she/it] was putting in, he was attempting to speak. "He was making an attempt at the man, supposing that he would have him as a partner in the things which he has started …highshort
- κ102Καθιείςsending down[Meaning he] sending upon. "By always sending down false reports through lookouts, [Trajan] accustomed them to march in (sc. good) order."highshort
- κ105Καθικνεῖταιaffects, attacks, strikes[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] touches. "Taking up one of the laths he attacks his brother's things; and the latter lay there a corpse."highshort
- κ106Καθικόμενοιhaving secured[Meaning they] having got a grip on. Polybius [writes]: "for all kings [initially] call "friends" and "allies" those who share their hopes; but having secured their ends they immediately behave towards those who have …highshort
- κ112Καθιππάζεσθαιto trample underfoot[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".highshort
- κ114Καθιστάμενοςconveying for one's own advantage[Meaning someone who is] conveying with a view to something better. "And [sc. Julius] Caesar [...] came into Asia [...] conveying for his own advantage the goods of his subjects and those of the …highshort
- κ121Καθοσίωσιςpurification[Meaning] punishment. Condemnation.highshort
- κ122Καθοσίωσιςtreason; holiness[A term deriving] from being against the holy, that is [against] the emperor. "In the time when Theodosius was emperor of the Romans, Symmachus, of consular rank, issued a speech for the imperial despot …highshort