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Καβάδης
Kabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh
A proper name.
high
short
κ
6
Καβειρῶν
Kabeira, Kabeiroi
City [of Kabeira]. Also [sc. attested is] Kabeiroi, name of a people. [The word] also means demons.
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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κ
9
Καβύλη
Kabyle, Cabyle
A place in Thrace, situated near the Taxos river, in the centre of Thrace.
high
short
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 …
high
short
κ
13
Κάδης
Kadesh
[Meaning] holiness. "And the Lord will shake up the wilderness of Kadesh".
high
short
κ
15
Καδμεία
Kadmeia, Cadmeia
The acropolis of the Thebans.
high
short
κ
16
Καδμεία γυνὴ
Kadmeian woman, Cadmean woman
['Kadmeian woman'] and 'Kadmeian victory' [are phrases where the adjective is spelled] with a diphthong [ei]; but 'Kadmian land' [has it spelled] with an iota. But some write this also with a diphthong.
high
short
κ
17
Καδμεία νίκη
Kadmeian victory, Cadmean victory
This 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] …
high
medium
κ
19
Καδμεῖος
Cadmean
[A synonym for] Theban.
high
short
κ
20
Καδμείωνος
of a Kadmeian, of a Cadmean
[no gloss]
high
short
κ
21
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
The Milesian, inventor of the alphabet. In an epigram of Zeno: "but if [your] fatherland [is] Phoenician, what reproach [is there]? It is also [the home of] that Cadmus, from whom Hellas has the …
high
short
κ
22
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
Son of Pandion, from Miletus, historian, who first (according to some) wrote a book in prose. [He was] a little younger than Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all Ionia in …
high
short
κ
23
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
Son of Archelaos, from Miletus, a more recent historian. Some recorded Kadmos' name as Lykinos. So perhaps he is a different man. These are his writings: Release from the sufferings of love in 4 …
high
short
κ
25
Καδουΐας
Kadouias, Kadouidas
A king of Scythians.
high
short
κ
26
Κάειρα
Kaeira
A city and a proper name.
high
short
κ
31
Κάθαμμα λύεις
you are undoing a knot
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to undo something which is hard to undo. From the waggon of Midas. For an oracle had been issued to the Phrygians [which said] that …
high
short
κ
37
Καθαρῶς
clearly
[Meaning] exactly. Plainly. "Calling to council anyone who was noble amongst the Persians, he disclosed these matters."
high
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
40
Κάθαρσις γυναικῶν μαινουσῶν
purification of mad women
See under "Bakis".
high
short
κ
54
Καθεσταμένος
having 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 …
high
short
κ
57
Καθεστῶτα
what was settled
[Meaning the things that] were quiet. "They began to disturb what was settled".
high
short
κ
59
Καθεστώτων
of the established
[Meaning] of the defined laws. "For they took delight in the change of the established [laws]". [Meaning the] safeguarded [ones].
high
short
κ
69
Καθεῖτο
was sent down
Josephus [writes]: "a certain detachment of infantry was sent down there to guard the approach."
high
short
κ
70
Καθηγοῦμαι
I act as guide, I lead the way
[Used] with a dative. "I act as guide for these [sc. ships] into the harbour".
high
short
κ
76
Καθῆκόν
due action; what is appropriate
They say that Zeno of Citium was the first to have named [due action] and to have composed a treatise on it.
high
short
κ
80
Καθηκούσαις
descending
[Meaning ones] proceeding through and out. Xenophon [writes]: "on rocks descending at that place".
high
short
κ
82
Καθημαξευμένος
wagon-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 …
high
short
κ
84
Καθήμενον πεδίον
settled plain
[Meaning] a level one. "The Romans were camping in a settled plain".
high
short
κ
92
Καθίδρυσαν
they established
[Meaning] they settled safely. "And after making sacrifices they established the cities. Traianai/Trajanae, naturally, was a name [given] to each."
high
short
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