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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
27
Κάϊν
Cain
The 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 …
high
long
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 …
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high
short
κ
112
Καθιππάζεσθαι
to 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".
high
short
κ
118
Καθόρμια
necklaces
[Meaning] things put round.
high
short
κ
132
Καθυπερηκόντισαν
they completely overshot
[Meaning] they surpassed, they won.
high
short
κ
138
Καθ' ὕπνους
during sleep, in sleep
Interpretation of dreams: "a dream during sleep says this accurately". "If you die during sleep, you will be without cares." "If you laugh during sleep, you will have difficult turns." "If you cry during …
high
short
κ
145
Κακερουτίας
and you were tossing your horns
Aristophanes [writes]: "you were flapping your wings and you were tossing your horns." Meaning you got excited and puffed up. The term ["toss your horns"] [comes] from horn-bearing [creatures].
high
short
κ
147
Κάκκη
caca
It also has a vulgar connotation. Impurity, and especially, foul-smelling excrement. Aristophanes [writes]: "keeping your nose away from the caca".
high
short
κ
159
Κακοηθέστατα
most ill-natured
It is said of keys. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes] "for husbands now carry secret keys, most ill-natured ones, certain Lakonian ones, with three teeth. So previously it was possible, for women who had had …
high
short
κ
165
Κακοπινέστατον
filthiest, most filthy, very filthy
The [term] "filthy" [pi/non] is applied sometimes to the appearance, sometimes to character. In the latter case it therefore signified someone malicious. Meaning a piece of flattery, a nuisance, filthiest, foul. For "filthy" (pinw=des) …
high
medium
κ
167
Κακορραφίαι
evil patchworks, patchworks of evil
[Meaning] evil contrivances.
high
short
κ
171
Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν
bad crow's bad egg
Some say this proverb derives from the winged creature [of this name], because it is not edible itself, and nor is the egg which it lays. But others say it comes from Corax [Crow] …
high
medium
κ
175
Κακόσχολος
idler
[Meaning] a rascal.
high
short
κ
177
Κακῶν πανήγυρις
festival of evils
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to very great [evils]. The Pisidian [writes]: "and everyone, just as in a festival of evils, was miserable about his own individual calamity".
high
short
κ
182
Κακοὶ τῆς πονηρίας πίνουσι τὴν ὁμίχλην
bad men drink the fog of villainy
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to to those who are punished as they deserve.
high
short
κ
183
Κακύνειν τὸν πηλόν
to spoil the dregs
That is, to do outrage to the man worthy of outrage.
high
short
κ
191
Κάλαϊς
Kalais, Calais
A proper name. [There is] also a color "kala/i+non." Aeschylus [writes]: "in various [...] colors."
high
short
κ
198
Καλαμώμενος
stalk-binding, reaping
[Meaning one] gathering ears of grain. For a 'stalk' [is] the ear of the grain. Also [sc. attested is] 'they bind stalks', [meaning] they make a profit.
high
short
κ
205
Κάλλαια
cockscombs
[Meaning] the wattles of cocks. "And see that you come back again having eaten his cockscombs".
high
short
κ
207
Κάλλη
beautiful things
[Meaning] purple robes. Also blue-green pottery. Aeschylus [writes]: "in many-colored [...] beautiful things."
high
short
κ
214
Καλλίας
Kallias, Callias
The one given the nickname 'Pit-wealthy'; serving as general against Artaxerxes he secured the boundaries of the treaties [made] under Kimon. Launching an invasion in his time, the Lakedaimonians, with Pleistoanax the son of …
high
medium
κ
215
Καλλίας πτερορρυεῖ
Kallias is moulting
Kallias is a butt of comedy for having lost all his money. For, as [someone] well-bred, he is being plucked by blackmail/sykophancy. The females are plucking out his feathers. For he became a poor …
high
medium
κ
233
Καλλίνικος
gloriously-victorious
[sc. An epithet of] Heracles.
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 …
high
short
κ
282
Κάμηλος
camel
[Meaning] the animal [of that name]. Aristophanes [writes]: "how, being a Mede, did he fly here without a camel?" For the Medes came into Greece by camel. Also [sc. attested is the term] kamelites, …
high
short
κ
288
Καμόντων
of those whose work is done
[Meaning] of the dead. "Even should your boat be weighed down by ghosts of those whose work is done."
high
short
κ
294
Κάμπτω
I turn
"He turned songs, as many as Nero bent and turned."
high
short
κ
295
Κάμπτω σε
I bend you
[i.e. Used] with an accusative. Meaning I soften your soul.
high
short
κ
307
Κάνης
reed-mat
[Meaning] a rush-mat. And it is declined [in the genitive] ka/nhtos.
high
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