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1119
Κατωφρυῶσθαι
to be furnished with eyebrows; to frown, to be stern
[Used] with a genitive.
high
short
κ
1127
Καττύεται
is stitched together
Standing 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.
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κ
1128
Καττύει
stitches 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.
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short
κ
1129
Κάττυμα
stitched-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 …
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short
κ
1141
Καυστειρός Καυτηρὸς
burning
[kausteiro/s], but kauthro/s [sc. is also attested].
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κ
1151
Καχέκται
disaffected, sickly
"In truth there existed among them disaffected [men], addicted to change."
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κ
1152
Καχεξία
ill-health
Also [sc. attested is the related participle] kaxektou=ntes ["they being in ill health"], [meaning] they managing their condition (e(/cis) badly (kakw=s), they being sick. Polybius [writes]: "the courage of Perseus was exhausted by toil …
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short
κ
1153
Καχλάζει
bubbles
[Meaning he/she/it] is stirred, seethes, boils.
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κ
1205
Καὶ ταῦτ' ἔχοντες κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις
and that too staying in the arms of the waves
Meaning [they] being in many perils.
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short
κ
1234
Κεκαυτηριασμένος
cauterised, seared
[Meaning someone] not having a healthy conscience.
high
short
κ
1237
Κεκιβδήλευται
is adulterated, has been adulterated
[Meaning he/she/it] is discredited, judged unfavourably, rejected after scrutiny, corrupted.
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κ
1241
Κέκλεικα
I have confined
[Meaning] I have secured.
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short
κ
1245
Κεκλίαται
they have leaned
[Formed] out of the [verb] kli/nw ["I lean"]. Also [sc. attested is the active] ke/klika ["I have leaned"] similarly.
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short
κ
1249
Κεκλωσμένα
things spun
Interpretation of a dream: if you are holding spun [threads], expect sorrows.
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κ
1251
Κεκολουμένος
curtailed
[Meaning someone] in a state of incapacity, at a loss. "Curtailed by a limb-wasting illness, he ran over in his mind the evidence of [his] past valorous deeds." Or kekoloume/nos ["curtailed"], [meaning] melted-away.
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short
κ
1258
Κεκωφῆσθαι
to be deafened
[Meaning] to become deaf.
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short
κ
1265
Κεκραιπαληκώς
having been intoxicated
[Meaning] having enjoyed oneself.
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short
κ
1273
Κεκρύφαλον
hairnet
[Meaning] kekryphaton, towel, napkin. In the Epigrams: "hairnets bind your hair; I melt with passion" And elsewhere: "Philainis [gives] a band for her usually-braided hair, a hairnet dyed with flowers of the grey sea". …
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κ
1275
Κεκοισυρῶσθαι
to be like Coesyra
[Meaning] to be embellished.
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κ
1277
Κελαδεινή
noisy, sounding
[Referring to] a hunter. She who makes noise during the chase. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] keladeino/s, [meaning] making sound.
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κ
1301
Κέλης
dinghy, yacht
A 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 …
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medium
κ
1303
Κελήτιον
dinghy, yacht
A small boat. From a metaphor of the keles horse, on which a single man sits.
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κ
1314
Κενεβρίων
of carrion
[Meaning] of carcasses. For carcasses [nekrimaia] [are called] carrion [kenebria], by rearrangement of the letters.
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κ
1315
Κενεμβατεῖν
to step on a hole, to lack a solid foundation
[Meaning] to step on emptiness, to venture emptily.
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κ
1316
Κενεὸν
empty
[sc. Attested as epic keneon] and [Attic] kenon: [meaning] vain. "Let Odysseus react insultingly in empty [words]." And elsewhere: "no, indeed; may I not yet be so empty of intelligence". Meaning trifling in sagacity. …
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κ
1318
Κενῆς
of the empty
[Meaning] of the deprived [one], of [the one] left empty. "Lest some ill-wisher snatches [the child] away, like a cub from a lioness [left] empty." For hunters wait for the time when cubs are …
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short
κ
1322
Κενόν
void, wasteland
[Meaning a place] empty of people. Sophocles [says] about Oedipus: "but if you are to rule this land, just as you control [sc. it now], better to be lord of men than of a …
high
short
κ
1328
Κενῶν φάους
of those empty of light
[Meaning] of blind [people].
high
short
κ
1333
Κεντήματα
pricks, punctures
[no gloss]
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short
κ
1338
Κέντρα
goads
[Meaning] the spurs of [= for] horses. "Goads urging on the way."
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