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- κ867Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳpour the oil in the shieldAristophanes [sc. writes this]. Meaning into the hub of the shield, in order to make it brighter. For there are some who tell the future by looking in oil. So he is wiping the …
- κ1274Κεκτημένηςof the lady-owner, of the lady-possessor[Meaning] of the mistress. Aristophanes [writes]: "where is the husband of my lady-owner?"
- κ1333Κεντήματαpricks, punctures[no gloss]
- κ1344ΚέντρωνrogueThat is, [someone] harsh and horrid. Insofar as we call charioteers goad-strikers, those striking horses with goads. Or: patchwork, something stitched together from many things. Because they call such things kentrônes when they are …
- κ1374Κερασβόλαhorn-struck, hard-shelledTough [seeds], growing together both amongst tough [plants] and amongst pulses; black in colour, round, and of the same size as millet grains; they do not soften when boiled together with pulses. They are …
- κ1518Κημὸν καταμηλῶνprobing down with a funnelAristophanes [writes]: "then I force them to vomit up all they have robbed from me [, probing down with a funnel]". They say "to probe down" of a doctor sending a probe down into …
- κ1520Κημόςfunnel, muzzle[An item of] conical wickerwork, through which the jurors deposit their vote into the urn. Aristophanes [writes]: "and I would stand by the funnels". Also, what is put on horses, and a woman's front …
- κ1585ΚίγκλοςdabchickA bird which shakes its behind a lot, [and] which some call "shake-arse". And it is very thin. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "poorer than a dabchick": a proverb, which Menander uses in …
- κ1792Κλητεύειsummons, summonses; gives evidence that a summons has been served[Meaning he/she/it] calls [someone] into court, together with witnesses of the order, whom they used to call summoners [or: witnesses that a summons had been served]. And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "when I drag …
- κ1794Κλητῆραsummoner, witness to summons"I am summoning you, whoever you are, before the market inspectors for damages to merchandise; I have a witness to this summons, Chairephon right here."
- κ1795Κλητῆρεςsummoners, witnesses to summons[Meaning] witnesses. "Summoner" is the name for the person who calls everyone into court. The word also means a witness. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "I am an islander summoner." That is, someone who libels …
- κ1799Κλήτωρ Κλητώριονsummoner[sc. Also attested is] "summons-place" [klêtôrion], [meaning] the imperial table.
- κ2188Κουριόσσουcuriosus, informantFrom the Life of Chrysostom: "being dragged away by the city's informant in the middle of the city."
- κ2242Κωλοβάθρουof a fetter, fetter's[Meaning] of what the many call the klapa.
- λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor"That blood-stained and stone-thrower wretch asked to be surnamed 'Fortunate'." ['Stone-thrower' means] he who is deserving of having stones cast against him, that is of being stoned to death. And Aelian [writes]: "to destroy …
- λ464Λῆξιν δίκηςallocation of a lawsuit['Allocation of a lawsuit'] and 'to be allocated a lawsuit': [this is what] they say for announcing a judgment of private matters; but inviting [sc. to trial] in response [is] antilacheîn, and distributing money …
- λ674Λοπάςgriddle, hotplateAmong Syracusans [sc. this word means] a frying-pan; but in Theopompus a coffin/funerary urn, and [sc. likewise] in the Comics. This is also a name for the stone found in Greece. Aristophanes [writes]: "so …
- λ833Λύματαlumata[Meaning] pledges/securities. As lusima ["redeemable things"] and lutrosima ["ransomable things"].
- λ840Λύμηmaltreatment[Meaning] damage, corruption, insult. "He seized them, and tormented them with all sorts of maltreatment and torture and varied kinds of abuse; and with a punishment most fitting, crucified him on a hill conspicuous …
- μ236ΜαρτύρομαιI call to witness, I protest[Meaning] I summon witnesses. Sophocles [writes]: "I call these people to witness, not you, what sort of words you exchange with your friends -- if I ever catch you." Creon [Author, Myth] says [this] …
- μ238ΜαρτυρῶI give witness[Used] with a dative. But [sc. also] with an accusative. "And I reported Diophantus among you — what I will now compel him to give witness about".
- μ305Μαχλάδαςwanton women[Meaning] harlots.
- μ750Μεταίτιονaccessory, joint causeHerodotus [writes]: "because the whole crowd was an accessory to these events, they would not accept the demands."