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- κ1226Κεδνόςdiligent[Meaning] intelligent, prudent, or sensible. Ajax [says]: "for ever since I took into my hand this gift from Hector, my greatest enemy, ... men's [proverb is true]."
- κ1347Κέπφοςstormy petrelA kind of very quick bird. It is light and floats on the waves. "O petrel!", meaning o most paltry and babbling!; for that is what they say the petrel is like. The proverbial …
- κ1382Κερδαλέοςwily[Meaning] subtle, cunning. For the vixen [is] wily. Also [sc. attested is] "wily one". Also [sc. attested is the comparative] kerdaleôteros, [spelled] with a long o.
- κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour"If he does not gain his advantage fairly, but works the unholy, or possesses the untouchable. Where such things occur, what man out of the foolish ones will think any more that he can …
- κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galleyA kind of ship. Light galleys and light pirate craft and cock-boats [are] kinds of boats. And [there is] a proverb: "and a light galley [sc. belongs] among herbs". A herb [is] something wild, …
- κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the apeThe proverbial saying is a metaphor from animals that wag their tail [kerkos] towards one. But [it would be] more sound to derive it from the Kerkopes, which the story goes are very deceitful …
- κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slicesAristophanes in Clouds [sc. uses the phrase]. kestreai are not the same as kestreis ["mullets"]; instead, some think that murries [myrainai] are called kestrai; others say it is not those, but a different kind …
- κ1432ΚεστρεῖςmulletsThey used to call them "fasting" and gaping and hungry; for these fish [are] gluttonous. Of all the fish that eat each other, it is the only one that abstains [sc. from eating flesh]. …
- 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 …
- κ2030Κόνδυλονknuckle[...] the [phrase] "they slapped him", as it seems, hence the Attic speakers; but Kolaphos is [used] in Epicharmus. Aristophanes [writes]: "if the child asks for wine, give him a knuckle". [Said] in order …
- κ2090ΚορινθικόνCorinthian"He never harvested a Corinthian [harvest]; he never tasted bitter, cornless poverty." On Corinth, see "Korinthos, son of Zeus".
- κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernelA worthless wild herb. Hence the proverb "and a blue pimpernel among herbs". Some render the korchoros as a certain fish, like the dolphin-fish, and as a cheap dish. But the proverb is spoken …
- κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouth[sc. A proverbial phrase used] because people thought they were seers. But others [sc. say it means] a mouth singing oracles.
- κ2212ΚωδαλοῦχοςkôdalouchosA measure of land.
- κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from KorykosThe comics introduce a certain god [from Korykos] as listening, from a proverb. For Korykos [is] a cape in Pamphylia, next to which [is] the city of Attaleia. The townspeople there wanted to suffer …