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- κ566Κατακαλῶνcalling back, summoning back[Meaning someone] carefully seeking out. Polybius [writes]: "having renewed his [sc. treaty of] friendship with the Romans, Perseus immediately began to court the Greeks, calling back into Macedonia those who were in flight over …
- κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… danger and talking about it; let the die be tossed. Polybius [writes]: "they said that it was lack of reason and insanity to risk and gamble with one's life." That is, to act unreasonably …
- κ77Καθῆκονdue action; what is appropriate… case of the things which are contrary to due action. Polybius [writes]: "they dare beyond what is necessary and behave contrary to what is appropriate". Furthermore, of due actions, some are always due and …
- κ2254Κωμάσαιto carouse… also epsilon 548, kappa 2252, kappa 2255, kappa 2258. [1] Polybius fr. 110, cf. Polybius 35.2.2; quoted already at alpha 2196. The general in question was Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 152 BCE), and the …
- κ1113ΚάτωνCato… Appian, Iberica 160; for passage 2, a famous anecdote, cf. Polybius 36.6.7; Diodorus Siculus 32.9a.2; Livy Epitome 49, etc. [1] delta 454, delta 455, delta 456. [2] An approximation of Homer, Odyssey 10.495, on …
- κ1346Κενοὶ κενὰ λογίζονταιempty men think empty thoughts[1] For Archias (and this passage of Polybius) see already alpha 4103; and cf. alpha 4434. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 280-1 (web address 1), related to the preceding passage only by the use of the …
- κ1434Κέστροςdart, dart-sling, kestros, cestrus, kestrosphendonePolybius 27.11, known only from this entry in the Suda; cf. Livy 42.65.9-10 (and a similar device in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 20.1.4). For commentary, beyond what is proffered here, see Walbank 3.308-310. …