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κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe[Meaning] the system and the union [formed] from heaven and earth and those things in the middle. "[The entity] which is a totality of the forms. Since it was necessary that none of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightMeaning hanging [sc. in space]. Earth is called "lighter than earth," not being light in a plain sense; and fire [is called] "heavier than fire," not being heavy in a plain sense; but that …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1790Κληροῦχοιcleruchs, plot-holders… send out to the cities which they had taken, distributing plots of land to each of them. So Isocrates in [the] Panegyrikos [sc. uses the term]. Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Symmories would …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… application: (i) what is divisible into parts, such as the earth obtained by allotment; (ii) what is indivisible, [such as] what is taken for common usage; (iii) what is appropriated to oneself with anticipation …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-menThere were two brothers on [the] earth, who displayed every sort of wickedness, and they were called Kerkopes, taking this name from the terrible nature of their deeds. For one of them was called …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2153Κοτταβίζεινto play kottabos… a game among Athenians: a long staff fixed in the earth and another on top of it, moved as on a draft-animal -- it had two disks hung from it and two mixing-bowls of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… 'universe' as well, or a structure composed out of heaven, earth, and the natures contained in them. Or a structure composed from elements and men, and from the things produced for the sake of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ418Καρποῦ δίκηproduce lawsuit… accordance with the laws: if your dispute is about a plot of land, a [dike] karpou; if it is about a house, a [dike] enoikiou; just as this suit of his now, against you, …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… group of words including xw=ma, xo/w, xw/nnumi, involving piles of earth. [2] cf. kappa 2260, kappa 2263. [3] Third person singular, aorist, of kwma/zw "I carouse, I burst in on," extracted from the quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2732Κύντιος Κικιννάτος δικτάτωρQuinctius Cincinnatus the dictator… to live in a wretched little hut on a small plot of land and to content himself with the farmer's life. When he was called upon to be dictator, he happened to be working …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… in the East in Jerusalem, Cyrus fell victim to a plot and became the Bishop of Cotyaeum in Phrygia and he lived on until the reign of Emperor Leo. This man established the Church …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ320ΚάνωποςCanopus, Kanopos… crafty. In parts of Egypt it is customary to build earthen pots which have small continuous holes, in order to distil turbid water through these holes and render it pure. The priest of Canopus …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ240ΚαλλισθένηςKallisthenes, Callisthenes… he was killed, at the same time as Nearchos, for plotting against Alexander. [He was] naturally impulsive, and [was said] to be motivated by great passion. And a story is told that Kallisthenes ruined …Matched in translationhighmedium