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Καβάδης
Kabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh
A proper name.
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κ
2
Καββαλίς
kabbalis
[kabbalis means] one who is throwing down. In effect [an animal] eating enough from a manger. It declines kabbali=nos [in the genitive]. The word is a compound of ka/ph ["manger"] and a(/lis ["enough"]. For …
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3
Καββαλών
having thrown down, throwing down
[kabbalw/n means the same as] katabalw/n. Ameipsias in Seducers [writes]: "and you came [and] you threw down three obols."
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κ
4
Κάβαξ
rascal
[Meaning a] villain.
high
short
κ
5
Κάβαισος
gluttonous
[Meaning] insatiable. For a ka/bos [is] a measure of grain. And [sc. similarly] we ourselves call a drunkard a "wine jar".
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κ
6
Καβειρῶν
Kabeira, Kabeiroi
City [of Kabeira]. Also [sc. attested is] Kabeiroi, name of a people. [The word] also means demons.
high
short
κ
7
Καβησός
Kabesos, Cabesus
[Meaning] a city [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] *kabhso/qen, [meaning] from the city of Kabesos.
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short
κ
8
Κάβος
kabos, cabus
A kind of measure. And [there is] a proverb: 'a kabos of kabos'.
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short
κ
9
Καβύλη
Kabyle, Cabyle
A place in Thrace, situated near the Taxos river, in the centre of Thrace.
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κ
10
Κάγκανον
parched
[Meaning] dry.
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κ
11
Καγχάζει
jeers, mocks
[Meaning he/she/it] laughs continually. Eunapius [writes]: "the Huns had gone away flatly jeering." And Sophocles [writes]: "everyone mocking with tongues." That is, blaspheming. "In his heart he was jeering, but outwardly he was angry …
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κ
12
Κάγχρυ
parched barley
[Meaning] barleycorns. Also [sc. attested is] "parched-barley bread". Parched-barley therefore [means] the ground barleycorns.
high
short
κ
13
Κάδης
Kadesh
[Meaning] holiness. "And the Lord will shake up the wilderness of Kadesh".
high
short
κ
14
Καδίσκος
voting-urn
A particular vessel, into which the jurors used to cast their votes, bore this name. Phrynichus in Muses [writes]: "look, take the pebble; here is your voting-urn, this one to acquit, that one to …
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short
κ
15
Καδμεία
Kadmeia, Cadmeia
The acropolis of the Thebans.
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short
κ
16
Καδμεία γυνὴ
Kadmeian woman, Cadmean woman
['Kadmeian woman'] and 'Kadmeian victory' [are phrases where the adjective is spelled] with a diphthong [ei]; but 'Kadmian land' [has it spelled] with an iota. But some write this also with a diphthong.
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κ
18
Καδμεία νίκη
Kadmeian victory, Cadmean victory
They explain the [proverb] as referring to an unprofitable victory; since when Eteokles and Polyneikes fought in single combat both of them perished. But others say that it is used in reference to those …
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short
κ
19
Καδμεῖος
Cadmean
[A synonym for] Theban.
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short
κ
20
Καδμείωνος
of a Kadmeian, of a Cadmean
[no gloss]
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short
κ
21
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
The Milesian, inventor of the alphabet. In an epigram of Zeno: "but if [your] fatherland [is] Phoenician, what reproach [is there]? It is also [the home of] that Cadmus, from whom Hellas has the …
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short
κ
22
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
Son of Pandion, from Miletus, historian, who first (according to some) wrote a book in prose. [He was] a little younger than Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all Ionia in …
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short
κ
23
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
Son of Archelaos, from Miletus, a more recent historian. Some recorded Kadmos' name as Lykinos. So perhaps he is a different man. These are his writings: Release from the sufferings of love in 4 …
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short
κ
24
Κάδος
kados, jar
A measure of wine. "He consecrated these three jars, having filled them with the first-flowing wine of three vineyards". In the Epigrams.
high
short
κ
25
Καδουΐας
Kadouias, Kadouidas
A king of Scythians.
high
short
κ
26
Κάειρα
Kaeira
A city and a proper name.
high
short
κ
28
Καθαγιάζεται
is dedicated
[Meaning he/she/it] is consecrated.
high
short
κ
29
Καθαγίσω
let me make hagios
[Meaning] let me burn, let me make holy.
high
short
κ
30
Καθαλάμενος
having leapt down
[Meaning he] having dismounted. "Having leapt down from the horse he drew his sword and struck him".
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short
κ
31
Κάθαμμα λύεις
you are undoing a knot
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to undo something which is hard to undo. From the waggon of Midas. For an oracle had been issued to the Phrygians [which said] that …
high
short
κ
32
Καθάπαξ
once and for all
[Meaning] altogether. Collectively. They also say kaqa/pan. "It was decided not to stir them up to war once and for all."
high
short
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