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- κ268Κάλυμνοςkalymnos, calymnus… 2.677 (web address 1) with scholia, and Strabo 10.5.19. [4] Apollodorus FGrH 244 F173.
- κ1557Κῆυξtern, sea-swallow; Keux, Ceyx[1] LSJ considers kh=uc a variant of kh/c, which it defines as "a sea-bird, perh. the tern or sea-swallow". The particular form is post-classical, used in ps.-Apollodorus 1.52, Dionysius, Ixeuticon 2.18, Babrius 2.115, Philostratus …
- κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… kappa 2116); OCD(4) s.v.. [10] The Hellenistic scholar and historian Apollodorus of Athens, another writer surviving only in fragments; this one is FGrH 244 F107. See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Apollodorus(6)'.
- κ2711ΚυνισμόςCynicism… a change of adjective, one attributed to the Stoic philosopher Apollodorus (second century BCE). See Diogenes Laertius 7.121, where Apollodorus defines Cynicism as "a short-cut road (syntomos hodos) to virtue", and 6.104. Compare also …
- κ1654Κινυρομένηwailing… Erichthonius, who in turn fathered Pandion I, King of Athens (Apollodorus, Library 3.14.6, web address 3). Pandion then fathered two daughters, Procne and Philomela, who escaped the wrath of Tereus, son of Ares, by …
- κ2744Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… Lycurgus fr. 39 Conomis. See also Photius, Lexicon kappa1233 Theodoridis.) Apollodorus of Athens, son of Asclepiades, prolific scholar active in second-century BCE Alexandria. See generally OCD(4) 120, under 'Apollodorus(6)'; FGrH 244, where this is …
- κ1412ΚερκυώνKerkyon, Cercyon[1] In Apollodorus, Library, epitome 3, Kerkyon is one of the six hazards of the Argos [Myth, Place]-to-Athens road disposed of by Theseus. [2] Again at phi 150. "Kerkyra" is the present-day island of …
- κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… "from all around, on every side". See LSJ. [3] i.e. Apollodorus the grammarian (alpha 3407). This etymology, also implied in the following sentence, was supported by Boisacq, but is today rejected (e.g. Ernout-Meillet) in …
- κ371Καρδιώττεινto have heartburn, to have stomach-ache… present active infinitive (Attic and Doric form) of kardiw/ssw. [1] Apollodorus FGrH 244 F213, on Epicharmus fr. 202 Kaibel (now 204 K.-A.; see also their testimonium #34). [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.8; cf. beta 440.
- κ1009Κατευθικτήσαςhaving hit exactly… also found only once, of finding the range with artillery (Apollodorus of Damascus, Poliorcetica 144.11 Wescher). The adjective eu)/qiktos and its adverb are, however, somewhat commoner, usually of a witticism that hits the mark …
- κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victory… preserves the missing name, Lycus (FGrH 380 F5). See also Apollodorus, Library 3.24.
- κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… and khlw/nion to mean "swing-beam" (in gardening, or sieges): khlw/nion: Apollodorus of Damascus, Poliorcetica p. 162 Wescher; Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon s.v. kh=la, Hesychius s.v. khlw/nia; khlw/neion: Aristophanes fr. 679 Edmonds, Pollux 7.143, Hesychius s.v., …
- κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicism… Cynics. [1] Actually, this definition belongs to the Stoic philosopher Apollodorus: see Diogenes Laertius 7.121, and kappa 2711. [2] Diogenes of Sinope (c.445-360): delta 1143. Despite what the Suda says, it is uncertain whether …
- κ1039Κατηγόρημαpredicate… Stoics' semantic theory. [1] This definition belongs to the Stoic Apollodorus (D.L. 7.64). For the translation of pragma by 'state of affairs', see alpha 2827, note 2. [2] Or 'what is signified'. [3] That …