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- κ1972ΚόλυθρονkoluthronA ripe fig, according to the gloss in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.76F (3.11 Kaibel), citing Philemon's Attic Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1906Κοδρίτης ἄρτοςquartered loaf, coarsegrain loafAdler reasonably connects this entry with Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.114D-E (3.81 Kaibel): "Philemon in book 1 of Sacrifices of All Kinds says that ... blwmiai=oi is the name for loaves which have incisions, the ones …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1362Κεραννύουσιthey mix… lexica, registering Hyperides fr.69 Jensen (from the Delian Speech); cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.424E [10.24 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1689ΚίτρονcitronA Latin loan-word. See generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.83A-85C (3.25-29 Kaibel), attributing to 'Pamphilus in the Glosses' the remark that Romans call kitron what Greeks call kitrion (Citrus medica; see LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… of the fourth century, see Webster 300-301. [5] 380-377. [6] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 5.189D [5.15 Kaibel], cf. 13.559F [13.8]. [7] Lysias fr. 154 Sauppe, now 206 Carey OCT (where the meaning of "crab" is unclear). …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ1244ΚέκληκαI have called… alternatively, a verse by the comic poet Straton, quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.382C [9.29 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1900Κόγχηνcockle, mussel… by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'. For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1482ΚειτούκειτοςAttested-Unattested[1] In the Deipnosophists by Athenaeus (alpha 731); cf. delta 359: Deipnosophists. [2] Excerpted from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.1D-E (1.2 Kaibel). Ulpian of Tyre (on the prosopography of this character see Baldwin [1976]), characterised as …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2682Κυμβίαvessels… refers to a type of drinking vessel. For descriptions, see: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.488F [11.77 Kaibel]; Harpokration s.v. kumbi/on (= Photius, Lexicon kappa1199 Theodoridis), commenting on Demosthenes 21.158 (see further below); scholia to Lucian, Dialogues …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ453ΚασσιέπειαKassiepeia, Cassiepia… under alpha 133) perhaps reflects the phrase kalh\ *kassie/peia in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.632F [14.32 Kaibel] (quoting Homer, Iliad 8.305, but with this name where the mss of Homer have Kastianeira). [2] Best-attested as that …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2597Κυβίοιςin cubes… sense of chunks of salt-fish (suitable for 'finger food') see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.116E (3.85 Kaibel), dative as here; cf. 3.118B (= 3.87 Kaibel), accusative. In the glossing phrase, klados (kappa 1699) is used in …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ243ΚαλλιφάνηςKalliphanes, Calliphanescf. Clearchus fr.90 Wehrli (in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.4C [1.6 Kaibel]).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ327Κάππαριςcaper… entry at web address 1. [2] Diogenes Laertius 7.32; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.370C = 9.10 Kaibel (and 9.370B [9.9] for oaths "by cabbage").Matched in noteshighshort
- κ216ΚαλλιγόλαςCaligula… Literally "Little boot". [3] Aelian fr. 24 Domingo-Forasté (24 Hercher). Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.148D [4.29 Kaibel], seems to have employed Aelian here, since he uses the same wording and word order (dia\ to\ e)n stratope/dw| …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ237ΚάλλιπποςKallippos, CallippusC4 BCE. [1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.508E-F [11.119 Kaibel]. [2] See Plutarch, Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58; Timoleon 11; Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2630Κυθήρηθενfrom Kythera, from Cythera… The poet Hermesianax of Colophon used (in fr.7, preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.598E [13.71 Kaibel]) *kuqe/rhqen of Philoxenos (phi 393), shortening the second syllable for metrical convenience. The present headword *kuqh/rhqen is unattested outside …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2225Κώθωνkothon; KothonSee also kappa 2226, and generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.483B-484C [11.66-67 Kaibel]. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 1094, where the headword occurs. [2] cf. Critias in Athenaeus 483B (above, and Plutarch, Lycurgus 9): …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… kandu/lh ka/ndaulos, etc.; see LSJ s.v. ka/ndaulos). The notion (in Athenaeus: below) that it is Lydian may arise from the mere similarity to the name of the famous Lydian king Kandaules. For alternative recipes …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1665Κιρρόνorange, orange-colored… neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. [2] An approximation of Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.32D (1.59 Kaibel). According to Galen, this kind of wine has a warming quality, useful for those who are chilled but harmful …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ338Καπήριαcaperia, kaperia… a quotation from the cookbook author Chrysippus of Tyana in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.113D [3.79 Kaibel]. From the gloss here, it seems that the spelling kaph/ria might be foreign in usage or origin; the two …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1596ΚικίλιοςKikilios, Kaikalos, CaecalusAbbreviated from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.13B-C [1.22 Kaibel], where editors print Meineke's emendation of the name to Kaikalos/Caecalus. [1] Oppian's (omicron 452) is the only one of these works to survive. [2] See also delta …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1423ΚερτομῶI taunt… his own wife. Also Xanthus fr.12 Müller (FHG), cited in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.415C-D [10.8 Kaibel] (where he is named Cambles; Cambles is also mentioned as a glutton in Aelian, Varia historia 1.27).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1431Κεστρεύςmullet, kestreus… Animals 13.19; Geoponica 20.41 -- though they are distinguished in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.306D-E (7.77 Kaibel) and 8.356B (8.52 Kaibel). The kestreu/s is defined as a ke/falos in the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 790b, the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… is a sfu/raina (also a "hammer" fish, as identified by Athenaeus, Deipnosphists 7.323A-C = 7.122 Kaibel), and a sfu/raina is either a "bicuda" ("Sphyraena spet") -- or a ke/stra. Dalby 2003 s.v. barracuda identifies …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ2228Κωθωνίσαιto make drunken… on Deinocrates of Messene; more fully at delta 337. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.10A & D [1.17 Kaibel], commenting on Homer, Iliad 11.639 and Odyssey 2.340.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1408Κερκώπηcicada; Kerkope… Kerkope, a courtesan mentioned in Philaeterus fr. 9 Kock (in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.587E-F = 13.52 Kaibel): "isn't Kerkope already three thousand years old, and Diopeithes' daughter, the repulsive Telesis, another ten thousand?". The Lexica …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2106Κορώνηνtip… [2] LSJ s.v. korw/nh II.7, as in Posidippus cited in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.414D (10.7 Kaibel): the "high point" or "crown" of a festival. The entire gloss also appears in the Lexica Segueriana, but with …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… illustration of the perceived enmity of cabbage and wine, from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.34C-E (1.62 Kaibel). Athenaeus also cites Timaeus as reporting that the Sybarites ate cabbage before drinking, because it would make wine "dimmer", …Matched in noteshighmedium
- κ895Καταιονῶσιthey pour over… person singular, present indicative active, of kataiona/w. [2] Abbreviated from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.24D-E (1.44 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ344Καπνίας οἶνοςsmoky wine… where the name Kapnias, 'Smokey', appears (web address 1); cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31E [1.57 Kaibel]. For 'dark' wine see e.g. Homer, Odyssey 5.265. [3] cf. beta 238. [4] There is no such entry. See …Matched in noteshighshort