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- κ228ΚαλλίμαχοςKallimachos, CallimachusFor this Callimachus 'Junior' (C3) see H. Lloyd-Jones and P.Parsons, Supplementum Hellenisticum (Berlin 1983) 144, fr.309. [1] kappa 227.
- κ227ΚαλλίμαχοςCallimachus, Kallimachos, Kallimakhos… BC. See generally RE Suppl. 5 and 13, Kallimachos(6); OCD4 Callimachus(3). [1] RE Hermokrates(11). [2] kappa 228: Callimachus. [3] 271 BC. (Incorrect.) [4] See Kassel-Austin, PCG IV p.55 (expressing doubt). [5] alpha 3419: Apollonius. …
- κ1917Κοκκύαιforemothers… Nominative plural; also spelled koku/ai (as the meter requires in Callimachus: next note). [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.340.
- κ2113ΚόροιβοςKoroibos, Coroebus… Lexicon kappa980 Theodoridis. [1] cf. Apostolius 10.3 (with 'counting'). [2] Callimachus, Fragmenta incertae sedis 587. [3] From beta 468.
- κ2260Κωμῆταιvillagers… kappa 2263; and see LSJ at web address 1. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 342 Pfeiffer. [3] Babrius 163.1 Crusius (138 Rutherford).
- κ1953Κολουραία πέτρα'stump-tailed' rockCallimachus, Hecale fr. 235 Pfeiffer. The adjective kolourai=os "stump-tailed" (glossed in LSJ as identical to ko/louros, on which see kappa 1952) is metaphorically extended to "truncated" (LSJ s.v. ko/louros I.2). LSJ renders this instance …
- κ1587ΚιδαλίηKidalie, Kidalia… a spring (as in a fragment of poetry attributed to Callimachus: fr.751 Pfeiffer, "I strayed from the Kidalian spring").
- κ1960Νησάωνof KolonaiFrom a gloss on Callimachus Hecale fr.300 Pfeiffer, where, as indicated, the genitive plural form of this toponym (an Attic deme: see further below) occurs. The other genitive plural cited, nhsa/wn [which SOL wrongly …
- κ2515Κτείςcomb… see generally LSJ s.v. 6; and cf. beta 338. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 343 Pfeiffer. [3] Greek Anthology 6.247.3 (Philip of Thessalonica); with the headword in the accusative case. On this epigram, the weaver …
- κ1320ΚενθίππηKenthippeCallimachus, Hecale fr.279. According to Etymologicum Magnum 503.34-35, it was a 'place of Argos [Myth, Place]', named from Bellerophon having spurred on [kentei=n] Pegasus there.
- κ2493Κρώζουσινthey croak… 2492; and cf. generally kappa 2491.) Its attestions are rare: Callimachus (Epigrams fr. 393 Pfeiffer, quoted by Sextus Empiricus), Lucian (Electrum 5), and George the Monk (PG 110.636.47). Of these perhaps commentary on Callimachus …
- κ2713ΚυνθιάδεςKynthos' children, Cynthus' children… of Delos; cf. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A3. [1] Callimachus, Epigram 62.1-2 Pfeiffer (= Greek Anthology 6.121.1-2). "Kynthos' children" could have meant Apollo and Artemis, since they were said to have been born …
- κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughtered… us back from e)/nara to sku=la and the quotation from Callimachus (fr. 677 Pfeiffer = SH 268B). There is also some confusion in this second part of the explanation. The quotation from Callimachus attests …
- κ1194Καίρωμαravel, thrum-row… the warp are attached: so Aelius Dionysius. Attested in (e.g.) Callimachus frs. 80 and 547. Equivalent to kai=ros. See also kappa 1193, kappa 1195.
- κ545Καταΐξsquall… a poetic form, glossed with the more usual form. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.238 (line 29), with scholion. [3] Merisos is independently attested only in ps.-Herodian.
- κ2679Κύματος ἄκρον ἄωτονwave's topmost bloomThe headword phrase is derived from Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260.57 Pfeiffer (288.57 Lloyd-Jones Parsons), although in the original the words 'topmost bloom' appear in the dative case (a)/krw| a)w/tw|) instead of the nominative/accusative as …
- κ1733Κλεωναίου χάρωνοςof a fearsome Kleonaian… in the genitive case, is taken to be quoted from Callimachus (Hecale fr. 339 Pfeiffer). For the Kleonaian (a.k.a. Nemean) lion, tackled by Herakles, see kappa 1732. "Fearsome", xa/rwn, is a more poetic adjective …
- κ888Κατ' αἶγας ἀγρίαςtowards wild goats… 'the sacred' (i.e. epilepsy). Latte ad loc. connects this with Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75. Proverbial in Apostolius 9.61 and other paroemiographers.
- κ1195Καιρωστρίδεςloom-women… given as kairwstri/des (as here) and kairwsti/des. Apparently quoted from Callimachus (fr.640): see Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1571.57; Hesychius kappa273; and a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 7.107 (ed. Dindorf). See also kappa 1193, …
- κ1864Κνηκίςwisp… and deer". See also, more generally, under Hesychius kappa3103. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 238 Pfeiffer.
- κ2647Κυκλίων τε χορῶν ᾀσματοκάμπαςand tune-benders of cyclic choruses.… (phi 761), but see beta 488 and delta 1650. [4] Callimachus fr. 604 Pfeiffer (279 Schneider). [5] kappa 1639, phi 459, delta 1029, pi 3225; cf. alpha 2657, alpha 2862, delta 1178, lambda 264, …
- κ567Κατακᾶσαkatakasa, whore… other lexica: Hesychius kappa1154; Etymologicum Magnum 493.28, 494.38. [1] From Callimachus, Hecale fr. 288. The headword is etymologically related to kappa 446, kappa 447, kappa 448. [2] kappa 452.
- κ1372Κεράςmixed… about to be quoted); cf. LSJ s.v. kera/s, B. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 246 Pfeiffer; see already under kappa 1289. [3] From the scholia to this passage.
- κ2684Κυμαίνειseethes… person singular, present indicative active, evidently quoted from somewhere. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 244 Pfeiffer. [3] Aelian fr. 53b Domingo-Forasté (50 Hercher); cf. alpha 968, epsilon 3129.
- κ201Κᾶλα παλαίθεταwoods long-positionedThe headword phrase, in the neuter plural, is quoted from Callimachus, Hecale fr. 242. [1] cf. kappa 186, kappa 195, kappa 211, kappa 247. [2] This is a "cobbler's last" or "shoemaker's last", a …
- κ1289Κελέβηcup, dish, pan… like the present-day saucer. See generally LSJ s.v. ko/gxh. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.246 (with comment from the scholia there); the second half of the line reappears at kappa 1372. The Suda's kele/bh, nominative, needs …
- κ1811Κλισίαcot, cabin… upon, couch or easy chair". Both senses are Homeric. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 256 Pfeiffer.
- κ2365Κρέκαtuft… h(, kreko/s; cf. LSJ s.v. (and Hesychius kappa4052). [1] From Callimachus, Hecale fr. 288 Pfeiffer (82 Kapp, 39 Schneider). Scylla -- nothing to do with sigma 709 -- was the daughter of the legendary …
- κ1499Κηκάςmischievous, abusiveThe adjective khka/s is used in Callimachus fr. 656 khka/di su\n glw/ssh| "with an abusive tongue", and Nicander, Alexipharmaca 185 piote/rhn o(/te bo/trun e)si/nato khka\s a)lw/phc "when the mischievous fox plundered the fat grapes". …
- κ1557Κῆυξtern, sea-swallow; Keux, Ceyx… in Hesiod, Shield 354, 472, 476; Hecataeus FGrH 1 F30; Callimachus, Aetia fr.75; Diodorus Siculus 4.36.5, 4.57.2; and the myth is detailed in ps.-Apollodorus 1.52.) (B) King of Trachis, who entertained Heracles after his …