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κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like[1] Demosthenes 18.129 (web address 1 below). There is some debate over the identity of "the hero Kalamites" (tw=| Kalami/th| h(/rwi). This may be a physician or bone-setter (one who uses splints, ka/lamoi) named …Matched in noteshighshort
κ531Κατάγειν τὰ πλοῖαto force the boats to landAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., where, besides Demosthenes (below), Lycurgus 1.18 is cited. [1] Demosthenes 8.9.Matched in noteshighshort
κ880Καταψευδομαρτυρησάμενοςhaving falsified the testimony… phrase is not aorist but future ("who will bear..."). [1] Demosthenes 45.1 (web address 1), evidently -- but the aorist participle there is passive, not middle. For the latter, the reference -- taken over …

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Καλαμίτης

Kalamites, Calamites; reed-like

Either in reference to the stalk of the grain; or a proper name. And Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Crown [writes]: "in the shack next to the hero Kalamites." And the feminine form [is] Kalamitis. "[She] cherished…

Καλαμίτης· ἢ ἐπὶ τῆς καλάμης τοῦ σίτου· ἢ κύριον ὄνομα. καὶ Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Στεφάνου· ἐν τῷ κλισίῳ τῷ πρὸς τῷ Καλαμίτῃ ἥρωϊ. καὶ θηλυκὸν ἡ Καλαμῖτις. δισσοὺς ἐς…

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κ48Καθελώνhaving overpowered… is aorist active participle of kaqaire/w, masculine nominative singular. [1] Demosthenes 23.53, on one of the situations where Athenian law recognised justifiable homicide. [2] Stesichorus fr. 19 Lobel-Page; Sophocles fr.205 Radt.Matched in noteshighshort

κ78Καθήκονταduties… [1] A slip (already in the mss. of Harpok.) for Demosthenes *10*.37.Matched in noteshighshort

κ178Κακώσεωςmistreatment… of the headword see the note at beta 216. [1] Demosthenes 24.103; Lysias fr. 107 Sauppe (now 127 Carey OCT); Hyperides fr. 160 Jensen (not Adler's '187'; this was corrected in her consolidated addenda …Matched in noteshighshort

κ482Καταβολήinstalment… (and Photius) s.v. See also kappa 481, kappa 483. [1] Demosthenes 9.29. [2] cf. generally epsilon 2892.Matched in noteshighshort

κ826Κατατομήscarp… a failure to distinguish between the two. [1] Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 9, referring to D. himself. [2] Philochorus FGrH 328 F58 (another context altogether).Matched in noteshighshort

κ864Καταχειροτονίανcommittal-vote… The so-called sykophants (sigma 1330, sigma 1331, sigma 1332). [2] Demosthenes 21.6ff.; Hyperides fr. 187 Jensen (not Adler's '218', later corrected by her); Theophrastus fr.3 Szegedy-Maszak (app. 635 FHS&G).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1040Κατηγορίας ἔχωI have accusations[1] Demosthenes 18.240. The entry thus far = Photius, Lexicon kappa463. [2] At the trial of the Arginousai generals in Athens in 406 BCE. The present phrase clearly derives from Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.7.14 (though …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1221Κεγχρεώνfoundry… from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [1] A document quoted at Demosthenes 37.26 (web address 1). [2] Harpok. cites Theophrastus (fr. 201 Fortenbaugh) for this extra information.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1021Κατεχειροτόνησαν αὐτοῦthey voted to convict him… "[the entire people] voted to convict him [sc. Meidias]" in Demosthenes 21.2 (web address 1). This should not be taken -- whether or not the lexicographers realized this -- as a description of voting …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ9ΚαβύληKabyle, Cabyle… equivalent one in Harpokration -- minus the sources cited there: Demosthenes 8.44, Theopompus FGrH 115 F205, and - for "situated...Thrace" - Anaximenes FGrH 72 F12. Stephanus of Byzantium classifies it as a polis and …Matched in noteshighshort

κ74Καθῆκανthey sent down… 69). [1] Quotation unidentifiable (but for something broadly similar cf. Demosthenes 45.46, and generally epsilon 1548).Matched in noteshighshort

κ137Καθυφῆκενcapitulated, compromised, surrendered treacherously… It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps (as Theodoridis asserts) Demosthenes 29.35, where kaqufh=ken rather than kaqufei=ken is the vulgate reading.Matched in noteshighshort

κ170ΚακοτεχνιῶνmalpracticeAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 47.1 and 49.56. See generally S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 104 [1] Here, as usual, in the genitive case; and indeed genitive plural …Matched in noteshighshort

κ188ΚαλαβρίαKalabria, Calabria, Kalaureia, Calauria… from Harpokration s.v. Kalaureia, commenting on the place's appearance in Demosthenes, Letter 2.21, and citing Hecataeus (FGrH 1 F125) and Anticlides (FGrH 140 F9) for the information given). See generally OCD(4) s.v. Calauria. The …Matched in noteshighshort

κ364ΚαρδίαKardia, Cardia… 51 grid H3. On the strategic location of Kardia see Demosthenes 23.182 (web address 1) [2] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 1474; cf. epsilon 669. [3] This kai/ has been inadvertently omitted from …Matched in noteshighshort

κ525Κατὰ δήμους δικασταίdeme justices, justices by demesAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 24.112. [1] And operated from the city of Athens itself. See generally the authority whom Harpok. cites: ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 53.Matched in noteshighshort

κ536Καταδύεταιis plunged… which uses a participle); Theodoridis suggests Plato, Republic 401D, or Demosthenes 24.182; there are in fact numerous possibilities. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as Procopius, Secret History 1.13 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ585ΚατακοντίζωI shoot downSo already kappa 584. See e.g. Herodotus 9.17, Thucydides 8.108, Demosthenes 18.151. Adler reports that katakonti/zw (which she prints) is the reading of ms V; the other msss have katakontuli/zw, which could be a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ878Καταχύσματαoutpourings, showerings… detailed entry derives in part from Harpokration s.v. (commenting on Demosthenes 45.74); see also Photius, Lexicon kappa398 Theodoridis. [1] Theopompus fr. 14 Kock (15 Kassel-Austin). [2] Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 768-9 (which does have "eyes" …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ922Κατεδιῄτησεarbitrated against, gave judgment against… of this verb are frequent; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. cites Demosthenes 21.84 and 40.17.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1126Κατοιχομένουof one having departed… verb, first attested in this sense in the C4 BCE (Demosthenes, Aristotle), see generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1216ΚέβριναKebren… case (*kebrh=na, which the Suda mss turn into *ke/brina) in Demosthenes 23.154, and citing Ephorus FGrH 70 F10 for the extra information given. The name of the city had several variants, of which the …Matched in noteshighshort