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κ138Καθ' ὕπνουςduring sleep, in sleepInterpretation of dreams: "a dream during sleep says this accurately". "If you die during sleep, you will be without cares." "If you laugh during sleep, you will have difficult turns." "If you cry during …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2036Κονιορτόςdust… he had filled with dust, as full as possible; and during the conflict they would prick the wineskins full of soot with daggers."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1564ΚηφισόδοτοςKephisodotos, CephisodotusThis man was voted out of office during his siege of Alopekonnesos and stood trial and was convicted and paid a fine of five talents.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2356Κραιπαλαίκωμοςdrunken revelryMetonymically [this can mean] the song produced during drunkenness.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1434Κέστροςdart, dart-sling, kestros, cestrus, kestrosphendoneThis was a novel invention during the [sc. Romans'] war against Perseus. The missile of this kind was two palms [long], and it had a tube equal [in length] to the point. Into this …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1277Κελαδεινήnoisy, sounding[Referring to] a hunter. She who makes noise during the chase. Also [sc. attested is the masculine] keladeino/s, [meaning] making sound.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1050Κατήλυσινfall[Meaning] a precipitation, a return. "During a wintry fall of snow [...] he took refuge under a hollow rock."Matched in translationhighshort
κ2154Κότταβοςkottabos, cottabus[Meaning] a drop of wine. A bronze bowl, which during dinner they set full of wine, then pouring into small cups they used to toss [wine] from a height [into it] so as to …Matched in translationhighshort
κ308Κανηφόροιbasket-carriersPhilochorus says that it was during the reign of Erichthonios that virgins of good repute were first appointed to carry the baskets containing the requisites for the sacrifice to the goddess, in both the …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1707ΚλαυδιανόςClaudian, Claudianus, KlaudianosOf Alexandria, a latter-day epic poet; he lived during the time of the emperors Arcadius and Honorius.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1982ΚομμαγηνήKommagene, Commagene… it was incorporated into the Seleucid empire but broke away during its decline. Eventually incorporated into the Roman empire.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1615ΚίμβροςCimbrian… a marauding Germanic tribe which wreaked havoc in southern Europe during the late C2 BCE, see generally OCD(4) s.v. [2] Appian, Celtica fr.14 Mendelssohn.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1724ΚλεομήδηςKleomedes, CleomedesFrom Astypalaia, he killed Kikkos of Epidauros during their [sc. Olympic] boxing-match and was stripped of his victory. Beside himself with grief, he returned to Astypalaia. But he attacked a school containing 60 children …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ562Καταθρώσκονταleaping down… 1068) injuring himself -- fatally, as it turned out -- during his siege of Paros in 490/89.Matched in noteshighshort
κ388Καρικῇ Μούσῃwith a Carian muse… [It is said] that a fisherman having seen an octopus during winter, said, "if I do not dive, I shall be hungry."Matched in translationhighshort
κ812Καταταχήσωνintending to speed away… the final phrase, modified), on Hannibal "the Rhodian" at Lilybaion during the First Punic War.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2782Κύρτωμαvault… History of the Wars of Justinian 6.27.7 (web address 1); during their siege of Auximum (Auximus, modern-day Osimo, Italy) in 539 CE, Roman soldiers attempt to destroy a vaulted cistern which serves the city; …Matched in noteshighshort
κ310Κάνθαροςdung-beetle… and rolls it with its feet and deposits its seed during the rolling; and out of this the dung-beetle comes into being. Hence also it bears its name from [sc. both] the pack-ass and …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2230ΚωκυτόςKokytos, Cocytus… (p.40 Niebuhr). On diwlu/gion, see delta 1233. In 553 CE, during the Gothic War (535-554), the Byzantine general Narses (cf. nu 42) stages a mock execution of prominent citizens from the city of Luca …Matched in noteshighshort
κ588Κατὰ κόρρηςon the forehead… of Justinian 2.25.23 (web address 1), with a plural verb. During the intense close combat at the Battle of Anglon (543 CE; cf. alpha 1915), the Roman military commander Narses (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… plays and had 1 victory. He was in his prime during the 100th Olympiad, before the kingship of Philip of Macedon. Among his plays are Achilles, Semele or Beginning, as Athenaeus says in Philosophers …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1711ΚλεάνθηςKleanthes, Cleanthes… at nights he used to draw water for pay and during the day he worked at his studies and his books. Hence he got the nickname "Phreantles". He wrote a lot of works.Matched in translationhighmedium
κ214ΚαλλίαςKallias, Callias… king, ravaged Eleusis and the Thriasian Plain. This was still during the fifty-year period [Pentekontaetia] which began after the battle of Plataiai and ended with the capture of Samos and the beginning of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2569Κοίτηbed… with Philip V of Macedon's 218 BCE landing at Corinth during the Social War (220-217) and his letter to Peloponnesian cities threatening a date by which he wished to have his entire force at …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1109Κατωκάραhead downwards… fr.161. [3] Agathias, Histories 42.5 (2.2 Niebuhr); cf. rho 217. During the Gothic War (535-554 CE) in 554 CE, an advance guard detached from the Frankish and Alamanni army of Leutharis (cf. alpha 2158 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2335ΚρατερόςKrateros, Craterus… and they were totally unwilling to obey Antipatros. And Eumenes, during the war, finding the prostrate body of Krateros with breath still in it, is said to have leapt down from his horse and …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1259Κεκραγμόνscream… they did not need to resort to the stratagem again during the 551 defense of Archaiopolis (in Lazike/Kolchis (cf. kappa 1979), present-day western Georgia; Barrington Atlas map 87 grid H2), when one of the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1639ΚινησίαςKinesias, Cinesias… mocked by Aristophanes (Ecclesiazuse 329-30), when K. fouled the Hecataea during a dithyrambic performance (tau 693, kappa 822). [2] According to a long fragment of Lysias -- most recently 195 Carey OCT -- quoted …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1128Καττύειstitches together… a Persian general (and later rebel) who fought the Byzantines during the reign of Maurice (see also kappa 2025). Ms V reads *)abraa\m: cf. eta 447. The context of the quote is the marshaling …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2368ΚρέκωI strike… s.v. Paulus (21), and Wheeler (8-17). The epigram describes how, during a music contest, a Locrian lyre (cf. lambda 850) player strikes a compromised string with his plectrum; but before the sound fully reaches …Matched in noteshighshort