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κ562Καταθρώσκονταleaping down… 1068) injuring himself -- fatally, as it turned out -- during his siege of Paros in 490/89.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
κ812Καταταχήσωνintending to speed away… the final phrase, modified), on Hannibal "the Rhodian" at Lilybaion during the First Punic War.

κ562

Καταθρώσκοντα

leaping down

[Meaning] jumping down. Herodotus [writes]: "but [the Parians say that] in leaping down from the dry-stone wall he wrenched his thigh."

Καταθρώσκοντα· καταπηδῶντα. Ἡρόδοτος· καταθρώσκοντα δὲ τὴν αἱμασιὴν τὸν μηρὸν σπασθῆναι.

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κ822Κατατιλᾷshits down on… at the foot of a statue of Hecate, perhaps principally during a ritual of this name. The line may imply that dithyrambic choruses were danced around the statues of Hecate; this would shake our …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

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

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

κ1374Κερασβόλαhorn-struck, hard-shelled… [2] Odd accusative for "sowing and the plough" (presumably meaning "during sowing with the plough"). W.C. Greene's edition of the scholia vetera to Plato, where the same phrase occurs, considers this passage corrupt; so …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

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

κ1714ΚλέαρχοςKlearchos, Clearchus… Satyrus. The testimonia relating to Chion are conveniently collected by During.Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1982ΚομμαγηνήKommagene, Commagene… it was incorporated into the Seleucid empire but broke away during its decline. Eventually incorporated into the Roman empire.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… land beyond the Hyperboreans where he first saw them when, during his third labor for Eurystheus, he was pursuing the doe with the golden antlers. The ode was written for Theron, tyrant of Akragas …Matched in noteshighmedium

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

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

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

κ2586ΚυβέληKubele, Kybele, Cybele; Kubebe, The Great Mother of the Gods and Men… they subjugated in west-central Anatolia, and were imported to Rome during the Punic Wars (and widely extended in the Roman Empire by the Emperor Claudius, a devotee). Mother Cybele was more often known in …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2647Κυκλίων τε χορῶν ᾀσματοκάμπαςand tune-benders of cyclic choruses.… "bends" in the musical structure (Pherecrates fr.155 PCG vol.7, see During; ps.-Plutarch, de Musica, see Barker pp.236-40), the abandonment of strophe/antistrophe responsion (alpha 1810; Dunbar p.661), and strange new compounds (epsilon 1174, sigma 1192). …Matched in noteshighmedium

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