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κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… 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 Heros who is mentioned in Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1332Κεντηνάριονcentenarium, hundred-pounds-weight… term for a hundred pounds in weight; first attested in Hero [Author, Myth] of Alexandria (1 CE?), On Measures 60.2, and frequently used by Byzantine authors, particularly Malalas and Procopius. Glossed in the Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighshort
κ326Καπανῆταιcords? charioteers?… is also a likely etymology of the name of the hero Kapaneus. Also possible is a connection with skapanh/ths ('digger'); cf. ps.-Zonaras 1650.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 10, where the hero Dikaiopolis, recounting some recent experiences of pleasure and pain, recalls how at a recent theatrical festival he was "open-mouthed" (i.e. agog) in anticipation of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian (On the declension of nouns 3.2.733.4-5,29-30 = Lentz's edition 1.36) between *kro/twn, the S Italian city (and its eponymous hero) and krotw=n, the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1622Κιμώνεια λείψαναKimoneian remains… that the Cypriots of Kition, where Kimon died, maintained a hero-cult of him.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… Etymologicum Magnum 545.51, where both are mentioned as possibilities. This hero is named as progenitor for an aristocratic Athenian family, the Kynnidai, who are mentioned in the oratory of Lykourgos (fr. 7.1) and who …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1530Κῆρker, heart, spirit… stole babies from mothers in Argos until Koroibos, the Argive hero, killed her; cf. Pausanias 1.43.7-8 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1288Κελαινώπανblack-faced.… 553-54. The note refers to the play, not to the hero of the play.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… of Athenian imperialism through mythmaking. Athenians also asserted that their hero Theseus had founded the Isthmian Games. An ancient scholar commenting on hypothesis (b) to Pindar's Isthmian Odes states: "They say that Theseus established …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ510ΚαταγωγήlodgeFrom a gloss on Herodotus 1.181.4, where the headword occurs (web address 1); and cf. Hesychius kappa1042. See also kappa 511 (and under pi 179).Matched in noteshighshort
κ499Καταγινέωνbringing back, recallingThis entry is also found in Glossae In Herodotum 7.10. [1] Herodotus 6.75.3 (web address 1): present participle of katagine/w in the masculine nominative singular, used of Kleomenes. "Probably 'bringing home', as Cleomenes gave …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1595Κίκιcastor-oilThe headword is attested in Herodotus (2.94.1), Plato (Timaeus 60A), and elsewhere. [1] cf. ps.-Herodian 236. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… 668 Theodoridis (cited in the Etymologicum Magnum and Etymogicum Gudianum), Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 446, and Pollux 7.37. Similar wording in epsilon 2396; slightly different definition in kappa 1853. [1] Herodotus 1.92.4 (it …Matched in noteshighshort
κ731Καταπροΐξεταιwill escape unpunishedFrom a gloss on Herodotus 3.156.3 (where the headword appears, in a phrase quoted at the end of kappa 730), also in Etymologicum Magnum 689.1, partly from Orion [Author, Myth] 133.24; cf. a scholion …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1789Κληρούχουςcleruchs[1] Accusative plurals [1] Herodotus 5.77.2, on the four thousand Athenian cleruchs established in Chalkis [Myth, Place] (Euboia) in the late C6 BCE: see web address 1. On cleruchs cf. generally kappa 1787, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1888Κνυζημάτωνmewlings, whimperingsGenitive plural, reproduced here, from Herodotus' account (2.2.3) of how Psammetichos tried to discover what a child's first word would be; cf. beta 229. cf. generally kappa 1887, kappa 1889.Matched in noteshighshort
κ850ΚαταφονεύωI slaughterSee e.g. Herodotus 2.45.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1160Καίandps.-Herodian 63; Etymologicum Magnum 497.36.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassiaSimilar entry in the Etymologicum Magnum 514.3-5: Herodotus (below) is quoted, with a different interpretation of the Ionic relative pronoun ta\ (see Smyth §338D3) and variation between single and double nu in "cinnamon" (but …Matched in noteshighshort
κ355Καραδοκήσονταto watch for[1] Herodotus 7.163.2 (web address 1). The headword -- evidently extracted from it -- is the future participle, masculine accusative singular, of karadoke/w. For this verb see also epsilon 351 and kappa 354.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2146Κόσμοςorder… 3.1, where a participle cognate with the headword occurs. [2] Herodotus 9.65.1 (web address 1) -- about Plataea, see pi 1700.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2000Κομιδήcare, provision, conveyance, transport[1] cf. gloss on Herodotus 4.134.2 (web address 1). See also kappa 2001. [2] Polybius fr. 56 Büttner-Wobst.Matched in noteshighshort
κ860Καταχαίρωνacting with malicious pleasureHerodotus 7.239.2 (which has "he did"), on D. the renegade Spartan king (delta 417, delta 418, tau 547), who secretly warns his fellow-countrymen of the planned Persian invasion. See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1673ΚισσίαKissia, CissiaIn southern Persia (Herodotus 5.49.7, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1179Καινοῦνto inaugurate… kappa 1170). The gloss comes from a misguided gloss on Herodotus 2.100.3 (web address 1), where this infinitive does occur (of Nitokris inaugurating an underground chamber) but tw=| lo/gw| is part of an 'ostensibly …Matched in noteshighshort
κ816ΚατατέλεαdutiesFrom (ill-informed) glosses on Herodotus 1.103.1 (web address 1), where the present headword actually occurs as a prepositional phrase: Kyaxares was the first Median king who divided his Asian troops into regiments kata\ te/lea, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ218Καλλιερεῖσθαιto obtain good omens[1] Herodotus 7.167.1 (web address 1) with gloss. LSJ s.v. notes this and related meanings of the verb. For 'cut-up victims' cf. under epsilon 1475, where it has a more restricted sense. [2] (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1325ΚενοῦμαιI am emptied [of something]LSJ s.v. cites instances from Empedocles and Herodotus.Matched in noteshighshort