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- κ2664Κύλινδροςcylinder, rollerSee LSJ s.v. for these and related meanings. cf. Hesychius kappa4499.
- κ2642Κυκλάμινοςcyclamen, honeysuckleHesychius kappa4469 and (differently) Photius, Lexicon kappa1178 Theodoridis have the glossing that is missing here.
- κ1989Κομενταρίσιοςregistrar, recorder, secretarycf. Latin commentariensis. Hesychius (kappa3441) and ps.-Zonaras give it in the form komentarh/sios.
- κ2565ΚοιόληςkoiolesA term unattested outside lexica and grammars; cf. Hesychius s.v.; and Theognostus, Canones 121 (koi/olis).
- κ411Καρπασινοί(things) made of linenSame entry in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius kappa860. The headword, a nominative plural, is perhaps quoted from somewhere, though some commentators, such as Latte on Hesychius, link it with a dative plural in …
- κ2539Κοιλάςhollow… be a mistake. Küster suggested emending to pedi/on ("plain"), comparing Hesychius kappa3233 (and for other geographical uses of the term 'hollow' cf. Hesychius kappa3234, ps.-Herodian 74, kappa 2536, kappa 2537). Adler also cites the …
- κ1675Κίσσιριςkissiris, kisirnis… here, kisiris in other lexica and grammmars (and kisirnis in Hesychius); whatever the spelling, unidentifiable.
- κ1631ΚινδαψόςkindapsosThe identity of this bird is obscure; cf. Hesychius kappa2729 (s.v. kindayoi/) who defines the word (in the plural) as "birds and kithara-like instruments and (?)Indians". The musical instrument also occurs as skindayo/s in …
- κ2334Κραταίπεδονhard-packed… "floor") in Homer, Odyssey 23.46 (web address 1). cf. e.g. Hesychius kappa3992.
- κ2312Κωχεύειholds (?)… incorrect reading for o)kwxeu/ei "holds" in Sophocles fr.327. ps.-Herodian and Hesychius kappa4904 gloss it as metewri/zei, fe/rei, koufi/zei "lifts up, carries, makes light". Hesychius kappa4905 quotes the Sophoclean fragment (from his Kamikioi), with the …
- κ951Κατενῶπαover against, right opposite… to Homer, Iliad 15.320, where this preposition occurs. Similarly in Hesychius (kappa1642).
- κ164Κακοπάθειαbad plightSame headword already in Hesychius kappa343, though glossed there with moxqhri/a. cf. generally delta 1420, omicron 746, pi 2192.
- κ192ΚαλαμᾶταιgleansSee also the entry of Hesychius, who adds the word "parts" [me/rh] in his gloss (kappa397). The headword verb must be quoted from somewhere, probably -- as Latte on Hesychius asserts -- commentary on …
- κ1456Κεχαρηόταbeing gladEpic perfect participle of xai/rw, masculine accusative singular. From Hesychius on Homer, Iliad 7.312, where the form occurs (web address 1).
- κ2052Κόντῳ πλεῖνto sail with a punting-polecf. Hesychius kappa3543; Appendix Proverbiorum 3.48.
- κ2426Κρῖνεdecide, determine… person singular) of kri/nw, evidently quoted from somewhere. Likewise in Hesychius kappa4126. For the gloss cf. kappa 2430.
- κ1864ΚνηκίςwispDerived from knh=kos, "safflower". Hesychius kappa3102 glosses it as "safflower-like situation of the air; thin pelt, and thin wisp of cloud; a black spot [on the skin], and deer". See also, more generally, under …
- κ778ΚατασπαταλῶI live wantonlyUsed by Hesychius (kappa1472) to gloss katatrufw=. In the Septuagint (Proverbs 29.21) and elsewhere, an intransitive usage is the norm.
- κ2064Κορακίαςraven-like, crow-like… bird (though neither crow nor raven!): see LSJ s.v. cf. Hesychius kappa3576.
- κ843Καταφάναιto assentSame entry in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius. The headword is present infinitive of kata/fhmi. cf. generally kappa 844, kappa 845, kappa 846.
- κ884ΚαταψήχωI rub down[1] Same or similar equivalence in other lexica, e.g. Hesychius kappa1531.
- κ2067Κόραξ ὑδρεύειa crow is drawing watercf. Hesychius kappa3585; Zenobius 4.56 and other paroemiographers.
- κ1471Κεχρησμῳδημένωνof the prophesied, of the divined… kappa644 Theodoridis; similar one in the Synagoge and elsewhere, including Hesychius kappa2435 (neuter nominative plurals). The genitive plural participle glossed here is first attested in Cyril of Alexandria (4 times: Commentary on the Twelve …
- κ1159Κάψαcontainer, satchel… in the Synagoge, Photius, and the Lexica Segueriana, and cf. Hesychius kappa620 (s.v. ka/mya).
- κ2333Κραταιόςmightycf. Hesychius kappa3991 (s.v. krataio/n), and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.83 (where the feminine krataih/ occurs: web address 1). For the glossing term see iota 730.
- κ1480Κειρίαswathing-band… it, this usage is late, found in papyri, Soranus, and Hesychius (although the instance of khrei/ais in Hesychius cited actually glosses keiri/ais in John 11:44, "grave clothes" -- a related sense conflated in LSJ, …
- κ603Κατακρῆθενtop-downAlso in Hesychius. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.548, where the headword occurs. It might better be written as two words: kata\ krh=qen.
- κ2552Κοινεῖονcommon houseLikewise in Hesychius, Photius, and (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon. For other senses of the word see LSJ s.v. cf. xi 136, and more generally kappa 2555.
- κ2554Κοινοδήμιονcommunal… Philo Judaeus has the very similar koino/dhmos). cf. kappa 2553, Hesychius kappa3256.
- κ852ΚαταφωνῶI harass, I heckle, I shout downcf. katafwnei=: tara/ssei, Hesychius kappa1506, where Latte suggests that the source may be a variant reading at Acts of the Apostles 22.24.