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religion2
botany1
Christianity1

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chronology1
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κ22ΚάδμοςKadmos, Cadmus… Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all Ionia in 4 books. They say Cadmus was the first to bring to Greece the alphabet, which the Phoenicians first invented.Matched in translationhighshort
κ26ΚάειραKaeiraThe headword is the epic/Ionic dialect version of Karia, which also serves as a feminine adjective. See e.g. Homer, Iliad 4.142 (web address 1); Herodotus 5.88 (web address 2). [1] Likewise, according to Adler, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ35Καθᾶραιto purify… (kappa 44), which would be kaqh=rai in earlier Attic and Ionic. See LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshigh

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Κάδμος

Kadmos, Cadmus

Son of Pandion, from Miletus, historian, who first (according to some) wrote a book in prose. [He was] a little younger than Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all Ionia in 4 books. They say Cadmus was…

Κάδμος, Πανδίονος, Μιλήσιος, ἱστορικός, ὃς πρῶτος κατά τινας συγγραφὴν ἔγραψε καταλογάδην, μικρῷ νεώτερος Ὀρφέως. συνέταξε δὲ κτίσιν Μιλήτου καὶ τῆς ὅλης Ἰωνίας ἐν βιβλίοις δʹ.…

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κ104ΚαθίκετοarrivedSame entry in other lexica. The headword is the aorist indicative, third person singular (epic/Ionic), of kaqikne/omai (cf. kappa 105, kappa 106, kappa 107); quoted here from, and glossed as in, Homer, Odyssey 1.342.Matched in noteshighshort

κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… ('sex-stimulating foods') the latter worthy of a *)iwniko\s plou=tac ('rich Ionian twit'). The present entry, therefore, should have meant something like 'kandylos is a dish etc.; as also sour-sauce [made] of blood-sauces [is] a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ466Καστορίδωνof Castorids, of Kastorids[1] Genitive plural, evidently from the quotation given. For the large Spartan kastorides, a.k.a. kastoriai, cf. Xenophon, On Hunting 3.1. [2] Greek Anthology 6.167 (Agathias Scholasticus); again at tau 1009 (but with, wrongly, a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ612ΚαταλλάττωI change, I exchange, I reconcileAttic form (as at alpha 2667); Ionic/koine katalla/ssw.Matched in noteshighshort

κ641ΚαταμαλάττωI appease, I softenAttic form; Ionic/koine katamala/ssw. cf. mu 97.Matched in noteshighshort

κ715ΚαταπλήττωI strike down, I amaze, I astound, I terrifyAttic form: Ionic/koine kataplh/ssw; usually metaphorical. cf. pi 1764.Matched in noteshighshort

κ896Καταιρεόμενοςbeing caughtThe headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is an Ionic present middle/passive participle, in the masculine nominative singular, of kaqaire/w: cf. e.g. kappa 42, kappa 43. [1] Herodotus 6.29.2 (web address 1) on …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1056Κατῄρεεwas taking down… tmesis with a rough breathing: so the headword here is Ionic for kaqh/|ree, imperfect of kaqaire/w.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1094Κατορύττω>20 αἰτιατικῇI buryAttic form: Ionic/koine katoru/ssw. cf. omicron 650 (and kappa 1093).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1214Κέαταιthey lie, they lie down… Etymologicum Gudianum (p. 309) discusses this form, calling it an Ionic present tense (there are further instances in Herodotus). The alpha comes from a dialectal treatment of vocalic n; see Smyth §791D (web address …Matched in noteshighshort