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κ1618Κιμωλίαcimolite, Cimolian earth… between the layers. There may be calcium, chloride or potassium ions dissolved in the water layer. All these components mean that there is a possibility for ion exchange; it has bleaching properties as well …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1239Κεκινέαταιthey have been movedThe headword kekine/atai is the Ionic third person plural, perfect middle/passive, of kine/w, which the Suda misconstrues as a singular and glosses accordingly. The form is attested in Hipponax [iota 588] fr. 73.4-5, oi( …Matched in noteshighshort
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, …

κ1618

Κιμωλία

cimolite, Cimolian earth

A white clay/earth.

Κιμωλία· λευκὴ γῆ.

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

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κ35Καθᾶραιto purify… (kappa 44), which would be kaqh=rai in earlier Attic and Ionic. See LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

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

κ1254Κεκονιμένοςdust-coveredThe headword, extracted from the first quotation given, is the perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb koni/w. [1] cf. kappa 1255. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 289-291, with scholion; cf. pi 2940. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1266Κεκρηγέναι ἢ Κεκραγέναιto cry out… upsilon 90). The variant stem kekrhg- is possible only in Ionic, but is not attested outside the Suda (and ps.-Zonaras: "kekrhge/nai, instead of kekrage/nai"); it is most probably a grammarian's fiction.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1420Κέρσειwill cropThe future of kei/rw -- ke/rsw -- is unattested, but was made up by grammarians, as an "Aeolic" form, to explain the aorist e)/kersa; see e.g. Choeroboscus, Prolegomena et scholia in Theodosii Alexandrini canones …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1438Κευθμώνωνof hiding-places… a syncope, while others posit keuqmo/s, like te[u]qmo/s, in the Ionic dialect, [keuqmo/s:keuqmw/n] like baqu/leimos:baqulei/mwn." Aristonicus (1 BC-1 CE), De signis Iliadis ad loc. posits the keuqmo/s reading as a reason why the passage …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthed… Aristophanic scholium (in codd. E*g) notes that kexh/nea is an Ionic form. It is not actually attested, but other 1st person singular pluperfects of similar formation are, e.g. h)/|dea "I knew" (Homer, Iliad 14.71; …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1498Κῇενburned… third person singular, of kai/w; from *kaw-sa > kāwa > (Ionic) kh=a, it would be better spelled without the iota subscript. The form occurs once in Homer, at Iliad 21.349 (web address 1), and …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beamLSJ s.v. khlw/neion [sic] I: a device for drawing water. Defined with the Suda's spelling khlo/neion in ps.-Zonaras, Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum. In ps.-Zonaras: "But khlo/neion is a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassia… 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 the Suda is generally inconsistent about single …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1690ΚίοιKians, Cians… fact given examples not from oratory but from tragedy (Euripides, Ion 294 on Euboia) and comedy (Aristophanes, Peace 251 on 'Sicily' - implicitly Syracuse).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1703ΚλαρόταιserfsSame or similar entry, deriving from Pausanias the Atticist, in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa758 Theodoridis. These are four excellent examples of "serfs" (klaro/tai or klarw=tai: literally men working a plot …Matched in noteshighshort