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Κέκλεικα
I have confined
… the present entry's first person singular might be quoted from
Libanius,
Letters 1329.2: ke/kleika toi=s toiou/tois ta\s qu/ras.
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1305
Κελσῖνος
Kelsinos, Celsinus
C4 CE; a contemporary, and correspondent, of
Libanius
(lambda 486). [1] a.k.a. Hierapolis, in eastern Cilicia; Barrington Atlas map 67 grid C2.
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1342
Κεντροτύπος
striking with a goad
… as "someone deserving whipping" (mastigi/as). The only literary instance is
Libanius,
Letters 226.5: "a knavish and goad-struck little man attacked the orator"; the lexicographers' gloss "knavish" could well be from that context. Greek Anthology …
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1429
Κεστρᾶν τεμάχη
mullets' slices
… used by the Alexandrians 1.8; Pausanias, *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29;
Libanius,
Letters 332.2; Gregorius, Proverbs 2.90; Apostolius 9.76. In LSJ s.v. kestreu/s, it is glossed as "of those too honest to make gains". The …
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1582
Κιγκλίδας
latticed gates
… plural. This form occurs in (e.g.) Plutarch, Caesar 68.1, and
Libanius,
Letters 119.3 and Speeches 1.41. However, the entire definition is taken, with slight wording changes, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 641, glossing …
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2116
Κορυβαντιᾷ
celebrates the Korybant rites, is in a frenzy
… Philo Judaeus, On Dreams 2.1; Themistius, *basanisth\s h)\ filo/sofos 253a;
Libanius,
Letters 299.2; Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of Chrysostom p. 138 Coleman-Norton. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (This verb, first in Plato, also occurs in …
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