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- κ248Καλοπόδιονlast… rare variant for feminine kalopous (kappa 201): see e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 510.45-47, and (as LSJ notes) a variant reading in Galen, Thrasybulus (vol.5.890.12 Kuehn). For kalo/pous (also written kala-) see e.g. Plato, Symposium 191A; …
- κ2738ΚύπριςKypris, Kupris, Cypris… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.422 (giving rise to Etymologicum Magnum 546.17). [2] cf. Etym.Magn. 543.40. [3] cf. beta 462. [4] beta 461.
- κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knot… address 2) with Harpokration s.v. krwbu/los, *(hgh/sippos (= Photius, Etymologicum Magnum 418.46); Etym.Magn. 541.33; omicron 1091, tau 599. Further excerpts from this epigram are at pi 1686, tau 1201, and upsilon 304. [4] Xenophon, …
- κ1284Κελαινεφέςof the black clouds; black… the Odyssey 1.398.14ff.; Hesychius kappa2131 = Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.234.25; Etymologicum Magnum 501.44. Under this theory, a hypothetical *kelainonefh/s has lost an unaccented syllable (Etym.Magn. 501.50ff.) through haplology or syllable-loss through dissimilation (Schwyzer, Gr.Gr. 1. …
- κ1160Καίandps.-Herodian 63; Etymologicum Magnum 497.36.
- κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… Cassius Dio 62.29; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian fr. 86 Domingo-Forasté (83 Hercher). [1] Titus …
- κ414Κάρπιμος τόποςfruitful placeThe headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 12.36-7.
- κ2381Κρείσσωνbetter… thriftiness and [sc. better] than a pusillanimous rule [is] a magnanimous moderation and [sc. better] than a treacherous pomp [is] a riskless humility."
- κ1759Κλείσιονlock-up, outhouse, shedSimilarly in Etymologicum Magnum 520.17-18. (But cf. also kappa 1815?)
- κ1666ΚίρροςKirros, Kiros, Cirrus, Cirus… (and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon), Kiros in Etymologicum Magnum 475.25.
- κ1320ΚενθίππηKenthippeCallimachus, Hecale fr.279. According to Etymologicum Magnum 503.34-35, it was a 'place of Argos [Myth, Place]', named from Bellerophon having spurred on [kentei=n] Pegasus there.
- κ1646Κινώπεταvenomous creaturesNeuter plural; similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum and in a scholion on Nicander, Theriaca 27; cf. kappa 1881.
- κ463ΚασταναίαKastanaia, Castanaea, Kasthenaia, CasthenaeaOn the Aegean coast of the Magnesian peninsula in north-central Greece; Barrington Atlas map 55 grid D1; present-day Keramidi. Kasthenaia is the most authentic form of the ancient name.
- κ1538Κηροφορεῖνto carry candles… related noun khrofo/ros occurs in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum).
- κ2243Κῶλονlimb… and kappa 2232). [1] The Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum use this derivation for koili/a "belly" instead. [2] That is, "worm" is derived from "limb" as its antonym (antiphrasis was normally used to …
- κ2179Κουρεώτηςbarber… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise (the festival) in Etymologicum Magnum 533.41. [3] Similarly Etymologicum Magnum 533.51. [4] alpha 2940.
- κ2652ΚύκλωπεςKyklopes, Cyclopes… lexica. [2] Presumably one-eyed. [3] In Libya, according to Etymologicum Magnum 544.10.
- κ2753Κυρήβιαhusks… s.v. ko/mmata kai\ kurh/bia, citing Dinarchus (19 fr. 5); Etymologicum Magnum 547.48. In place of a)pobre/gmata ('infusions') here and in Hesychius and Photius we should perhaps read a)pobra/smata, 'things winnowed out', on the basis …
- κ1223Κεγχρίνηςkenchrines, kenkhrines, kestrel… kappa1970 (s.v. kegxri/s), and under gamma 53. [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 498.36.
- κ1547Κηρύκειος γραφήherald's writing… 784 Radt, mentioned in the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. khru/keion.
- κ1298Κελευτιόωνcontinually urging… 13.125; cf. the scholia thereto (and e.g. Hesychius kappa2162, Etymologicum Magnum 502.16).
- κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… (Hesychius s.v. xlido/s, ps.-Zonaras s.v. a)skoph/ra, Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ph/ra, alpha 4178). All other lexica glossing ki/bisis ~ ki/bhsis likewise hedge their bets and gloss it as "chest or pouch" (John …
- κ1394Κέραιρεmix!Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 504.36 and elsewhere, and a similar entry (the gloss is ke/rason) already in Hesychius kappa2256. The headword is an imperative related to kera/nnumi; see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad …
- κ1957Κόλλοψtuning-pegcf. Etymologicum Magnum 525.30. See also Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and a scholion on Plato, Republic 531B (where the word occurs in the genitive plural: web address 1). [1] Attested in Attic Comedy (Eubulus) and …
- κ2609Κύδιμοςfamous= Anecdota Graeca (Bachmann) 447.7; cf. Hesychius kappa4415; Etymologicum Magnum 543.32. The headword (here nominative singular masculine) appears frequently in hexameter poetry and epigram, the earliest attestations being in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes …
- κ1231Κεκαδησόμεθαwe will have been concerned… headword occurs: web address 1), the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Hesychius kappa30.
- κ2596Κύβητοςcubit… to the word more commonly spelled kubi=ton ('cubit'); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 543.6. (At Photius, Lexicon kappa1153 Theodoridis the editor departs from previous editions by printing the headword as ku/biton, not the transmitted ku/bhtton.)
- κ2351Κραυγὴ Σοδόμωνcry of Sodom… by the Sodomites, like some voice rising and shouting the magnitude of the impiety into the ears of the Lord of hosts. And he, long-suffering, because of the stubbornness and intransigence of their promiscuous …
- κ904Κατεβαυκάλησεlulled [me] to sleep… (as katebauka/lisen) in Photius kappa405 Theodoridis. Quoted, according to Etymologicum Magnum 192.20-21 (which has the object pronoun translated here), from Attic comedy: Adespota fr. 1030 Kock, but now Aristophanes fr. 971 K.-A.
- κ1067Κατήφειαdejection[1] Similarly glossed in Etymologicum Magnum 496.53. Hesychius kappa1792 glosses stugno/ths, o)/neidos, ai)sxu/nh, ai)dw/s, a)ni/a ("gloominess, blame, dishonor, shame, distress"), and Latte claims the headword as quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.556 (kathfei/h there). [2] …