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- κ1160Καίandps.-Herodian 63; Etymologicum Magnum 497.36.
- κ414Κάρπιμος τόποςfruitful placeThe headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 12.36-7.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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] …
- κ1695Κιχλισμόςgiggling… Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 p. 535 Lentz, Hesychius). From the verb kixli/zw, for which see kappa 1694 …
- κ2532Κοίαςquoits… glossed as such in Hesychius kappa3224, Etymologicum Gudianum 535.51, Etymologicum Magnum 770.11. Here it is glossed as nominative singular, as in ps.-Herodian, Epimerismi 74.5; cf. Theognostus 121, Choeroboscus De accentibus 4.16.
- 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; …
- κ1698Κλαγγηδόνraucously, screech-fashion… kappa756 Theodoridis) and cf. 'with a shout' in the Etymologicum Magnum and the Homeric scholia ad loc.
- κ1805Κλιμακόεσσανstepped, having steps… Iliad passage, in Nonnus' Dionysiaca 18.56, and in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *iqw/mh.
- κ2082Κορήσατεsweep out… hall". The Suda is guessing at its meaning. The Etymologicum Magnum has "sweep, make"; the scholiast ad loc. and Eustathius have "sweep"; Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon has "make pretty".
- κ2331Κράσπεδονfringe, skirtcf. Etymologicum Magnum 534.55; perhaps (as Adler notes) from comment on Matthew 9.20, where the woman with a flow of blood touches the hem of Jesus' garment (web address 1). See also kappa 2330 …
- κ1473ΚεῖμαιI am laid, I am situated, I lie… here without a gloss. Of other lexica, only the Etymologicum Magnum has kei=mai as a headword (508.56). (The Etymologicum Gudianum has ke/atai and kei/mena.) cf. kappa 1474 (and kappa 1482).