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  1. κ2311ΚώχKoch[1] Menander Protector fr.70 FHG (4.269), from alpha 4378. See also omicron 119.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. κ311Κανθάρου μελάντεροςblacker than a dung-beetleFor the dung-beetle see already kappa 310. [1] Menander fr. 239 Kock, 202 K.-Th., 180 K.-A.; also in Photius, and in several of the paroemiographers. [2] Zenobius 4.65, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. κ2079Κόρημαbroom, besom… "put the broom down". [2] From the scholia thereto. [3] Menander, Farmer 53, also cited in epsilon 537, and glossed in nu 227. The gloss is also from the scholia to Aristophanes, which state …Matched in noteshighshort
  4. κ149Κακὴ μὲν ὄψιςface [is] bad… Lexicon kappa81 Theodoridis, deriving from Pausanias the Atticist (kappa4). [1] Menander fr. 441 Kock (5 Sandbach) -- though NB: in Stobaeus this quotation is attributed to another play (Dagger) by another poet of New …Matched in noteshighshort
  5. κ397Καρκίνου ποιήματαKarkinos' poems, Carcinus' poems… (Lexicon kappa193 Theodoridis). For Karkinos see already kappa 396. [1] Menander fr. 525 Kock (415 K.-A.). [2] Orestes (omicron 537, omicron 538) had no business to be '[departing] from Ilion' (Troy), so emendation is …Matched in noteshighshort
  6. κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common property… [1] Timaeus of Tauromenium [tau 602] FGrH 566 F13a. [2] Menander fr. 9 Kock (13 K.-A.). [3] Julian, Speech 8, 245b Hertlein. Plato ends the Phaedrus with the proverb used in this wider sense …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. κ1715ΚλεαίνετοςKleainetos, Cleaenetus… of a charcter in one of the lost plays of Menander. Also the name of several attested real-life individuals, e.g. the father of Kleon (kappa 1731).Matched in noteshighshort
  8. κ1585Κίγκλοςdabchick… Kock, 147 K.-A., including kigkloba/tan "wagging while he walks".) [2] Menander fr.221 Kock (190 Körte-Thierfelder, 168 K.-A.). The proverb is explained in Aelian, Nature of Animals 12.9: "But the dabchick is a weak bird …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. κ2062ΚόπτωI knock at, I strike… Clouds 132, followed by material from the scholia there. [2] Menander, Perikeiromene 184 (= fr. 860 Kock) and fr. 861 Kock (now 883 K.-A.), respectively. LSJ s.v. yofe/w notes that such a distinction is …Matched in noteshighmedium
  10. κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from Korykos… For Korykos see Barrington Atlas map 65 grid D5. [1] Menander fr. 150 Kock = 2 Meineke = 137 Körte-Thierfelder. There is no reason to think the comic poets' Korykaios was a deity, as …Matched in noteshighmedium
  11. κ553Καταθέσειlaying-down, putting-aside… of the noun kata/qesis. [2] Toup attributed this quotation to Menander Protector. For the idiom cf. in any event kappa 2518.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. κ2275Κωνειαζομέναιςwomen dosed with hemlock… in Stobaeus) from a mention of someone or something 'in' Menander's comedy of this name.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. κ1971Κολυβιστήςmoney-changer… 11.15, John 2.15); nevertheless it might be cited here from Menander (fr. 1023 Kock, 590 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort
  14. κ2523Κτησίου ΔιόςZeus Ktesios, Zeus Ctesius, Domestic Zeus… genitive case, as it is reproduced here) and also quoting Menander fr. 452 Koerte, now 410 K.-A. For Zeus Ktesios see already kappa 2522, and cf. zeta 40.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. κ2437Κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτισεthe ram repaid his upkeepMenander fr. 905 Kock, 804 Koerte, now 890 K.-A.; cf. Zenobius 4.63 and other paroemiographers; also Hesychius kappa4142 (from Pausanias the Atticist), Photius kappa1097 Theodoridis. See also kappa 2438.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. κ1260Κέκραθιscream!, shriek!… a perfect imperative found in Aristophanes (Wasps 198, Thesmophoriazusae 692), Menander (Samia 580), and Lucian (Timon 53). cf. discussions in ps.-Herodian, the Etymologicum Gudianum, and the Etymologicum Magnum.Matched in noteshighshort
  17. κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… For alternative recipes see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.172A-C [4.72 Kaibel] = Menander fr. 451 Sandbach; Pollux 6.69; Hesychius kappa648. At least one ancient authority would read ka/ndulon in place of ko/ndulon ('knuckle') at Aristophanes, Peace …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. κ2379Κρείττονοςof a superior… Adler, but identifiable via the TLG as a fragment of Menander Protector, De legationibus (section 12) -- but lacking the present headword! The 'Caesar' in question is Tiberius II.Matched in noteshighshort
  19. κ1580Κίγκαλοςdabchick… LSJ s.v. ki/gklos (sic) at web address 1, citing Aristophanes, Menander, et al., and commenting on the proper form of the word. [2] cf. pi 3056. A lebhri/s, according to Photius s.v., is "a …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. κ549Καταθεμένουςhaving laid down… plural, of katati/qhmi. [2] A close approximation of part of Menander Protector fr. 10.5 Blockley (126-127), Sarosius (cf. chi 167 note) insists that the Turkish envoys in Zemarchus's entourage disarm before the Alan king …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. κ480Καταβοήoutcry… 1.73.1; see also kappa 484, kappa 906. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 6.1 Blockley (82-83), part of Chosroes's description of the criticisms Ambrus (Saracen ruler allied to Persia in 561; cf. PLRE IIIa …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. κ527ΚαταδιαιτήσωI will arbitrate against… is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), Persian envoy Mebod's pledge before Justin II in late 567. One of the Saracen envoys in Mebod's entourage …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. κ2533Κοιαίστωρquaestor… 543, pi 2474, tau 951, tau 956. [1] Part of Menander Protector fr. 18.3 Blockley (158-161); on Trajan, Roman envoy to the Persians in late summer 574; cf. Blockley (272, note 197). Though the …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. κ2021Κόμπῳboast, din… than the Suda's e)/sti) in the original. [3] Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (116-119); again at upsilon 178. Upon their arrival in Sogdia (probably in 569), Roman envoy Zemarchus and his entourage …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. κ2560Κοινὸς ἙρμῆςHermes [is] common… found items should be shared with others. See for instance Menander, Epitrepontes 284; Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.24.3 (1401a; web address 1). On the many possible senses of koino/s when applied to individuals see LSJ s.v., …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. κ2690Κυμοτόμοςwave-cutterAttributed by Bernhardy to Menander Protector (cf. Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de Legationibus 473-475), and accepted as such by Blockley: his fr. 38 (246-247). See also Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 8.5.6-7. The fragment is unplaced. The …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. κ2654Κύκλοιzones, circles… paragraph reproduces Harpokration s.v., where Dinarchus (fr. XI.3 Conomis) and Menander (fr. 171 Koerte, now 150 Kassel-Austin) are cited for the usage.Matched in noteshighshort
  28. κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… 679 Edmonds, Pollux 7.143, Hesychius s.v., Aristotle, Mechanica 857a, 857b, Menander, Dyscolus 536, Aeneas Tacticus 39.7.Matched in noteshighshort
  29. κ745ΚαταρράκταιCataracts [of the Danube], Kataraktenstreke, Iron GateAttributed by Küster to either Eunapius or Menander Protector. "From its headwaters in Germany’s Black Forest, the Danube winds its way through ten European countries to drain into the Black Sea. For much of …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… tick (but see kappa 2483). This distinction is observed in Menander's Lokrians (fr. 263 Koerte, now 223 Kassel-Austin), where the proverb refers to a tick; cf. Koneiazomenai 6. Photius in a later entry (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

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