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κ150Κακίαvice, evil… belong to ignorance or, rather, they are ignorance) see Plato, Meno 77B-78B; Gorgias 460B-D, 488A; Protagoras 352C, 355A-358A, 360D, and the Diogenes Laertius and Stobaeus passages quoted above. [3] alpha 3830. [4] From commentary …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2324Κράνειοςdog-wood[1] cf. kappa 2322. [2] Near Corinth: Diogenes Laertius 6.77, etc. [3] cf. kappa 2323. [4] i.e. cranium, skull. For Kranion as Calvary/Golgotha (gamma 366) see Luke 23:33 (to\n to/pon to\n kalou/menon *krani/on), Matthew …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2303Κωτίληbabbling, chattering, prattlingThe headword is feminine, and glossed accordingly. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps a fragment of Anacreon, where it is applied to a swallow. (The glossing in other lexica fits better with …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1644Κινόμενοςbeing moved, being set in motion[kino/menos means the same as] kinou/menos.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2249ΚωλύωI prevent, I stop[Used] with an accusative. Also [sc. attested is the related aorist middle participle] kwlusa/menos ["he having prevented/stopped"]: see under apnous. Also [sc. attested is] kwlusane/mas ["wind-preventer"]: see under Empedocles.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1890ΚνυζώμενονwhimperingFor this verb see already kappa 1889, and again kappa 1891. The present headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is its present middle/passive participle, masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. [1] Same gloss in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1123Κατοιμώξαςhaving lamented[Meaning he] having disparaged/blamed. Polybius [writes]: "and [he] having lamented himself much, that he came so close to having Attalus in his power [...]." Or [meaning] kataitiasa/menos ["having held [himself] responsible"], saying 'alas!' [oi)/moi].Matched in translationhighshort
κ2187Κουρίξby the hairEpic/poetic adverb, cited here from Homer, Odyssey 22.188: "they dragged him in by the hair" (web address 1). The scholia thereto define it more clearly (after Aristarchus) as th=s ko/mhs e)pilabo/menoi "they grabbing the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ478Καταβελεῖςarrow-struckThe manuscripts are not in agreement over the gender of the participle in the gloss here, and if deca/menoi is preferred the origin of the headword is perhaps Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.21.4.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1088Κατόπτηςwatcher[1] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.320. Manuscripts of the Suda have the aorist participle poihsa/menos "having made"; the edition of Aemilius Portus (1630) corrected it to a future participle in agreement with Josephus' …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1310Κεμάςfawn, pricket[ke/mas, genitive] kema/dos. [Meaning] a stag, one sleeping [koimw/menos] in a grotto; being a kind of koimas. "If, mistress, you drag Damis out of the sea and out of poverty, he will sacrifice a …Matched in translationhighshort
κ651Καταμησάμενοςheaping on[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist middle participle of katama/w, masculine nominative singular. [2] An approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 2.601 (where the first aorist participle is middle, not …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1774Κληΐσατεcelebrate in song!The headword is aorist active imperative, second person plural, of the verb klh/|zw (cf. kappa 1773 and LSJ s.v., I). Evidently quoted from somewhere -- but not Euripides, Alcestis 548 (web address 1), where …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1439Κευθωνύμου κλέος ἢ αἶσχοςKeuthonymos' fame -- or shame… apparently lower-case there -- is the father of the herdsman Menoites in the myth of Heracles' Labours, but nothing is known of E. himself; hence the struggle, here, to interpret the proverb. [1] This …Matched in noteshighshort
κ647ΚαταμέμφομαιI blame[1] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a phrase from Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations 16 (PG 35.961.7-8); read o)ri/ois "limits" for the Suda's o(/rois "decrees". [2] Eumenes, king of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ54Καθεσταμένοςhaving been appointedThe headword is perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb kaqi/sthmi (for which see also kappa 53, kappa 113, kappa 114, kappa 115). [1] Perhaps [KK] an approximation of Josephus, Jewish Antiquities …Matched in noteshighshort
κ198Καλαμώμενοςstalk-binding, reaping[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa107 Theodoridis. The headword is the masculine nominative singular, present middle participle, of the verb kalama/w; see also kappa 194, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1009Κατευθικτήσαςhaving hit exactlySame entry in Photius, Lexicon kappa449 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius kappa1711 (with the gloss a(ya/menos). The verb appears only at 2 Maccabees 14:43 LXX, in this form, the aorist participle active, and with this meaning. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1894Κοάλεμοςblockhead, dolt, dunceSee also kappa 1893. The folk etymology is taken from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 198, where the invective is used. Other derivations combine koei=n with a)lw/menos "wandering" (Suetonius, *peri\ blasfhmiw=n 7), a)/lema "vain" …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2468Κρονικώτεραmore antique, rather antique[1] The headword is comparative of the adjective kroniko/s, from the name of the god Kronos (cf. kappa 2467), neuter nominative/accusative plural. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2435ΚριόςramFor this headword see also kappa 2434, kappa 2436, kappa 2437, kappa 2438. The present entry closely resembles one in Etymologicum Gudianum 347; see further in notes 1 and 2 below. [1] An attempt …Matched in noteshighshort
κ995Κατεσπίλασενburst suddenly upon[1] The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is aorist indicative active, third person singular, of kataspila/zw (in sense II noted by LSJ s.v.). See also under sigma 943. [2] A condensed version …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1856Κναιόμενονbeing scratchedSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa813 Theodoridis. The headword is present middle/passive participle, masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular, of knai/w, a variant of kna/w. The …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1349Κέρα ἀγλαέsplendid horn, splendid hair-styleThe headword phrase is one of the sequence of taunts addressed to Paris by Diomedes [Author, Myth] in the Iliad: 'with your petty lovelocks' (E.V. Rieu). See further below. [1] Küster emended the participle …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightThe headword phrase is otherwise unattested in this precise form, but for other versions in Attic tragedy and elsewhere see LSJ s.v. kou=fos, I.4.a; add Epistle 33.8 of the Emperor Julian. In Modern Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2628ΚυθέρειαKythereia, Cytheria[1] Hesiod, Theogony 198 (web address 1). For Kythera see kappa 2629. [2] An attempt to explain the meaning of this epithet etymologically, by its similarity to keuqo/menon; see again under kappa 2738. Compare …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1843Κλύμενοςfamous, heard-of; KlymenosThe headword is masculine nominative singular of the adjective klu/menos, cognate with the verb klu/w (cf. kappa 1841, kappa 1842, kappa 1844 and LSJ at web address 1). The first part of the entry …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2284ΚωνσταντῖνοςConstantine the Great, Constantine IConstantine I, the Great (again kappa 2285); ruled 306-337 CE. For bibliography and discussion of his reign see Hans A. Pohlsander's DIR article at web address 1, the Catholic Encyclopedia article at web address …Matched in noteshighmedium