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1388
Κέρδιστος
most crafty, very crafty
… the references at Photius kappa598 Theodoridis. The headword literally means
"most/very
profitable". The sense "crafty" applies to people (LSJ s.v. kerdi/wn II.1), and is found in Homer, Iliad 6.153, describing Sisyphos (sigma 489, sigma …
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2488
Κρωβύλος
top-knot
… Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.13 (web address 3), in reference to the
Mossynoikoi;
cf. sigma 722. [5] For this last sentence cf. especially Harpocration s.v. krwbu/los.
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573
Κατακέλευσον
enough!
… long note, mainly on textual issues -- e.g. whether 'o
most
wise' occurs twice -- but also airing the problem of what the headword verb, here in the aorist imperative, actually means in this …
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2319
Κραμβοτάτου
loudest, quite loud, very loud
… (kappa 2339) is the subject of the verse involved: "kneading
most
ingenious notions from a krambotaton mouth". See further, next note. [2] "Air-dried" is from Hesychius; "useful" is from the scholia, which still explain …
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2786
Κύτταρος
cell
… see kappa 2787). [4] This part of the definition applies
most
directly to Peace 199.
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2266
Κῶμός
revelry
[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 550.50. For kw=mos, see also kappa 2265, kappa 2272. [2] Babrius 22.4 Crusius. [3] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.39.
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2584
Κύβδα
stoop-wise
… e)celw= ('I will drive out'), which occurs here and in
most
mss of Aristophanes,
most
modern editors accept Porson's emendation to e)ce/lcw ('I will drag out').
Most
also prefer the reading of the genitive …
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287
Καμμονίη
endurance
… accusative in Homer's Iliad: 22.257 (web address 1) and 23.661.
Most
occurrences of the word relate to commentary on those passages. The present entry takes one side in a debate among ancient scholars as …
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2225
Κώθων
kothon; Kothon
… Athenaeus 483B (above, and Plutarch, Lycurgus 9): "a drinking vessel
most
suitable for campaigning and
most
easily carried in a knapsack. The reason why it is a military item is that (soldiers) must often …
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2251
Κῶμα
deep sleep, coma
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 14.359, where the headword, a neuter noun, occurs (web address 1); cf. kappa 2265 (end). [2] The 1630 edition of …
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30
Καθαλάμενος
having leapt down
… run up to him [sc. Agesilaos] he described, with a
most
sad countenance, what had happened to the detachment at Lechaion". (For text see web address 1 below.) The present quotation, therefore, should be …
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41
Καθ' αὑτοῦ Βελλεροφόντης
Bellerophon against himself
… 400, sigma 515. [2] The four terms are arranged (in
most
of the manuscripts) in a square diagram with diagonal lines connecting the corners. The preposition dia/ (with accusative) "because of" is used to …
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47
Καθεκάστην Καθέκαστα
every single
… In Aristotelis Rhetoricam 1.1 tw=| kaqeka/stw|. [1] This adverb is
mostly
used in philosophy and especially by commentators on Aristotle (very common in Alexander of Aphrodisias). Christian writers apparently prefer the form kaqe/kaston, which …
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82
Καθημαξευμένος
wagon-crushed
… the word for wagon should be a(/maca or a)/maca) and
most
other lexica opt for the latter: see the references at Photius kappa469 Theodoridis. Either way, if this masculine nominative singular is quoted from …
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98
Καθίζεσθε
you are seated
… at Photius kappa42, where Theodoridis' ultimate conclusion is that the
most
satisfactory version of the entry is the one in Hesychius kappa170 -- headword kaqi/cesqe, quoted from Exodus 12.22 LXX, glossed with kaqa/yasqe (and …
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154
Κάκιθος
criminal, victim
… 484.55-57 expands the present gloss (for which cf. kappa 152)
most
helpfully: "it means him who is being punished, or badly treated". Another possibility is that we are dealing with a pronunciation-dependent spelling of …
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234
Καλλιόπη
Kalliope, Calliope
… poetry. See generally OCD(4) under 'Muses' (and mu 1291). Roman
mosaic
from Luxemburg, showing Calliope with Homer, at web address 1.
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320
Κάνωπος
Canopus, Kanopos
Most
of this entry is quoted from George the Monk, Chronicon 587.3-588.5; cf. Georgius Cedrenus, Compendium historiarum 1.570.9-16. [1] chi 13; also chi 12. [2] pi 3180. [3] cf. the note at kappa 319. …
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400
Καρνεάδης
Karneades, Carneades
… Philokomos or Epikomos (Diogenes Laertius 4.62). [2] Karneades was the
most
recognized member of the "New" or "Skeptical" Academy. He succeeded Hegesinus as head of the Academy some time shortly prior to his visit …
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425
Κάρτα
certainly
… present in the mss of Sophocles, but is bracketed by
most
modern editors as an intrusive gloss derived from another play; cf. zeta 61, epsilon 1484.
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463
Κασταναία
Kastanaia, Castanaea, Kasthenaia, Casthenaea
… Atlas map 55 grid D1; present-day Keramidi. Kasthenaia is the
most
authentic form of the ancient name.
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495
Κατάγειν
to conduct, to recall
… mss., although that verb is otherwise confined to late/Byzantine Greek.
Most
modern editions of D.H. accept Bücheler's correction to the synonymous and more common stefanhforei=n, a reading that is attested in Suda ms. F …
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κ
524
Καταδημοβορῆσαι
to consume in common
Aorist active infinitive of this verb, from Homer, Iliad 18.301 (web address 1). The sense of the verb is to eat kata\ dh=mon (in common, publicly). In the related noun dhmobo/ros (delta 438), the …
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592
Κατὰ κῶλον
by clause
Same entry in other lexica. The headword phrase is
most
frequently attested in rhetorical texts, especially Hermogenes and commentators on his work; it also appears in Galen. For 'clause' see kappa 2244 (and under …
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651
Καταμησάμενος
heaping on
… second -- the relevant one here -- is printed by
most
editors as the variant katapasa/menos, "sprinkling": see web address 1).
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731
Καταπροΐξεται
will escape unpunished
… future of i(kne/omai "I arrive". According to LSJ s.v., the
most
likely etymology of kataproi/comai is from kata - pro - i(kne/omai, not from proi/c, proi=ka (as suggested at kappa 730). [2] Archilochus fr. …
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780
Κατασπεύσαντα
[one who] had been eager
… would exclude the possibility that this Euphemios is the (arguably)
most
obvious bearer of that name: the E. who proclaimed himself king of Sicily, in defiance of Byzantine rule, in the first quarter of …
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815
Κατατεθήπεσαν
they were astonished [at]
… s.v. nominates Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 6 (PG 76.832a).
Most
of the attested instances of this verb are in Cyril's works.
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942
Κατέλυεν
was lodging [with someone]
… fragment of Aelian (81 Hercher) and still so in the
most
recent edition of him (84g Domingo-Forasté); however, as Adler notes, this is actually from an anecdote in Procopius, Secret History 12.26 (web address …
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1216
Κέβρινα
Kebren
… name of the city had several variants, of which the
most
authentic was Kebren (ending eta-nu). See Barrington Atlas map 56 grid D2.
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