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dialects, grammar, and etymology188
definition170
historiography76
history63
ethics60
biography55
religion53
military affairs46
imagery45
geography37
comedy34
Christianity27

29 more

daily life24
rhetoric23
medicine18
epic17
food17
law15
politics12
zoology12
philosophy11
women11
economics9
botany8
clothing8

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Κ kappa215

Vetting status

high215

Length

Short203
Medium12

Translator

Catharine Roth87
David Whitehead43
Konstantinos Kopanias15
Nick Nicholas15
Ryan Stone15
Jennifer Benedict11

16 more

Richard Rodriguez6
Alexandra Trachsel3
Ronald Allen3
Ioannis Doukas2
Malcolm Heath2

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κ430ΚαρτερῶI persevere (in)[Used] with a dative.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ527ΚαταδιαιτήσωI will arbitrate against… opposite happens and his unjust complaints bring him success, I personally will myself arbitrate against the Saracen."Matched in translationhighshort
κ547Καταθέεινto run down, to attack… the opportunity of war had not yet come to pass, persuaded them to attack, meanwhile, the territory of the Romans, having created the plot against the Romans as a byproduct of their own lack …Matched in translationhigh

κ430

Καρτερῶ

I persevere (in)

[Used] with a dative.

Καρτερῶ· δοτικῇ.

gender and sexuality6

gender and sexuality6

science and technology6

science and technology6

meter and music3

meter and music3

trade and manufacture3

trade and manufacture3

Marcelo Boeri

Marcelo Boeri

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Charlie Brooks1

Charlie Brooks1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Martin Harbsmeier1

Martin Harbsmeier1

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κ94Καθιδρύσασθαιto appoint, to instal… Tiberius Caesar (cf. tau 553 generally) initiating negotiations with the Persians in the winter of 576; cf. de Boor (141), Whitby (96), omicron 653, and pi 793. On John see alpha 3048 note. On …Matched in noteshighshort

κ794Καταστήσονταιthey will appoint[1] The headword is future middle indicative, third person plural, of kaqi/sthmi. It is evidently quoted from somewhere, but probably not the quotation which follows here (which has the aorist middle subjunctive); there are …Matched in noteshighshort

κ822Κατατιλᾷshits down on… time the comic playwrights were infuriated with Cinesias, who had persuaded (by sophistic rhetoric, it is suggested in this entry) the Athenian Council, shortly after 405 BCE, to cancel the privilege enjoyed by them …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ937Κατέλαβεchecked, hampered… presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist indicative, third person singular, of the verb katalamba/nw. [1] Herodotus 5.21.2, on the young Macedonian Alexander/Alexandros (the future king A. I) outwitting the Persians. See web …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1021Κατεχειροτόνησαν αὐτοῦthey voted to convict him… [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.15.11, on the abrupt dismissal of Persian envoy Mebod (cf. generally alpha 1998 note) by an assembly of military personnel convened by Roman general Philippicus (spring of 586); cf. de …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1037Κατειρωνεύεταιuses irony [toward]The headword is third person singular, present indicative, of kateirwneu/omai. It must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotations which follow, which both have the present participle). [1] Also in the Syntacticum Laurentianum …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1087Κατόπινbehind… army (in Armenia, summer of 577) under Justinian by the Persians under Tanchosdro; cf. de Boor (141-142), Whitby (96), and alpha 3132. On Justinian, Roman general in the east 575-577, see PLRE IIIa s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ246Καλὸν πρᾶγμαfine thing, fine fact… provides ornament, such as when we say 'only the wise person is good and fine'. But they say that only the fine is good, and this is virtue and what partakes in virtue, which …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ304Κάνδυςkandus, kandysA Persian tunic. "[They] stripping off the kandus and pulling off the pants and removing the cap".Matched in translationhighshort

κ1137Καυνάκηςkaunakes, mantle… or a kind of cloak, which they also call a Persis. But others [consider it a] "Thymaitian blanket", which is "like a sagma of Morychos". A sagma [is] a receptacle for [soldiers'] gear.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1128Καττύειstitches together… (204) and Whitby (144). Baram (cf. beta 103) was a Persian general (and later rebel) who fought the Byzantines during the reign of Maurice (see also kappa 2025). Ms V reads *)abraa\m: cf. eta …Matched in noteshighshort

κ927ΚατέδραμονI overran, they overran… (a verb with figurative as well as literal senses), first person singular or third person plural; cf. kappa 831, kappa 832. For an instance of the third person plural see Thucydides 8.99.1.Matched in noteshighshort

κ62ΚαθεῖλονI took down, they took downThe headword is either first-person singular or third-person plural, aorist indicative active, of the verb kaqaire/w (for which see also kappa 42, kappa 43, kappa 49, kappa 48, kappa 52). It must be quoted …Matched in noteshighshort

κ892Καταιδεῖputs [someone] to shame; you are ashamed… (evidently quoted from somewhere) and the gloss are either second person singular middles or (and more probably, given surviving attestations of the headword) third person singular actives. (In classical Greek, kataide/omai is used only …Matched in noteshighshort

κ907Κατεβρόχθισεgulped down… also the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 503, where the first person singular occurs (web address 1). The present headword, third person singular, is taken to be quoted from Hermippus (fr.45 Kock, 46 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort

κ915Κατέγραφονthey began to record… presumably extracted from the quotation given (where it is third person plural, not first person singular, of this imperfect). [1] Aelian fr. 90b Domingo-Forasté (87 Hercher); quoted in part at epsilon 578; see also …Matched in noteshighshort

κ924ΚατεδόξαζονI was supposing, they were supposingThe headword -- either first person singular or (as in the unrelated epsiloniota 86) third person plural, imperfect, of katadoca/zw -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

κ961ΚατεπαλύνωI cover, I mantle, I strewEntries like this are usually first person singular present, in which case the epsilon augment would be a mistake. If the spelling is correct, it would have to be second person singular aorist middle …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1018Κατεφύγγανονthey were escaping, they were taking refuge… extracted from the quotation given; if so it is third person plural (rather than first person singular), imperfect, of the compound verb katafugga/nw (a variant formation for the present system of katafeu/gw). For another …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1020Κατέχειwas pouring over… from the first quotation given, is imperfect of kataxe/w, third person singular. (The headword has the contracted form; the first gloss is the same verb uncontracted.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] The …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1111ΚατώλισθονI slipped down, they slipped down… katolisqa/nw (LSJ at web address 1), here in the first person singular or third person plural. Either way, it must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Aelian, and include many in Cyril …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1245Κεκλίαταιthey have leaned… twice in Homer (Iliad 16.68, Odyssey 4.608). [2] This first person singular of the perfect active is likely to be paradigmatic; third person singulars are first attested in the idiom of the day ending, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ37Καθαρῶςclearly… Plainly. "Calling to council anyone who was noble amongst the Persians, he disclosed these matters."Matched in translationhighshort

κ170Κακοτεχνιῶνmalpractice… who had prosecuted someone for false witness brought against the person who had procured it.Matched in translationhighshort

κ181Κακοῖς ἐπισωρεύων κακάheaping evils on evilsOkhos the Persian enslaved Egypt and killed the Apis[-bull] and destroyed Memphis, heaping evils on evils.Matched in translationhighshort

κ219ΚαλλιερῶI obtain good omens, I obtain favorable sacrificial signsA verb. The second [sc. person singular is] kallierei=s; and the [related] noun kallie/rhma. Every sacrifice is dear to God. And on the one hand Christians obtain good omens at the time when they …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ226ΚαλλίμαχοςKallimachos, Callimachus… This man was found into [sic] the war against the Persians standing as a corpse [propped up] on spears.Matched in translationhighshort

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