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definition249
dialects, grammar, and etymology208
ethics88
religion73
imagery66
daily life64
comedy54
historiography53
rhetoric51
biography47
zoology43
military affairs42

31 more

epic39
Christianity37
geography37
history35
law32
philosophy28
food27
medicine21
women21
tragedy20
gender and sexuality19
poetry17

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Length

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Medium18

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Catharine Roth79
David Whitehead72
Nick Nicholas44
Ryan Stone23
Jennifer Benedict14
Konstantinos Kopanias7

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Anne Mahoney5
Robert Dyer5
Marcelo Boeri3
Alexandra Trachsel2
Ronald Allen2

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κ674Κατανωτίσασθαιto carry on one's back, to turn one's back on[1] Likewise in Photius. The headword, aorist infinitive of katanwti/zomai, is perhaps though not necessarily from the quotation given (which Photius does not have). See in any event LSJ s.v., I. [2] Damascius, Life …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the ape… grammarians and other paroemiographers, e.g.: Diogenianus, Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, Gregorius (Patriarch Gregory II), Michael Apostolius. The Suda's infinitive, here, was once regarded as an unattributable fragment of Attic comedy: adespota fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ32Καθάπαξonce and for all

κ674

Κατανωτίσασθαι

to carry on one's back, to turn one's back on

Meaning to bear on one's back. "Not to turn one's back on the judgment of Plutarch, nor again to think it greater than the choice which gives common benefit". Meaning to despise, to reject.

Κατανωτίσασθαι· ἀντὶ τοῦ κατὰ νώτου φέρειν. μηδὲ τὴν τοῦ Πλουτάρχου κατανωτίσασθαι κρίσιν, μηδὲ αὖ μείζω φρονεῖν τῆς κοινωφελοῦς προαιρέσεως. ἀντὶ τοῦ καταφρονεῖν, ὀπίσω ῥίπτειν.

mythology

mythology

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16

trade and manufacture16

trade and manufacture16

science and technology14

science and technology14

meter and music6

meter and music6

Ross Scaife ✝2

Ross Scaife ✝2

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Ioannis Doukas1

Ioannis Doukas1

Mage Macchione1

Mage Macchione1

Martin Harbsmeier1

Martin Harbsmeier1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

… separately or together, in other lexica. See the references at Photius kappa13, where Theodoridis cautiously endorses Naber's view that the headword adverb itself is extracted from Homer, Odyssey 21.349. [2] Quotation not identified by …

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κ152Κακιζόμενοιbeing insulted=Synagoge kappa42; Photius, Lexicon kappa82; and cf. Hesychius kappa301. The headword (from kaki/zw: kappa 153, and cf. kappa 154) and gloss are middle/passive present participle, masculine nominative plural. The headword one can have a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ189ΚαλάβροψcrookSee also Hesychius under the headword kalau/ropa (kappa420) and Photius' Lexicon under kalau/rwy (kappa109, obelized there by Theodoridis). LSJ also uses the same spelling as Photius, but with a circumflex rather than acute accent …Matched in noteshighshort

κ418Καρποῦ δίκηproduce lawsuit… present entry -- the first paragraph of which derives from Photius, the second from Harpokration -- is obviously superior, though some modern experts who would like to make sense of these allegedly different procedures …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ522Καταδείσαςhaving come to fear greatlyLikewise in two adjacent entries (kappa242 and 243 Theodoridis) of Photius. [1] Evidently quoted from somewhere (there are numerous possibilities), the headword is aorist active participle of katadei/dw, masculine nominative singular; cf. delta 367. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ536Καταδύεταιis plunged… or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa251 Theodoridis. The headword is third person singular, present middle/passive, of katadu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere (other than the the quotation …Matched in noteshighshort

κ569Κατακαχρύσαιto grind roasted barleySame or similar entry in Photius (kappa280) and other lexica; the headword is aorist active infinitive of katakaxru/w. Note also the parallel entry -- not in the Suda -- for the first person singular …Matched in noteshighshort

κ846ΚαταφάσκειaffirmsSame entry in Photius and other lexica. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of katafa/skw. Theodoridis on Photius s.v. notes (without actively endorsing) Dindorf's suggestion that it is quoted from Philo …Matched in noteshighshort

κ891Καταιγίσαςhaving stormed upon (?)… of Hesychius: see next note). [2] The corresponding entry in Photius, Lexicon kappa262, has ti/ "something" after the participle. More radically, Hesychius s.v. (kappa1123) reads oi( ga\r a)natiqe/ntes i(ma/tia katasxi/zousin au)ta/, i(/na mh\ a)rqw=si …Matched in noteshighshort

κ912Κατεγλωττισμένονtongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).… such kisses in the Suda, Hesychius, Eustathius, Pausanias Atticista and Photius see the notes to mu 134. The rest of the entry illustrates the literary use of the term to mean "(sunk) under too …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ985Κατέσειεwas shaking down, was flooringThe headword kate/seie (here and in Photius: see next note) is third person singular, imperfect, of the verb katasei/w. If correctly transmitted, it must be quoted from somewhere (there are several possibilities); however, it …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1037Κατειρωνεύεταιuses irony [toward]… or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa422 Theodoridis. [3] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Jewish War 4.127 (web address 1), concerning John …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1273Κεκρύφαλονhairnet… or similar glossing in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa541 Theodoridis, and nn.1-3 below. [1] kekru/fanton in Photius, but obelized by Theodoridis; either way, Dindorf identified this as a corruption of kroku/fanton, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1383Κερδαλεόφρωνprofit-minded, greedy, crafty… other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (see the references at Photius kappa596 Theodoridis). and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.149, where the vocative singular of the headword occurs. The adjective kerdale/os (kappa 1382) …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1426Κέσκος οὐκ ἦνit was not Keskos… correctly quoted here. Other lexica -- see the references at Photius kappa625 Theodoridis -- simply have Keskos as the headword and seem to speak, as here, of 'not having' (ou)k e)/xein) it, which Erasmus …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… "a defensive weapon; a hammer; and a kind of fish". Photius, Lexicon kappa626 Theodoridis glosses it as mu/raina, "murry" (accusatives). The full headword phrase is also cited (in Attic) in tau 295. [2] From …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ4ΚάβαξrascalSame entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1 Theodoridis, where in fact Th. endorses Dindorf's view that the transmitted headword kabax (otherwise unattested) is a corruption (or variant spelling) of kauax …Matched in noteshighshort

κ5Κάβαισοςgluttonous… or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa2 Theodoridis. The headword occurs in a fragment of Old Attic Comedy (Cratinus fr. 103 Kock, 109 K.-A.), and ancient gramarians derived it …Matched in noteshighshort

κ6ΚαβειρῶνKabeira, Kabeiroi… but a two-word phrase.) [1] On this last point cf. Photius, Lexicon kappa3 and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort

κ10ΚάγκανονparchedSame entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa6 Theodoridis. Accusative case(s). From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.364, where the headword occurs (of timber).Matched in noteshighshort

κ11Καγχάζειjeers, mocks… or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa7 Theodoridis. The headword must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. [2] Eunapius fr.41 FHG (4.31). For the idiom of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ14Καδίσκοςvoting-urnAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., glossing Isaeus 11.21 & 23. [1] Phrynichus fr. 32 Kock (33 K-A). For pebbles in voting cf. psi 83, psi 85, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

κ15ΚαδμείαKadmeia, CadmeiaAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., explaining its mention in Isocrates 4.55 (and citing, generically, historical writers). For Kadmos cf. kappa 16, kappa 17, kappa 18, kappa 19.Matched in noteshighshort

κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victoryAlso in Photius (Lexicon kappa11, from Pausanias the Atticist) and in several of the paroemiographers. What we call a Pyrrhic victory; cf. kappa 16, kappa 18. [1] Textually corrupt: Pausanias (see above) preserves the …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ36Κάθαρμαoffscouring, residue… Acharnians 687, followed by material from the scholia there; cf. Photius s.v. skanda/lhqra, and sigma 534. [5] i.e. skandalhqrista/s, acrobats or trapeze-artists. [6] i.e. a transposition of words or clauses. [7] Archilochus [alpha 4112] …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ38ΚαθάρσιονpurificatoryAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on the headword's appearance in Aeschines 1.23. See also pi 1306, pi 1307. [1] The verb perist[e]i/xein. [2] The noun e(sti/a.Matched in noteshighshort

κ42Καθαιρήσετεyou will bring down, you will destroySame entry (from Aelius Dionysius kappa1) in Photius, Lexicon kappa21, but the Suda omits the crucial negative which begins the gloss. Aelius is saying that the headword kaqairh/sete, not kaqelei=te, is the correct form …Matched in noteshighshort

κ45Καθεδεῖσθαιto sit… Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa22 Theodoridis. This third person plural, future, of the same verb is taken to be quoted from Ezechiel 26.16 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort

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