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κ237ΚάλλιπποςKallippos, Callippus… BCE. [1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.508E-F [11.119 Kaibel]. [2] See Plutarch, Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58; Timoleon 11; Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.Matched in noteshighshort
κ674Κατανωτίσασθαιto carry on one's back, to turn one's back on… Zintzen (150 Asmus); cf. Photius Bibliotheca 346a 12-14. (For this Plutarch -- not the biographer -- see pi 1794.) For this applied/figurative meaning of the verb, see LSJ s.v. II.Matched in noteshighshort
κ203ΚάλανοςKalanos, Calanus… three years later. The principal sources on him are Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus, and Strabo. For this wine-drinking competition, which is said to have resulted in 41 fatalities, see Chares FGrH 125 F19; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists …

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Κάλλιππος

Kallippos, Callippus

Athenian, philosopher, pupil of Plato; he was killed in Syracuse after an attempt to become tyrant. In the stories about him in Plutarch he is a wicked man, and a betrayer of Dion of Syracuse.

Κάλλιππος, Ἀθηναῖος, φιλόσοφος, Πλάτωνος μαθητής· ὃς ἐν Συρακούσαις ἀνῃρέθη τυραννεῖν ἐπιχειρήσας· πονηρὸς οὗτος ἱστόρηται παρὰ τῷ Πλουτάρχῳ, καὶ Δίωνος τοῦ Συρακουσίου προδότης.

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κ111Καθιμῶσιthey let down, they lower… somewhere; extant possibilities (all with the nu ephelkustikon) include Josephus, Plutarch and Philo Judaeus. See also iota 331, iota 359, and kappa 110.Matched in noteshighshort

κ213ΚαλλίαςKallias, Callias… an earlier one who was a relative of Aristeides; see Plutarch, Life of Aristeides 25). The confusion presumably arose because the fathers of both the poet and Aristeides had the name Lysimachos.Matched in noteshighshort

κ246Καλὸν πρᾶγμαfine thing, fine fact… Stoic sources (see Cicero, De finibus 3.11; Paradoxa Stoicorum 1. Plutarch, On Stoic Self-contradictions 1038D, 1039C). The thesis that only the wise person is good and fine is Stoic in character too. [4] sc. …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… read karukw=n ('of blood-sauces'); cf. generally kappa 435, kappa 436. Plutarch, Quaestiones Conviviales 664A (cf. 644B) mentions kandu/lai, a)burta/kai ('sour-sauces') and karu/kai ('blood-sauces') together as exotic and luxurious dishes. Compare also Menander fr. 397 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ361ΚάρβωνCarbo… Republic, and attested in Greek sources such as Appian and Plutarch, see OCD(4) s.v. Papirius.) [2] cf. alpha 2522. (For the connection between this and the beginning of the entry, not made explicit, see …Matched in noteshighshort

κ390Καρίνη γυνήKarian woman, Carian woman… be identified with the 'Karian maiden' Kaphene, who -- in Plutarch's Mulierum Virtutes (Moralia 246D-247A); cf. Polyaenus 8.64 -- betrays her compatriots out of love for Nymphaios of Melos.Matched in noteshighshort

κ465Καστόρειον μέλοςCastor's song, Kastor's song… 1 below) with the noun implicit, is probably quoted from Plutarch, Lycurgus 22.2 (cf. Moralia 1140C): when the Spartans are about to join battle, a piper plays this. See further, LSJ s.v. *kasto/reios at …Matched in noteshighshort

κ523ΚαταδημαγωγῶI defeat by demagogy… delta 414). The earliest attestations of this verb are in Plutarch.Matched in noteshighshort

κ534ΚαταδολεσχῶI weary by chattering… with the genitive in a fragment of Bion quoted by Plutarch: pw=s ou)=n su\ pe/nhs w)\n fluarei=s tosau=ta kai\ katadolesxei=s h(mw=n; "How then do you, poor as you are, talk so much nonsense and …Matched in noteshighshort

κ703Καταπέττειdigests… headword -- presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. in any event Plutarch under sigma 406, and for the glossing cf. also mu 1253.Matched in noteshighshort

κ758Καταρτύσωνintending to prepare… Sophocles, Antigone 478; Plato, Laws 808D; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.392; Plutarch, Moralia 38D. [2] Homer, Odyssey 11.439 (web address 4). The context is Odysseus' conversation with Agamemnon in the Underworld. In place of do/lon …Matched in noteshighshort

κ781Κατασπείραςhaving sown… and 2.II. Other uses of the verb: Euripides, Hercules 469; Plutarch, Theseus 3.2, Demetrius 4.2, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

κ959Κατεπάλαισεwrestled down… theta 414; he appears in other wrestling metaphors elsewhere, e.g. Plutarch, Pericles 8. cf. generally kappa 689, kappa 690.Matched in noteshighshort

κ966Κατεπλάγηwas struckOf respect, as in e.g. Plutarch, Moralia 331F (when Alexander the Great met Diogenes, katepla/gh to\n bi/on kai\ to\ a)ci/wma tou= a)ndro/s). The form is third person singular, aorist passive, of kataplh/ssw (Attic kataplh/ttw).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1043Κατηδολέσχησά σουI wearied you with my prattling… For a similar phrase, again in a philosophical context, see Plutarch, Moralia 503B (from the de Garrulitate), an anecdote about Aristotle wearied with the talk of an interlocutor. As in Julian's letter, the form …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1044Κατηθλημένωνhaving been trained… intransitively, has sometimes the same meaning of 'being well trained' (Plutarch, Marius 26.10 and de Liberis educandis 2.2E).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather[1] Same entry in Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, and Hesychius. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 301 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. kappa 817. For Kleon see kappa 1731. The scholiast is appealing to the metaphorical …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1225ΚεδίκιοςKedikios, Caedicius… which makes it clear that this is Marcus Caedicius (cf. Plutarch, Camillus 14, 30).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1230ΚέθηγοςKethegos, Cethegus… in Roman political life in the 80s and 70s BCE (Plutarch, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1299Κέληρεςdinghies, yachts… in it) unidentifiable; Adler suggested Aelian. [1] Polybius, Appian and Plutarch all share this idiom.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1304ΚέλωρKelor… Metellus Celer) and a name in its own right (e.g. Plutarch, Romulus 10.3, Coriolanus 11.4); see also under alpha 528. Note also the individual mentioned in late sources as a magistrate under the emperor …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1315Κενεμβατεῖνto step on a hole, to lack a solid foundation… in sigma 547 (q.v.). The word is used literally by Plutarch (Flamininus 10), and figuratively by Lucian (Gallus 26). Its most frequent meaning was medical ("reach a cavity, e.g. with a lancet"), but that …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1319ΚενινήτηςKeninete… near Tarsus]'. Or [CR] a variant of Kaininetes, as in Plutarch, Romulus 16.2 and 16.7.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1328Κενῶν φάουςof those empty of light… gno/fos or kne/fas "darkness"; the latter derivation already occurs in Plutarch, Moralia [De primo frigido] 948E, citing Chrysippus fr.430. The lexicographers' phrase itself is believed to come from Attic tragedy: Adespota fr.219* Snell & …Matched in noteshighshort