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162
Κακόθρους
bad-mouthing
The headword adjective, a
Sophoclean
hapax legomenon (see next note) unattested elsewhere prior to the Byzantine period, is compound of kako/s and qro/os ("noise, report") with Attic contraction of oo to ou. [1]
Sophocles,
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1189
Καιρός
opportune time
[1] In fact
Sophocles
(as, Adler reports, in ms B), Electra 75-6, with scholion; cf. epsilon 3615. [2] An extra, general observation on the above. It is not from the
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1882
Κνώδοντος
of a spear's tooth, of a sword
An approximation of
Sophocles,
Ajax 1024-1026 (from which the present headword, in the genitive case, is extracted: see web address 1), with scholion. [1] Literally, knw/dontes are the teeth of a hunting spear, which …
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κ
2312
Κωχεύει
holds (?)
… headword kwxeu/ei is an incorrect reading for o)kwxeu/ei "holds" in
Sophocles
fr.327. ps.-Herodian and Hesychius kappa4904 gloss it as metewri/zei, fe/rei, koufi/zei "lifts up, carries, makes light". Hesychius kappa4905 quotes the
Sophoclean
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κ
337
Κάπηλος
retailer, huckster
See also kappa 336, tau 4. [1]
Sophocles
fr.783. The commentator is saying that just as
Sophocles
can use the word "mud" instead of "wine," so "retailer" can be used instead of "wine-seller." [2] …
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κ
1052
Κατηναρισμένας
having been slaughtered
… of katenari/zw ('I kill outright'). It is quoted here from
Sophocles,
Ajax 26, with comment from the scholia there; cf. lambda 356. The scholiast is criticizing a supposedly wrong usage by
Sophocles,
but his …
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1841
Κλύει
hearkens
… and Latte on Hesychius s.v. suggests Euripides, Hecuba 1094. [2]
Sophocles,
Ajax 151-155 (web address 1), though the quotation here differs from the accepted readings of the tragedy in several key places. The Lloyd-Jones …
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2220
Κωδωνοφορεῖται
[everything] is bell-carried
[1] Aristophanes, Birds 1160, with scholion. Cf. kappa 2221. [2]
Sophocles,
Ajax 17 (xalkosto/mou kw/dwnos w(s *Turshnikh=s), with scholia; cf. epsilon 3793. Archondas is otherwise attested only in another scholion (to Euripides, Phoenician Women …
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κ
425
Κάρτα
certainly
cf. generally kappa 423, kappa 424. [1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 554b-5 (web address 1). The first part of this quotation (to\ mh\ fronei=n...kako/n, line 554b) is also present in the mss of
Sophocles,
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758
Καταρτύσων
intending to prepare
… of the verb katartu/w; cf. generally kappa 757 (katarti/zw). [1]
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 71 (web address 1), with scholion. For molei=n ("to come"), other manuscripts read either ti/ soi ("[to arrange] something for …
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789
Καταστάτης
restorer
… which appears in the accusative in the quotation given. [1]
Sophocles,
Electra 72, with scholion. This is part of Orestes' appeal that he return triumphantly to his ancestral palace at Mycenae and avenge the …
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1187
Καίριον
timely
… clear to which occurrence the present note might apply. [3]
Sophocles,
Ajax 120 (web address 1). [4]
Sophocles,
Ajax 34 (web address 2), with scholion. [5] Cassius Dio 67.6.1; cf. delta 344 (on Decebalus, …
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2543
Κοίλου κρατῆρος
of a hollow crater
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 1593 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia. The commentary derives from the fact that the original meaning of 'crater' (krath/r), literally 'mixer', was a large open-mouthed vessel in …
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κ
11
Καγχάζει
jeers, mocks
… laughing verbs with platu/ see LSJ s.v. platu/s, 5. [3]
Sophocles,
Ajax 199. This is the reading of the "Paris" manuscripts and the one adopted by Triclinius. There is a variant reading bakxazo/ntwn ("raving, …
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κ
48
Καθελών
having overpowered
… Athenian law recognised justifiable homicide. [2] Stesichorus fr. 19 Lobel-Page;
Sophocles
fr.205 Radt.
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κ
141
Κακανδρία
unmanliness
[1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 1014-1015 (web address 1 below).
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κ
781
Κατασπείρας
having sown
… nominative singular, of the compound verb kataspei/rw (kappa 782). [1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 1005, with a gloss from the scholia vetera thereto. Compare also the scholia to Ajax 1000 in Dindorf (below, p. 226.23–24): o(/swn …
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894
Καταινέσαντος
having approved
… nominative plural) of the headword verb; attested only here. [5]
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 1633-4 (web address 1), with the aorist imperative of the headword verb.
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1015
Κατεύχεσθαι
to deprecate
… Lexicon kappa454 Theodoridis) and Laws 934E (noted by Adler). [2]
Sophocles,
Oedipus Tyrannus 246 (slightly misquoted: should be kateu/xomai de\ to\n dedrako/t'), with scholion. [3] Aelian fr. 80c Domingo-Forasté (77 Hercher). The first seven …
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1125
Κάτοισθα
you know
Sophocles,
Ajax 589-590 (web address 1), with scholion; again at omicron 999. [1] Second person singular of ka/toida, perfect form with present sense. [2] A slight rephrasing of the quotation.
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1186
Καίρια
timely [things]
… of the adjective kai/rios; cf. kappa 1187, kappa 1188. [2]
Sophocles,
Electra 226-228 (with scholion); the Suda leaves out a)/n after pot'. With a less stilted rendering of the ethic dative: "Who indeed, my …
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κ
1322
Κενόν
void, wasteland
… this adjective (for which cf. kappa 1316, kappa 1318). [1]
Sophocles,
Oedipus Tyrannus 54-57, with the scholia to 55.
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1788
Κληροῦχον
lot-holder, cleruch, colonist
cf. kappa 1787, kappa 1789, kappa 1790. [1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 507-508. The gloss (from the scholia there) is in the feminine accusative singular, to match this instance. [2] Appian, Italica 4.1; preserved only in …
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κ
2175
Κ' οὐδείς
and no-one
… "choice", i.e. an (erroneous) attempt to gloss Dionysus' "him". For
Sophocles
see generally sigma 815; for Euripides, epsilon 3695.
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2547
Κοιμίσαι
to put to bed
… koimi/zw (see under kappa 2548); cf. already kappa 2546. [1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 832 (web address 1), on which scholia comment similarly. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.241 (web address 2), in reference to a warrior killed …
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κ
2694
Κυνασβοτῆρας
herdsman-dogs
From the scholia to
Sophocles,
Ajax 297 (web address 1), where the accusative plural headword occurs, properly, as a two-word phrase. The point of the comment, nevertheless, is not that the phrase should be …
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κ
2774
Κῦρος
promise
Sophocles,
Electra 919 (web address 1; here in Jebb's translation), and scholion. For the headword, see also kappa 2775.
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2783
Κυροῖ
might happen upon
… recognized this usage and take(s) the verb as indicative. [1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 314 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia.
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165
Κακοπινέστατον
filthiest, most filthy, very filthy
… part of this entry is taken from a scholium to
Sophocles,
Ajax 381 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below). [3]
Sophocles,
Philoctetes 945-949 (web address 2 below); cf. kappa 346. The quoted …
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835
Κατατρυφή
merry-making, luxury, pleasure
Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus 218 (web address 1), with scholion. But the manuscripts of
Sophocles
read katakrufa/n, "place of concealment"; the Suda's katatrufh/, cognate with the verb katatrufa/w (kappa 836, and see under alpha …
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