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- κ2406ΚρήτηCrete, Krete, KritiSee Strabo, Geography 1.4.2, at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2343ΚρατήτειοςKrateteian, Cratetian… speaking, that of anyone of this name; in practice (in Strabo and elsewhere) pertaining to kappa 2342.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2455ΚρόβυζοιKrobyzoi, CrobyziOf eastern Europe, north of the Danube. Strabo 7.2.12, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., and see already zeta 17. (See also kappa 2456.)Matched in noteshighshort
- κ204ΚαλλάτιςKallatis, CallatisOn the NW coast of the Black Sea. See Strabo 7.5.12; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Barrington Atlas map 22 grid F5; present-day Mangalia in Romania.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2401ΚρηστωνίαKrestonia, CrestoniaMentioned in Strabo (7 fr.41) and elsewhere. An area of Thrace/Macedonia (nowadays northern Greece); Barrington Atlas map 50 grid C3. Herodotus and Thucydides, amongst others, use the adjective *krhstwniko/s.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ353ΚάραμβιςKarambis, Carambis… of Paphlagonia (SE shore of the Black Sea). Mentioned by Strabo and others. Barrington Atlas Map 86 Grid D1; present-day Kerembe in Turkey.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2612Κύδνιον ῥεῦμαKydnian current, Kydnian flow, Cydnian current, Cydnian flow… quotation, occurs only here. Cf. Kydnos near Rhegma mentioned by Strabo (14.5.10).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2769ΚυρίτωνQuirites… the genitive plural, extracted from somewhere; Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Strabo have instances (but all as *Kuritw=n).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ384ΚάρθαιαKarthaia, Carthaea… of Byzantium rightly classifies it as a polis; and cf. Strabo 10.5.6.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1600Κικονία χώραKikonian territory, Ciconian territory… plural *Kiko/nessi in the verse (web address 1). See also Strabo 7.57; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid F3; and kappa 1601 and omicron 655.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1508<20Κηλήτηςhernia-sufferer… kh/lh, Attic ka/lh, "tumor, hernia": see LSJ s.v. Used in Strabo 17.3.4, Cassius Dio 73.2.3, Galen 10.988 Kühn. The entry is paralleled in Phrynichus, ps.-Herodian, and other lexica. Adler regards the entry, lacking in …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ7ΚαβησόςKabesos, Cabesus… the Trojan ally Othryoneus, see Homer, Iliad 13.363 (quoted by Strabo 13.1.40); and generally Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kabassos.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1955Κολοφώνsummit, top, colophon… in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa902 Theodoridis. Strabo 14.1.28 (web address 1) proffers an explanation for its second part: the city of Kolophon in Asia Minor (cf. kappa 1956) had such …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2170ΚοτύωραKotyora, CotyoraOn the southern shore of the Black Sea. See generally Strabo 12.3.17; Barrington Atlas Map 87 Grid C4. Present-day Ordu. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.5.3 (web address 1). [2] Still Kotyora by the time of …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1319ΚενινήτηςKeninete… at Judges 1:16. Alternatively [DW] a variant of Kananites. See Strabo 14.5.14: Athenodorus son of Sandon is 'also called Kananites, after some village [sc. near Tarsus]'. Or [CR] a variant of Kaininetes, as in …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2613ΚύδνοςKydnos, Cydnus[1] In Cilicia (Strabo 14.5.10, 11, 16; web address 1; etc.); the present-day Tarsos Cay, in S Turkey; cf. already kappa 2612. [2] From Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.7 (quoted in full …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1592Κιθαρόςflatfish; chest… Hippocrates), s.v. II "flatfish". The variant accentuation also appears in Strabo 17.2.4, referring to the fish. The Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum attempt to derive the meaning "chest" from the kithara (kappa 1590), …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1580Κίγκαλοςdabchick… of ill-omen". However, the word also means snakeskin (and, in Strabo 3.2.6, hare), and there seems a strong possibility that two (or even more) proverbs have become conflated here. See also lambda 218. For …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2376ΚρεώφυλοςCreophylus, Kreophylos… by Heracles. For an ancient summary of this dispute see Strabo 14.1.18.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2723ΚυνόσημονKynosemon, Cynosemon, Kynossema… e.g. Euripides, Hecuba 1265-73 (web address 1); Diodorus Siculus 13.40.6; Strabo 7.55(56) (web address 2); and cf. already kappa 2722. [1] The peninsula which forms the European shore of the Hellespont straits (Dardanelles). See …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1227ΚεδρωσίαKedrosia, Gedrosia… the Suda, Diodorus Siculus and Agatharchides. Most other authors, including Strabo, Claudius Ptolemy and Stephanus of Byzantium spell it 'Gedrosia'. The term normally describes a chora/territory, not a city. If a city is meant, …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ319ΚάνωβοςKanobos, Canobus, Kanopos, Canopus… (the eponymous founder of the city was Menelaus' helmsman K.: Strabo 17.1.17) see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kanopos. The city (Barrington Atlas map 74 grid C2) was long sunken. Franck Goddio identified its exact …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2453ΚρίτωνKriton, Criton, Crito… this very ethnikon (otherwise attested only in the plural in Strabo 9.5.22), in Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. [2] Not even fragments of any of these works survive, and indeed the present entry is the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ268Κάλυμνοςkalymnos, calymnus… also Homer, Iliad 2.677 (web address 1) with scholia, and Strabo 10.5.19. [4] Apollodorus FGrH 244 F173.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ9ΚαβύληKabyle, Cabyle… it as a polis and cites Polybius 13.10. See also Strabo 7.6.2 (320): "above Byzantium is situated the tribe of the Astai, in whose territory is a city [called] Kalybe (sic); there Philip the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2114ΚορύβαντεςKorybants… as ecstatic male confraternities (web address 1), as discussed in Strabo 10.3.19-22.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ460Κάσπια ὄρηCaspian mountains… 461. [1] For 'Caspian Gates' cf. e.g. Diodorus Siculus 2.2.4; Strabo 2.1.28, etc.; Arrian, Anabasis 5.25.5, etc; Barrington Atlas map 92 grid H1 (in present-day Iran); Encyclopedia Iranica at web address 1. [2] Apparently …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2310Κωφότερος τοῦ Τορωνέος λιμένοςdeafer than Torone's harbour… is mentioned by e.g. Thucydides 5.2.2 (as conventionally emended) and Strabo 7 fr.32; and the headword phrase itself is believed to come from Attic comedy (Fragmenta adespota 943 K.-A.). [3] Likewise Zenobius 4.68. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ203ΚάλανοςKalanos, Calanus… 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 10.437A-B [10.49 Kaibel]; …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… been conflated with the Galatian ruler Castor, on whom see Strabo 12.5.3; Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotaro. (On Deiotarus himself see OCD4 s.v.) [3] delta 1209.Matched in noteshighmedium