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2545
Κοιλιδιᾶν
to bag-swell
… only here, is present active infinitive. cf. kappa 2535. [1]
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.38, with comments from the scholia (although the form of the verb as it appears in
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2674
Κυλοιδιόων
puffy-eyed
… kuloidia=n.) The headword in this form is otherwise unattested. [2]
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.38, which actually has the nominative plural masculine form of the participle, kuloidio/wntes, rather than the form given here (nominative/accusative plural neuter …
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1584
Κιγκλίζει
wags one's tail
… in Photius kappa695 Theodoridis, and similar in the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 5.116 (on which see below). Other lexica add the sense "to tempt", from the same motion applied to humans (Herodian, Schematismi Homerici …
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376
Καρήατος
head's, of a head
… 1) but thereafter quite often as an epic intertext (e.g.
Theocritus,
Apollonius Rhodius, Nonnus).
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938
Κατελάσας
having driven down, having subjugated
… the same sense in Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1082; and see also
Theocritus,
Idylls 5.116 (kath/lasa).
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1052
Κατηναρισμένας
having been slaughtered
… SH 268B). The fragment could be about Heracles. Indeed in
Theocritus,
Idylls 25.142 sku/los le/ontos is used for Heracles’ garment (see Pfeiffer 1949 and D’Alessio 1997). For the use of sku/los as the skin …
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1107
Κάτωθε
from below
… 128.3 Kock [133.3 K.-A.]), as well as in Doric (e.g.
Theocritus,
Idylls 4.44). [2] A misquotation of Pindar, Pythian 4.102-3 (web address 1): a)gro/qe ["from the countryside"] should be a)ntro/qe ["from the cave"]. Khariklo …
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1419
Κερωφόρος
horn-bearing, horned
… cattle" -- web address 1), and in the scholia on
Theocritus,
Idylls 5.145a. See also ps.-Herodian, Partitiones 206 (where the spelling with omega is prescribed) as well as the Laurentian and Ambrosian lexica.
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1576
Κίβησις
bag, pouch, wallet
… 838), or just pouch (Hesychius "pouch, in Cypriot"; scholia on
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.53d). For the glossing term see kappa 1578.
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1874
Κνίζων
scratching
… similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (probably
Theocritus,
Idylls 6.25; cf. the scholia thereto). [2] Herodian the grammarian, in Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey 1745.64 and 1746.12. On hypothetical monosyllabic verbs, …
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1889
Κνυζῶ
I whimper
… "a kind of dogs' voice"; and by the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 6.29, as "dogs' inarticulate howl". See kappa 1887. [3] Quotation unidentifiable; Adler suggests Aelian.
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2093
Κόριον
little girl
… in e.g. Lysias fr.4.5 Albini (now 1.5 Carey OCT) and
Theocritus,
Idylls 11.60; also, as kw/rion, in Aristophanes, Acharnians 731. Recommended by Phrynichus, Eclogae 50, against kora/sion.
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2274
Κώμυθα
hay-bundle, sheaf
… noun is in the accusative singular, as it occurs in
Theocritus,
Idylls 4.18, in the scholia to which (and elsewhere) an earlier instance is cited (Cratinus fr. 299 Kock, now 302 K.-A.). [2] Agathias, …
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2319
Κραμβοτάτου
loudest, quite loud, very loud
… or "clear-sounding" (LSJ s.v. II), via "crisp" or "crackling", and
Theocritus,
Idylls 7.37 refers to the kapuro/s (clear-sounding) mouth of the Muses. Bekker suggests instead that the allusion may be to Crates as a …
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2535
Κοῖλα
bags
… ku/la); Synagoge kappa501; scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 472; scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.38. See also kappa 2545, kappa 2674. [2] The term 'apples' (mh=la) is often applied to the bags under the eyes by …
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