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- κ1989Κομενταρίσιοςregistrar, recorder, secretarycf. Latin commentariensis. Hesychius (kappa3441) and ps.-Zonaras give it in the form komentarh/sios.
- κ2002ΚομίδιονsapThe missing gloss is present in ps.-Zonaras s.v.: to\ tou= de/ndrou da/kruon "the tree's tears."
- κ2212ΚωδαλοῦχοςkôdalouchosSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ps.-Zonaras glosses the same word as sxoi=nic, which appears to mean xoi=nic, a measure of dry weight. What ps.-Zonaras glosses as "a measure of land" …
- κ300ΚαναχηδόνclanginglySame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is a variant -- found mainly in late epic -- of the poetic adverb kanaxhda/ (from kanaxh/ "clang"; see under eta 482).
- κ142Κακεντρέχειαmischief-makingThe headword is very rare, but see e.g. Polybius 4.87.4; and cf. under tau 988 for a cognate. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (282).
- κ2149Κόσσοςbox, cuffEntry lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV. Similar (but longer) entry in ps.-Zonaras; and see LSJ s.v. For the glossing word cf. under epsilon 2400 and epsilon 2401.
- κ157Κακοέπειαbad languageLikewise in Photius, Lexicon kappa92 (though in the form kakoe/pia) and in ps.-Zonaras 1150. In either form the headword is otherwise unattested. For the gloss cf. under alphaiota 241, kappa 608 (and see also …
- κ65Καθεῖντοthey let downSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is third person plural, aorist indicative middle, of the verb kaqi/hmi (for which see also kappa 50, kappa 52, kappa 61, kappa …
- κ2246ΚωλυβδαίνωI am in danger, I run a riskThe headword, presumably a verb, is attested only here and (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Its meaning is suggested by ps.-Zonaras s.v. kwlu/bdainos: o( ki/ndunos. See also kappa 2247.
- κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beamLSJ s.v. khlw/neion [sic] I: a device for drawing water. Defined with the Suda's spelling khlo/neion in ps.-Zonaras, Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum. In ps.-Zonaras: "But khlo/neion is a …
- κ1504ΚηλέστηςbeguilerDerived from the verb khle/w (kappa 1515). The word is attested only in lexica: the Suda, ps.-Zonaras (with the derivation from khle/w), and Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar II p. 458 Jugie, Petit & Siderides. See …
- κ1275Κεκοισυρῶσθαιto be like CoesyraThe verb occurs as e)gkoisuro/omai in classical Greek; its locus classicus is Aristophanes, Clouds 48 (web address 1), and it is glossed in LSJ s.v. as "to be luxurious as Coesyra (a female name …
- κ1526Κηπαίαgarden [door]Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; very similar one in ps.-Zonaras. It has probably been generated by the genitive of the headword (a feminine noun) in Hermippus fr. 47 Kock (preserved …
- κ185Κακχεῦσαιto let fallThis entry -- identical in ps.-Zonaras 1171 -- was omitted from Adler's manuscript A (Parisinus 2626) and confined to the margins of M (Marcianus 448). The headword (presumably quoted from somewhere though not attested …
- κ1808Κλίνθηlay downThe poetic unaugmented aorist passive of kli/nw, with nu in its stem, is glossed with the augmented normal aorist without nu. The headword form appears in Homer, Iliad 23.232. Similar entries in Hesychius and …
- κ1235ΚεκαινοπεποιημένοιrenewedQuotation (from which the nominative plural headword is extracted) repeated here from epsilon 552, and unidentifiable. The corresponding entry in Ps.Zonaras has kekainopoihme/noi with one less reduplication; cf. Hesychius pi194.
- κ926Κατέδραθεfell asleep… is only extant, outside lexicography, in Michael Attaliates 164.2 and Zonaras, Epitome historiarum 71.11).
- κ1695ΚιχλισμόςgigglingSame definition given in Pausanias the Atticist, the Synagoge, and Photius (Lexicon kappa750 Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 …
- κ1560Κηφηῒς γῆKephean landFor Kepheus see kappa 1559. The present headword phrase is used as a periphrasis for 'Ethiopia' (alphaiota 126, alphaiota 127) by Nicander, Alexipharmaka 100 (accusative case); cf. the scholia there. Similarly (adjective only), according …
- κ1236Κεκαφηόταhaving breathed outLonger entry along the same lines in ps.-Zonaras; cf. already kappa 1147. The headword is an epic perfect participle (masculine accusative singular), used by Homer only in the phrase kekafho/ta qumo/n, "having breathed out …
- κ2419ΚρίκεcreakedLikewise in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 16.470 (web address 1). The gloss is not that of the scholia there, but it …
- κ2356Κραιπαλαίκωμοςdrunken revelryThis headword, kraipalai/kwmos, is a variant of the term kraipalo/kwmos found in Aristophanes, Frogs 218 (web address 1) and explained in the corresponding commentary by Tzetzes (see below). See also alpha 3365, kappa 2355, …
- κ1527Κηπεύω Κηπεία ΚηπίονI gardenListing of related words; khpei/a, h( is "garden" in Plato, Laws 845D. (ps.-Zonaras construes the word as "gardening"). The diminutive khpi/on occurs e.g. in Polybius 6.17.2. Though this kind of spelling distinction is a …
- κ1793Κλητήcalled, invited; assemblyGlossed in other lexica as "prominent" (Etymologicum Gudianum) or "prominent or invited" (ps.-Zonaras). The latter provides the context for the word: "as in: This invited and holy day" (klhth\ kai\ a(gi/a h(me/ra). This is …
- κ1266Κεκρηγέναι ἢ Κεκραγέναιto cry outPerfect active infinitive(s) of the verb kra/zw (kappa 2316), frequently used with present sense. The second alternative given here, with its stem ending in alpha, kekrag-, is abundantly attested in antiquity (and cf. under …
- κ1774Κληΐσατεcelebrate in song!The headword is aorist active imperative, second person plural, of the verb klh/|zw (cf. kappa 1773 and LSJ s.v., I). Evidently quoted from somewhere -- but not Euripides, Alcestis 548 (web address 1), where …
- κ1260Κέκραθιscream!, shriek!The transmitted headword purports to be a reduplicated aorist imperative of kra/zw (kappa 2316, cf. kappa 1264, kappa 1266), attested only here, in two derivative entries in ps.-Zonaras, and (according to Adler) in the …
- κ1865Κνήμηshank, shinComparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1179), but not precisely paralleled elsewhere. ps.-Zonaras refers to the "roughness of the leg". Others appear to have identified this body-part with the calf (i)gnu/a) …
- κ326Καπανῆταιcords? charioteers?The headword, attested only here, has the typical form of a nomen agentis ending in -hths (plural -htai). Its LSJ entry (web address 1) implicitly links it with another hapax, kapa/nia, which Hesychius kappa687 …
- κ1437ΚευθῆνεςkeuthenesClearly related to the verb keu/qw (kappa 1435) "hide" (cf. peu/qomai "ask" > peuqh/n "spy"), but the word is not attested in literature. The word does appear, in the singular, in ps.-Zonaras and the …