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κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe[Meaning] the system and the union [formed] from heaven and earth and those things in the middle. "[The entity] which is a totality of the forms. Since it was necessary that none of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2198Κούφη γῆ τοῦτον καλύπτοιmay light earth cover him, may the earth covering him be lightMeaning hanging [sc. in space]. Earth is called "lighter than earth," not being light in a plain sense; and fire [is called] "heavier than fire," not being heavy in a plain sense; but that …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2193Κουροτρόφος γῆboy-nourishing earth… Athenian] acropolis and built an altar, giving thanks to the earth for nourishment; [they say] that he established the rule that those who sacrificed to any god should sacrifice first to her.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1618Κιμωλίαcimolite, Cimolian earthA white clay/earth.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1790Κληροῦχοιcleruchs, plot-holders… send out to the cities which they had taken, distributing plots of land to each of them. So Isocrates in [the] Panegyrikos [sc. uses the term]. Demosthenes in the [speech] On the Symmories would …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1098ΚαττουδαίουςUndergroundersSee in the [entry] "dwellers under earth".Matched in translationhighshort
κ1744ΚλειγένηςKleigenes, Cligenes… all who are masters of ash-mixing, sham-soda dust and Kimolian earth." "Ash-mixing" [is] ash mixed with soda. "Kimolian" [is a kind of] white earth. So he is saying that [Kleigenes] is most rascally [skilled] …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2640Κυκησιτέφρουof ash-mixing… all who are masters of ash-mixing, sham-soda dust and Kimolian earth." ["Ash-mixing" means] that which mixes the ash, combining it with soda. And "Kimolian" [refers to] a white earth. [Aristophanes] is saying that [Kleigenes] …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2289Κῶνοιcones[Meaning] spinning-tops. And the shadow of the earth.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2377ΚρεσφόντηςKresphontes, Cresphontes… was a scoundrel. For he put a moist lump of earth into the water-pot, when lots were being cast for Messenia. See under 'runaway lot'[delta 1504].Matched in translationhighshort
κ1704Κλασιβώλακαclod-breaking[Meaning] that which smooths the clods [of earth]. "Fallow-breaking clod-smoothing bronze of the plow."Matched in translationhighshort
κ2035Κονιόπουςdust-foot, sandal… from the [verb] kai/nw ["I slay"), [meaning] I cut; cut-up earth. It is also written as konipoda, namely a narrow sandal, so narrow that the foot was covered with dust.Matched in translationhighshort
κ887ΚαταιβάτηςDescending, Kataibates… his sending-down of thunderbolts. Or from his descending [sc. to earth] through love of women.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1377Κεραυνόςthunderbolt[A thunderbolt is] "a violent kindling falling upon the earth with great force, from clouds being rubbed together or broken... But others [say that it is] a gathering of fiery air moving violently downwards." …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2360Κρεάγραmeat-hook"Why on earth would we buy meat-hooks for our buckets, it being possible to let down an old woman like this and draw up the buckets from the wells?" In reference to lascivious and …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2558Κοινόνcommon, ordinary… application: (i) what is divisible into parts, such as the earth obtained by allotment; (ii) what is indivisible, [such as] what is taken for common usage; (iii) what is appropriated to oneself with anticipation …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2094Κορθύεταιis raised… heap out of sand and raising it out of the earth for a little while, he spread it out again with his foot, and then made the ground smooth."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1723ΚλεομένηςKleomenes, CleomenesThis man devised a plot against Ptolemy Philopator; though he came to a bad end, he had been a man both adroit in his dealings and adept in his management of affairs -- in …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1406ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Tailed-men… deceivers; they used to go about over much of the earth deceiving men, roaming all their days".Matched in translationhighshort
κ341ΚαπιτώλιονCapitolium, Capitol, Capitoline Hill… of a freshly-slaughtered body buried in the foundations in the earth.Matched in translationhighshort
κ27ΚάϊνCain… 'the land is accursed from you'. Second: 'you work the earth'. Third: 'and it will not continue to give to you its strength'. The fourth scourge is joined with the fifth: 'you will be …Matched in translationhighlong
κ578ΚατακληρουχῶI divide into plots[Used] with an accusative.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… vine here hinges upon the fact that phlo/s means both "earth, mud" and "wine dregs, lees". [2] For the otherwise unattested e)/mpelos read e)/mphlos ("muddy").Matched in noteshighshort
κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-menThere were two brothers on [the] earth, who displayed every sort of wickedness, and they were called Kerkopes, taking this name from the terrible nature of their deeds. For one of them was called …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2153Κοτταβίζεινto play kottabos… a game among Athenians: a long staff fixed in the earth and another on top of it, moved as on a draft-animal -- it had two disks hung from it and two mixing-bowls of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1286Κελαινόςblack, murky, dark… fobero/n or frikto/n) to dark, murky or ominous things: the earth, Hades, the depths of the sea, storm clouds (cf. kappa 1284), the river Danube (Lycophron, Alexandra 1336), waves, and blood (cf. kappa 1285), …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1133ΚαύκωνεςKaukones, Caucones… that nearby there are the Homeric Kaukones and Leleges who plot against [people]; but Pelasgians nowhere, or Dians. May I have said this opportunely!"Matched in translationhighshort
κ547Καταθέεινto run down, to attack… attack, meanwhile, the territory of the Romans, having created the plot against the Romans as a byproduct of their own lack of opportunity."Matched in translationhighshort
κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world… 'universe' as well, or a structure composed out of heaven, earth, and the natures contained in them. Or a structure composed from elements and men, and from the things produced for the sake of …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ418Καρποῦ δίκηproduce lawsuit… accordance with the laws: if your dispute is about a plot of land, a [dike] karpou; if it is about a house, a [dike] enoikiou; just as this suit of his now, against you, …Matched in translationhighmedium