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definition985
dialects, grammar, and etymology866
comedy334
ethics330
geography311
daily life296
imagery287
biography286
religion279
historiography257
zoology249
poetry241

32 more

history210
epic200
military affairs199
food158
trade and manufacture138
women129
medicine122
gender and sexuality117
rhetoric108
science and technology108
philosophy103

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Κ kappa1,260

Vetting status

high1,260

Length

Short1,169
Medium88
Long3

Translator

David Whitehead353
Catharine Roth293
Nick Nicholas228
William Hutton91
Ryan Stone50
Jennifer Benedict38

41 more

Robert Dyer33
Ronald Allen18
Marcelo Boeri13
D. Graham J. Shipley12

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κ988Κατεσκελετευμέναhaving been reduced to a skeleton… references in Photius kappa355 Theodoridis) for the corresponding present participle, added by the Suda below. If kateskeleuteume/na is correctly transmitted, it might be quoted from its only other extant occurrence: Theodoret, Historia religiosa 6.9. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild oliveThe headword phrase occurs in Aristophanes, Wealth 586, and the main paragraph of the entry draws on the scholia there. [1] The wild olive, the ko/tinos, that stood southwest of the temple of Zeus …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1135Καυλῶ

κ988

Κατεσκελετευμένα

having been reduced to a skeleton

[Meaning ones] having become thin, having become weak. But kataskeletou/mena ["ones being reduced to a skeleton"] [is] the [sc. corresponding] present tense.

Κατεσκελετευμένα· λελεπτυσμένα, ἐξησθενηκότα. Κατασκελετούμενα δὲ ὁ ἐνεστώς.

meter and music53

meter and music53

Nicholas Fincher

Nicholas Fincher

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Alexandra Trachsel10

Alexandra Trachsel10

Ioannis Doukas9

Ioannis Doukas9

Richard Rodriguez9

Richard Rodriguez9

Konstantinos Kopanias8

Konstantinos Kopanias8

Ross Scaife ✝8

Ross Scaife ✝8

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5

Richard Hamilton4

Richard Hamilton4

Alan Sommerstein3

Alan Sommerstein3

Edward Whitehouse3

Edward Whitehouse3

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

Claudia Mársico1

Claudia Mársico1

Gabriel Bodard1

Gabriel Bodard1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Jeffery Murphy1

Jeffery Murphy1

Mage Macchione1

Mage Macchione1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

I form a shoot, I form a stalk

[1] The verb kaule/w is cited in its present and future tense. The simple verb is attested only in this passage (LSJ s.v.), and the lexicographer is using it to introduce the classical verb …

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κ672Κατανομιστεύσαςhaving melted down into coinage[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the rare verb katanomisteu/w. [2] A close approximation of Josephus, Jewish War 1.358, which has the compound …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… was used in Greek solid geometry for the 6-sided cube and for the gambling die of that shape. The latter may have been the original meaning. This die may have reached Egypt and Greece …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ781Κατασπείραςhaving sownThe headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the compound verb kataspei/rw (kappa 782). [1] Sophocles, Ajax 1005, with a gloss from the scholia vetera thereto. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1076Κατισχημένοςhaving been held, having been occupiedSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle of kati/sxw, masculine nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Eusebius or Cyril of Alexandria, both of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ540Καταδύσαντες τὰς ναῦςhaving sunk the ships, having disabled the shipsFrom a scholion on Thucydides 1.54.2, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1). The participle is aorist active, masculine nominative plural (referring to the Corinthians at the battle of Sybota), of katadu/w: cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughteredThe headword is the perfect passive participle, feminine accusative plural, 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ388Καρικῇ Μούσῃwith a Carian muse… in the dative singular, from the passage discussed below. [Translation and notes submitted by Claude Desplanques.] [2] Also in Photius (Lexicon kappa196); from a scholion on Plato, Laws 7.800E (web address 1). For "barbarian-speaking …Matched in noteshighshort

κ548Καταθέλξαςhaving enchanted into submissionThe headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist active participle (masculine nominative singular) of kataqe/lgw -- a verb best known for its use, in Homer, Odyssey 10.213, of what Circe did to …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1805Κλιμακόεσσανstepped, having stepscf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.729, where the headword (an adjective in the feminine accusative singular) is a variant reading for klwmako/essan "rocky" as an epithet of Ithome (web address 1). This variant occurs …Matched in noteshighshort

κ522Καταδείσαςhaving come to fear greatlyLikewise in two adjacent entries (kappa242 and 243 Theodoridis) of Photius. [1] Evidently quoted from somewhere (there are numerous possibilities), the headword is aorist active participle of katadei/dw, masculine nominative singular; cf. delta 367. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ891Καταιγίσαςhaving stormed upon (?)[1] The headword as transmitted is aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb kataigi/zw (kappa 889). It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps a fragment of Alexis the comic poet reported …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… Photius, Lexicon kappa1114 Theodoridis, but omits the initial dei= necessary (as Porson realised) to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian (On the declension of nouns 3.2.733.4-5,29-30 = Lentz's edition 1.36) …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1870Κνηστιῶντες τὰς ἀκοάςwanting to scratch their hearing, having itchy earsThe verb knhstia/w is a variant of the desiderative knhsia/w (cf. kappa 1868), "I want to scratch". The metaphorical use given here, as "having itchy ears", must come (as Adler's note implies) from Julian, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1009Κατευθικτήσαςhaving hit exactly… Photius, Lexicon kappa449 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius kappa1711 (with the gloss a(ya/menos). The verb appears only at 2 Maccabees 14:43 LXX, in this form, the aorist participle active, and with this meaning. The simple verb …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1049Κατηλωκυῖαhaving been nailed downThe headword, attested only here but evidently quoted from somewhere, is the perfect passive participle, feminine nominative singular, of the compound verb kathlo/w (more commonly kaqhlo/w). Without a context it is impossible to tell …Matched in noteshighshort

κ539Καταδύςhaving submerged (himself)[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is an intransitive aorist participle of katadu/nw, masculine nominative singular; cf. kappa 538, kappa 540. [2] Bernhardy attributed this quotation to Eunapius; cf. omicron 63 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ30Καθαλάμενοςhaving leapt down… verb kaqa/llomai) is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Adler identified this quotation, as far as 'horse', as Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.7. However, that passage then goes on quite differently from the present one: …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1256Κεκότητοhad borne a grudge… kote/w (cf. kappa 2146) that the Suda cites here is attested anywhere else; nevertheless, both are evidently quoted from somewhere. The supplementary lemma, the perfect active participle, is cited in the masculine nominative plural. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ549Καταθεμένουςhaving laid down[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist middle participle, masculine accusative plural, of katati/qhmi. [2] A close approximation of part of Menander Protector fr. 10.5 Blockley (126-127), Sarosius (cf. chi …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ989Κατεσκειρωμένηhaving dried up… kataskiro/omai. It is taken to be generated by prokateskirwme/nhs ... a)pexqei/as in 3 Maccabees 4.1 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1265Κεκραιπαληκώςhaving been intoxicatedSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa537 Theodoridis. The headword -- perfect active participle of kraipala/w, masculine nominative singular -- is quoted from Psalms 77:65 LXX (NIV 78:65: …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1882Κνώδοντοςof a spear's tooth, of a swordAn 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ411Καρπασινοί(things) made of linen… entry in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius kappa860. The headword, a nominative plural, is perhaps quoted from somewhere, though some commentators, such as Latte on Hesychius, link it with a dative plural in the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1243Κεκληγότεςhaving shoutedLike the Etymologicum Magnum, Hesychius, and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.222, this entry glosses the archaic perfect participle of kla/zw (LSJ entry at web address 1) by the present of kra/zw. The Suda's …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1373Κεράσαν[it] having mixedThe aorist active neuter singular participle and the aorist active infinitive of kera/nnumi (cf. kappa 1362). The particular participle form is attested before the Suda only in John Chrysostom (In Psalmum 145, PG 55.521). …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1315Κενεμβατεῖνto step on a hole, to lack a solid foundationSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa562 Theodoridis. The present headword reappears as a gloss in sigma 547 (q.v.). The word is used literally by Plutarch (Flamininus 10), …Matched in noteshighshort

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