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poetry28

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Robert Dyer4
D. Graham J. Shipley3
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κ818Κατατείνας ἐρῶI will speak stretching outMeaning I will go through a long speech. In the second [book] of Republic [Plato writes]: "therefore I will speak stretching out." "But straining and stretching, he speaks the truth. And elsewhere: "and the …Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1026Κατέχουσι δ' ἔρωτες ἐμὰς πόλειςpassions for my poleis control"Men" is implicit. Meaning that men are passionate about my polis.Matched in headwordhighshort
κ1138Καύνιος ἔρωςKaunian passion[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to improper desires; for the siblings Kaunos and Byblis had bad luck.Matched in headword

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Κατατείνας ἐρῶ

I will speak stretching out

Meaning I will go through a long speech. In the second [book] of Republic [Plato writes]: "therefore I will speak stretching out." "But straining and stretching, he speaks the truth. And elsewhere: "and the two being…

Κατατείνας ἐρῶ· ἀντὶ τοῦ μακρὸν λόγον διεξελεύσομαι. Πολιτείας δευτέρῳ· διὸ κατατείνας ἐρῶ. ὁ δὲ στρεβλούμενος καὶ κατατεινόμενος τἀληθῆ λέγει. καὶ αὖθις· καὶ κατατεινομένω ταῖς…

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κ1210Καί τοι σ' οὐκ ἐρῶ γ' ὡς οὐ φιλῶand indeed I will not say that I do not love youThat is, I am not hiding my desire.Matched in headwordhighshort

κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… On the Crown [writes]: "in the shack next to the hero Kalamites." And the feminine form [is] Kalamitis. "[She] cherished the grasshopper for two years." Meaning loved [it].Matched in translationhighshort

κ731Καταπροΐξεταιwill escape unpunished… Archilochus [writes]: "that man will not come off well." But Herodian in the Epimerismoi says [it comes] from i)/ssw. And Archilochus [writes]: "I stretch out a hand and I beg a gift."Matched in translationhighshort

κ499Καταγινέωνbringing back, recalling[Meaning someone] releasing. Herodotus [sc. uses the word thus].Matched in translationhighshort

κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-combIn Herodotus [this means] a thorn dragging through clothes. In times past carders would comb wool by rolling up a heap of thorns. And the heap was called knaphos.Matched in translationhighshort

κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… 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) between *kro/twn, the S Italian city (and its eponymous hero) and krotw=n, the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ510ΚαταγωγήlodgeIn Herodotos [this word means] a guesthouse.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 10, where the hero Dikaiopolis, recounting some recent experiences of pleasure and pain, recalls how at a recent theatrical festival he was "open-mouthed" (i.e. agog) in anticipation of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1595Κίκιcastor-oilThe headword is attested in Herodotus (2.94.1), Plato (Timaeus 60A), and elsewhere. [1] cf. ps.-Herodian 236. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… of Athenian imperialism through mythmaking. Athenians also asserted that their hero Theseus had founded the Isthmian Games. An ancient scholar commenting on hypothesis (b) to Pindar's Isthmian Odes states: "They say that Theseus established …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… Etymologicum Magnum 545.51, where both are mentioned as possibilities. This hero is named as progenitor for an aristocratic Athenian family, the Kynnidai, who are mentioned in the oratory of Lykourgos (fr. 7.1) and who …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ730Καταπροΐξεταιwill escape unpunished… this!" Meaning you won't make fun of me without penalty. Herodotus [writes]: "for he will not get away with dishonoring me like this."Matched in translationhighshort

κ816ΚατατέλεαdutiesIn Herodotus [this means] the expenses, and the meetings of those in office, and the [sc. phenomenon of] belonging/contributing to a unit.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassiaHerodotus says that birds bring these stalks; but we learned from the Phoenicians to call it this.Matched in translationhighshort

κ218Καλλιερεῖσθαιto obtain good omensIn reference to sacrificing cut-up victims. Herodotus [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related word] kallie/rhma, a well-received sacrifice.Matched in translationhighshort

κ355Καραδοκήσονταto watch forHerodotus [writes]: "[Gelon] sends Cadmus to Delphi to watch for [sc. the outcome of] the battle, how it will turn out."Matched in translationhighshort

κ562Καταθρώσκονταleaping down[Meaning] jumping down. Herodotus [writes]: "but [the Parians say that] in leaping down from the dry-stone wall he wrenched his thigh."Matched in translationhighshort

κ860Καταχαίρωνacting with malicious pleasureHerodotus [writes]: "it is open to conjecture whether you did these things out of goodwill or acting with malicious pleasure". [He is writing] about Demaretos.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1179Καινοῦνto inaugurateIn Herodotus [this means] using a word that is new.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1789Κληρούχουςcleruchs[Meaning] farmers. Herodotus [uses the word in this sense].Matched in translationhighshort

κ1888Κνυζημάτωνmewlings, whimperings[This word occurs] in Herodotus. That is, the sounds of distress.Matched in translationhighshort

κ2000Κομιδήcare, provision, conveyance, transport[Meaning] return. Herodotus [sc. uses the word in that sense]. Also called [komidh/] is arrival, passage through. Polybius [writes]: "[he] withdrew from the transport forward and from the whole attack."Matched in translationhighshort

κ2146Κόσμοςorder[Meaning] array. And Herodotus [writes]: "but when the Persians had been defeated, they fled in no order." That is, [in no] array.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture… The noun is correctly glossed in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, "delight"; Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 113 "enchanting of hearing"; and Hesychius kappa2498 "delight, joy". No other lexicon offers this interpretation. For that matter, the meaning of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… sense "to tempt", from the same motion applied to humans (Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 114 and Hesychius give both, the Etymologicum Magnum just "tempt"). Ps.-Zonaras and the Etymologicum Magnum also give "safeguard", deriving the verb …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1891ΚνυζώσωI will darken… it is accordingly defined as "destroy" (i.e. scratch out) by Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 444 Lentz (citing Philoxenus fr. 120 Theodoridis) and Orion [Author, Myth], Etymologicum s.v. knuzou=n. The Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. knuzhqmo/s …Matched in noteshighshort

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