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history215

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Catharine Roth271
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Ryan Stone48
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κ1128Καττύειstitches together… second of this pair of synonyms, in its common (koine) form kassu/ei. The full gloss "sews together, stitches together" also occurs in Photius and the Lexica Segueriana; the former repeats kattu/ei as kattu/ei, the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… Olympia could not have survived with the reverse structure claimed for its leaves by mythmakers. Its structure, however, evinces its sacredness by being analogous with its setting in the sacred space of the Altis, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1135ΚαυλῶI form a shoot, I form a stalk

κ1128

Καττύει

stitches together

[Meaning he/she/it] prepares. [Meaning he/she/it] sews together, stitches together. "And they said that Baram was stitching together a war with forty thousand." For kattu/w [means] I sew tricks.

Καττύει· εὐτρεπίζει. συρράπτει, κασσύει. τὸν δὲ Βαρὰμ τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάσι καττύειν τὸν πόλεμον ἔλεγον. Καττύω γὰρ τὸ δόλους ῥάπτω.

medicine

medicine

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107

meter and music52

meter and music52

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D. Graham J. Shipley8

D. Graham J. Shipley8

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝7

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝7

Nicholas Fincher7

Nicholas Fincher7

Ioannis Doukas6

Ioannis Doukas6

Richard Hamilton4

Richard Hamilton4

Richard Rodriguez4

Richard Rodriguez4

Ross Scaife ✝4

Ross Scaife ✝4

Alan Sommerstein3

Alan Sommerstein3

Edward Whitehouse2

Edward Whitehouse2

Matthew Farmer2

Matthew Farmer2

Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

Alex Gottesman1

Alex Gottesman1

Claudia Mársico1

Claudia Mársico1

Constantina Katsari1

Constantina Katsari1

Gabriel Bodard1

Gabriel Bodard1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Mage Macchione1

Mage Macchione1

Mary Pendergraft1

Mary Pendergraft1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Patrick Manuello1

Patrick Manuello1

Robert de Brose1

Robert de Brose1

… the classical verb e)kkaule/w. (The verb is also used to form proskaule/w "I shoot out like a stalk", in Hippocrates, diakaule/w "I run to stalk" in Theophrastus, and e)gkaule/w "I am in stalk" in …

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κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… with a manifestly incorrect reading. The following material here corresponds for the most part to the scholia ad loc., but with the sentences often in a different order. [3] The text here reads e(\n …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ953Κατεντευχθένταthings prepared (as evidence) to present as a formal accusation… common e)ntugxa/nw ('meet', epsilon 1495, cf. kappa 952) and its forms (epsilon 1469, epsilon 1468). This verb would take a direct object of teu/xw (although there are no other examples of this use), in …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1489Κηδεύεινto care [for][1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa651 Theodoridis; and cf. generally kappa 1488, kappa 1490, kappa 1494. [2] Aelian fr. 109c Domingo-Forasté (106 Hercher). On Sarapis, see sigma …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1640Κίνησιςmotion, movement… entry. [1] See Aristotle, Physics 252a17-19; 254b20-28, and especially 254b33-255a11. For what is moved by nature and, in general, for what is by nature in Aristotle see Physics 192b8-23. [2] Aristotle, Physics 256a4-21. In …Matched in noteshighlong

κ143Κακεργέτησιfor evil-doers, to evil-doers… plural of a rare masculine noun glossed with the corresponding form of a more common one. The singular Kakergetes is reported to be what the Alexandrians called Ptolemy Euergetes.Matched in noteshighshort

κ633Καταλοχίσαιto form companies… 2.1; Aelian, Tactica 3.2, 4.1; Arrian, Tactica 5.2 & 4). For 'company' (lo/xos) see lambda 718, lambda 719.Matched in noteshighshort

κ806Κατὰ σφέας[each group] for themselves… the epic accusative plural reflexive pronoun sfe/as in its uncontracted form, glossed with the regular reflexive pronoun.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2514Κτεριοῦσιthey will perform funeral rites for… indicative active, third person plural, of kterei+/zw) occurs in a formulaic phrase. See also Iliad 22.336 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universeSee also kappa 2148. [1] Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 532.14. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 7.11-27 Hayduck. Rather than "wittily" (a)stei/ws), Philoponus says "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2434Κριόςram, battering ram… first paragraph is unidentifiable; cf. merely at alpha 3340. [2] For this second paragraph cf. pi 2891. The quoted section in both entries is a close paraphrase of Josephus, Jewish War 3.214-217 (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2500ΚροῖσοςCroesus, KroisosFor Croesus see already kappa 2497, kappa 2498, kappa 2499. For the present entry cf. John Malalas VI 7-11 pp.153-8 Dindorf = pp. 119-22 Thurn. [1] The primary source for this is Herodotus 1.47.Matched in noteshighmedium

κ114Καθιστάμενοςconveying for one's own advantage… Trajan; mentioned by Galen and Martial, and cf. rho 241. For other fragments of his in the Suda see alpha 4035, beta 388, gamma 208, delta 368.)Matched in noteshighshort

κ355Καραδοκήσονταto watch for… -- is the future participle, masculine accusative singular, of karadoke/w. For this verb see also epsilon 351 and kappa 354.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2174ΚούβρικοςKoubrikos, Cubricus, The Pious, Mani; Manichaean… 'The Pious' (see Puech p.25 and n.73, citing its use for Mani in Parthian and other documents, as well as for Christ). It is turned more accurately into Greek as Corbicius in The Acts …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1960Νησάωνof Kolonai… Callimachus Hecale fr.300 Pfeiffer, where, as indicated, the genitive plural form of this toponym (an Attic deme: see further below) occurs. The other genitive plural cited, nhsa/wn [which SOL wrongly gives as the primary …Matched in noteshighshort

κ769ΚατασκιρτῶI jump on, I show contempt forFor an example see under upsilon 652.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1541ΚηρυκεύωI serve as a herald [for someone]For an instance see Lycurgus fr.14 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1849Κλυτοτέχνηςrenowned for skillFrom alphaiota 109. The headword is a Homeric epithet for Hephaistos.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)This word 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ952Κατεντευκτήνaccuser… e)ntugxa/nw (epsilon 1495, epsilon 1469); Hesychius has the corresponding masculine form (correctly, according to Dindorf and Theodoridis). The entry may misinterpret a form of the passive participle katenteukto/s; see the following notes for the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2499ΚροῖσοςCroesus, KroisosFor Croesus see already kappa 2497, kappa 2498, and again kappa 2500. The material of the present entry derives from Herodotus 1.30ff, via an excerptor. [1] Cross-referenced at tau 284. [2] Herodotus gives no …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughtered… nouns seem to have kept their original meanings with verbal forms derived from them (Chantraine s.v. e)/nara and sku=la; epsilon 1124, epsilon 1125, sigma 707). For e)/nara, the verb e)nai/rw is attested first, followed …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ77Καθῆκονdue action; what is appropriate… has been widely accepted but will be challenged in a forthcoming monograph, by Dr Manuel Lorenz, on the Stoic theory of kaqh=kon and its reception in late antiquity. [For the other testimonies reporting the …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1738ΚλέπτηςthiefFor kle/pths and kle/ptw, see also kappa 1737, kappa 1739, kappa 1740 (and kappa 1248). [1] Homer, Iliad 1.132 (web address 1); cf. n.2. [2] Similarly elsewhere: Etymologicum Magnum 517.39, scholion on Sophocles, Electra …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2055Κοππατίαςkoppa-branded… in line 438, on which see n. 5 below; and for fr. 42 see n. 6 below.) See also Hesychius kappa3561. [1] In fact (as the headword itself induicates) koppa rather than kappa; see …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… of Constantinople (kappa 2287) under Theodosius II (theta 145). Noted for his improvements to Constantinople’s illumination and fortifications (Chron. Pasch. s.a. 439; John Lyd. infra), he also promoted the Hellenization of the eastern Empire …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1114Κατωνάκηkatonake… "later tradition that the tyrants of Athens and of Sikyon forced citizens to wear servile clothing may have been inferred from this passage". For a full argument to this effect see already D. Whitehead, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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