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Καβάδης
Kabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh
A proper name.
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κ
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Καββαλίς
kabbalis
[kabbalis means] one who is throwing down. In effect [an animal] eating enough from a manger. It declines kabbali=nos [in the genitive]. The word is a compound of ka/ph ["manger"] and a(/lis ["enough"]. For …
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Καββαλών
having thrown down, throwing down
[kabbalw/n means the same as] katabalw/n. Ameipsias in Seducers [writes]: "and you came [and] you threw down three obols."
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κ
4
Κάβαξ
rascal
[Meaning a] villain.
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κ
5
Κάβαισος
gluttonous
[Meaning] insatiable. For a ka/bos [is] a measure of grain. And [sc. similarly] we ourselves call a drunkard a "wine jar".
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Καβειρῶν
Kabeira, Kabeiroi
City [of Kabeira]. Also [sc. attested is] Kabeiroi, name of a people. [The word] also means demons.
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κ
7
Καβησός
Kabesos, Cabesus
[Meaning] a city [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] *kabhso/qen, [meaning] from the city of Kabesos.
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κ
8
Κάβος
kabos, cabus
A kind of measure. And [there is] a proverb: 'a kabos of kabos'.
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9
Καβύλη
Kabyle, Cabyle
A place in Thrace, situated near the Taxos river, in the centre of Thrace.
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κ
10
Κάγκανον
parched
[Meaning] dry.
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κ
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Καγχάζει
jeers, mocks
[Meaning he/she/it] laughs continually. Eunapius [writes]: "the Huns had gone away flatly jeering." And Sophocles [writes]: "everyone mocking with tongues." That is, blaspheming. "In his heart he was jeering, but outwardly he was angry …
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12
Κάγχρυ
parched barley
[Meaning] barleycorns. Also [sc. attested is] "parched-barley bread". Parched-barley therefore [means] the ground barleycorns.
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