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κ16Καδμεία γυνὴKadmeian woman, Cadmean woman['Kadmeian woman'] and 'Kadmeian victory' [are phrases where the adjective is spelled] with a diphthong [ei]; but 'Kadmian land' [has it spelled] with an iota. But some write this also with a diphthong.highshort
κ17Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victoryThis is said in reference to those who are victorious to their hurt. Some say that [this is because] after their victory the Thebans were defeated by the Epigonoi; others [say it is because] …highmedium
κ18Καδμεία νίκηKadmeian victory, Cadmean victoryThey explain the [proverb] as referring to an unprofitable victory; since when Eteokles and Polyneikes fought in single combat both of them perished. But others say that it is used in reference to those …highshort
κ19ΚαδμεῖοςCadmean[A synonym for] Theban.highshort
κ20Καδμείωνοςof a Kadmeian, of a Cadmean[no gloss]highshort
κ21ΚάδμοςKadmos, CadmusThe Milesian, inventor of the alphabet. In an epigram of Zeno: "but if [your] fatherland [is] Phoenician, what reproach [is there]? It is also [the home of] that Cadmus, from whom Hellas has the …highshort
κ22ΚάδμοςKadmos, CadmusSon of Pandion, from Miletus, historian, who first (according to some) wrote a book in prose. [He was] a little younger than Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all Ionia in …highshort
κ23ΚάδμοςKadmos, CadmusSon of Archelaos, from Miletus, a more recent historian. Some recorded Kadmos' name as Lykinos. So perhaps he is a different man. These are his writings: Release from the sufferings of love in 4 …highshort
κ24Κάδοςkados, jarA measure of wine. "He consecrated these three jars, having filled them with the first-flowing wine of three vineyards". In the Epigrams.highshort
κ32Καθάπαξonce and for all[Meaning] altogether. Collectively. They also say kaqa/pan. "It was decided not to stir them up to war once and for all."highshort
κ33Καθαπτόςequipped with, wrapped in[Meaning he who is] wearing. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "[Dionysos...] wrapped in fawn-skins [...]."[sc. Formed] like tarakto/s ["disturbed"]. When it is said otherwise, it means "able to take hold."highshort
κ35Καθᾶραιto purify[no gloss]highshort
κ41Καθ' αὑτοῦ ΒελλεροφόντηςBellerophon against himselfIn reference to those who bring evils on themselves. kaq' au(to/ ["for itself"] ....... di' au(to/ ["because of itself"] e(te/rou e(/neken ["for the sake of another"] ..... di' a)/llo ["because of something else"]. The …highlong
κ72Κάθῃyou sit[Meaning] you take a seat.highshort
κ79Καθηκόντωςappropriately, fittingly[Meaning] properly, suitably.highshort
κ81ΚαθήκωI come down[Used] with a genitive.highshort
κ82Καθημαξευμένοςwagon-crushed[Meaning he who has been] trampled, stripped bare. Aelian [writes]: "[sc. she was] a woman from Syria and wagon-crushed by every comer. For she was a well-known courtesan and more passionate in licentiousness than …highshort
κ83ΚάθημαιI sit[no gloss]highshort
κ96Καθίεσανthey were sending down[Meaning] they came down.highshort
κ107ΚαθίκωμαιI may arrive, I would arriveAorist subjunctive.highshort
κ144Κακκείοντεςwanting to lie down[Meaning those] intending to go to bed.highshort
κ156Κακοδαίμωνill-starred[Meaning] one who is hateful to a god, and has a soul affected by passion. Aelian [writes]: "[there was] a man [called] Euphronius, an ill-starred man, and he rejoiced in the nonsense of Epicurus …highshort
κ176Κακῶνof evilsGod is not responsible of [ = for] evils. We properly call evils not what some ordinary people are wont to call evil, but vice and licentiousness and the other kinds of lawlessness which …highshort
κ181Κακοῖς ἐπισωρεύων κακάheaping evils on evilsOkhos the Persian enslaved Egypt and killed the Apis[-bull] and destroyed Memphis, heaping evils on evils.highshort
κ213ΚαλλίαςKallias, CalliasAthenian, comic poet, son of Lysimachos, who was nicknamed Schoinion [Ropey] because his father was a rope-plaiter. His plays are The Egyptian, Atalanta, The Cyclopes, The Prisoners, The Frogs, The Idlers. See [more] about …highshort
κ244Καλοκαγαθίαnobleness, excellence[Meaning] goodness.highshort
κ245Καλόνbeautiful[Meaning something] perfectly symmetrical.highshort
κ250Κάλλοςbeauty[Strength] is in the symmetry of the similar parts in us, [of the sinews, bones, and lungs], [but beauty is in symmetry of the dissimilar parts], of the face, the neck, the hands, the …highmedium
κ251Καλὸς κἀγαθόςhandsome and good; noble[This] is said with synaloiphe [i.e. with two syllables combined], not kalo\s kai\ a)gaqo/s. Also [sc. attested is] kalo/s, [meaning] the beloved. "And the lover's name was Meletos, and his beloved's was Timagoras." The …highshort
κ254Καλούμενός τε καὶ ἄκλητος ὁ θεὸς παρέσταιsummoned and unsummoned the god will be presentAn oracle given to the Lacedemonians [Spartans].highshort

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