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κ867Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳpour the oil in the shieldAristophanes [sc. writes this]. Meaning into the hub of the shield, in order to make it brighter. For there are some who tell the future by looking in oil. So he is wiping the …highmedium
κ1089Κατοργᾶνbe quite eager, to press ahead[Meaning] to be of surpassing vigour.highshort
κ1092Κατορώρυκταιhas been buried[Meaning he/she/it] has been heaped over.highshort
κ1105ΚατώγειονundergroundIn the [sc. Attic] masculine and feminine, [this is spelled] with a short e [epsilon] and a long o [omega], [sc. like] o( a)nw/gews kai\ h( a)nw/gews ["above ground"]. [sc. The latter adjective is] …highshort
κ1106Κατώγεων κατώγειονunderground[katw/gewn], but [sc. also attested as] katw/geion].highshort
κ1108Κατωθούμενοςbeing pushed down[Meaning one] being overturned.highshort
κ1111ΚατώλισθονI slipped down, they slipped down[Meaning] I/they fell down.highshort
κ1119Κατωφρυῶσθαιto be furnished with eyebrows; to frown, to be stern[Used] with a genitive.highshort
κ1127Καττύεταιis stitched togetherStanding for the [verb] is put together, is sewed together. Aristophanes [writes]: "I myself know [the place] from where, long since, this affair has been stitched together." The metaphor [comes] from shoes.highshort
κ1128Καττύειstitches 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.highshort
κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather[Meaning] deceit, trickery. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Kleon,] whom one day I shall personally flay to make sandals for the knights." But kattymata are strong and hard pieces of leather, which are placed under sandals and …highshort
κ1135ΚαυλῶI form a shoot, I form a stalk[I form a shoot/stalk], [future] I will form a shoot/stalk. [sc. Also attested is] e)kkekaulhko/ta ["having put out a shoot/stalk"]: "all of the [parts of the] vegetables that have put out a shoot/stalk".highshort
κ1140Καύσωνοςburning heat's, heatwave's, summer heat's[Meaning] heat's.highshort
κ1141Καυστειρός Καυτηρὸςburning[kausteiro/s], but kauthro/s [sc. is also attested].highshort
κ1143Καυτηρόςburning[no gloss]highshort
κ1148Καφώρηςof a vixen, vixen's"Despise the deceitful and wily [sc. nature] of the vixen!". They refer [by the word 'vixen'] to the [sc. female] fox.highshort
κ1150Κἄχεζενand he was taking a shitAristophanes [sc. uses this word] instead of 'and he was relieving himself'.highshort
κ1151Καχέκταιdisaffected, sickly"In truth there existed among them disaffected [men], addicted to change."highshort
κ1152Καχεξίαill-healthAlso [sc. attested is the related participle] kaxektou=ntes ["they being in ill health"], [meaning] they managing their condition (e(/cis) badly (kakw=s), they being sick. Polybius [writes]: "the courage of Perseus was exhausted by toil …highshort
κ1153Καχλάζειbubbles[Meaning he/she/it] is stirred, seethes, boils.highshort
κ1154Κάχληκεςpebbles; gravel[Meaning] little stones in the water. "He used to choose as much of the gravel that was being brought in for the foundations [...]". Also [sc. attested is the singular] ka/xlhc, [meaning] a kind …highshort
κ1172Καινοπρεπέςnew-fangled, novel"He built a new-fangled siege-engine in secret, carving out the length of large beams and joining these together, and inserting a single chain, reaching all around them, into the slots. He filled the space …highshort
κ1186Καίριαtimely [things][Meaning] things that are advantageous. "For to whom [= to whose approval], o noble friends, would I ever hear a word of comfort? To whom who thinks timely [things]?". Meaning from whom would I …highshort
κ1204ΚαίστωνοςKaiston's, of KaistonA proper name.highshort
κ1205Καὶ ταῦτ' ἔχοντες κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαιςand that too staying in the arms of the wavesMeaning [they] being in many perils.highshort
κ1207Καὶ τάχα ἴμενand we (will) go quick[Meaning] and we [will] make our way quickly.highshort
κ1208Καίοιτοmight lie, might be located[Meaning he/she/it] might be/exist.highshort
κ1214Κέαταιthey lie, they lie down[ke/atai is the same as] kei=ntai.highshort
κ1218ΚεγχραμίδεςpipsThe kernels of olives and figs are called kenchramides.highshort
κ1224ΚεδάζωI disperse[Meaning] I scatter.highshort