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κ147ΚάκκηcacaIt also has a vulgar connotation. Impurity, and especially, foul-smelling excrement. Aristophanes [writes]: "keeping your nose away from the caca".highshort
κ214ΚαλλίαςKallias, CalliasThe one given the nickname 'Pit-wealthy'; serving as general against Artaxerxes he secured the boundaries of the treaties [made] under Kimon. Launching an invasion in his time, the Lakedaimonians, with Pleistoanax the son of …highmedium
κ356ΚάρανοςKaranos, CaranusOne of the Heraclids, he gathered an army from Greece and went into Macedonia, which at that time was an obscure place. He ruled there and handed down the rule so that it proceeded …

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caca

It also has a vulgar connotation. Impurity, and especially, foul-smelling excrement. Aristophanes [writes]: "keeping your nose away from the caca".

Κάκκη· ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὸ κακέμφατον. ἡ ἀκαθαρσία, καὶ μάλιστα τὸ δύσοσμον ἀποπάτημα. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀπὸ μὲν κάκκης ῥῖν' ἀπέχων.

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κ425ΚάρταcertainlyFrom the [writings] of Sophocles. Ajax says to his own child: "for not perceiving [is] certainly a painless evil, until you learn to rejoice and to grieve."highshort

κ510ΚαταγωγήlodgeIn Herodotos [this word means] a guesthouse.highshort

κ511Καταγωγῆςlodging[Meaning] resting-place, reception. "He, coming into the house of some inkeeper, asked to be given lodging. He received [him] and kindled a fire".highshort

κ516Καταδακτυλικόςsphincter-inclined (?)Meaning libidinous in respect of the sphincter of the anus.highshort

κ2287ΚωνσταντινούπολιςKonstantinoupolis, Constantinople"Constantinople stands as far above all other cities as Rome appears to surpass her; and to be awarded second place to Rome seems to me to be far better than to be named the …highmedium

κ2351Κραυγὴ Σοδόμωνcry of SodomThis most abominable and insane transgression against nature practiced by the Sodomites, like some voice rising and shouting the magnitude of the impiety into the ears of the Lord of hosts. And he, long-suffering, …highshort

κ2380Κρείωνruler[Meaning a] king. Or a leader, [one] holding sway greatly.highshort

κ2381Κρείσσωνbetter"[Better] than a dishonorable reputation [is] a reputable thriftiness and [sc. better] than a pusillanimous rule [is] a magnanimous moderation and [sc. better] than a treacherous pomp [is] a riskless humility."highshort

κ2382Κρήγυονboonful[Meaning something] true, good. [Also meaning something] Well-boding. For 'bode' [is] the voice.highshort

κ2383Κρήδεμνονdiadem[Meaning a sc. woman's] headband, or headdress.highshort

κ2435Κριόςram[Meaning] one rushing with the head. So the hiding one was driving backward. Also in wine stores 'ram' is the name given to the first vessel, the one by which the rest are protected.highshort

κ2446ΚρίσκοςCrispusName of the son of Constantine the Great. Constantine killed him without trial, though he had already been given the title of Caesar. He came under suspicion of having intercourse with his stepmother Fausta, …highmedium

κ2453ΚρίτωνKriton, Criton, Critoof Pieria (Pieria is a city of Macedonia), historian. He wrote History of Pallene, Foundation of Syracuse, Persian History, Sicilian History, Description of Syracuse, and On the Empire of the Macedonians.highshort

κ2473Κρόσσαςsteps[Meaning] ladders. In the commentaries he explains it as the tops of battlements, that is to say crenellations; but in his observations on an anchorage [he explains it as] ladders.highshort

κ2474Κροσσόςtassel[Meaning] a tuft.highshort

κ2475Κροσσωτοῖς χρυσοῖςgolden tasseled, with golden tassels[In] the differing charisms of the holy men who adorn the church. For tassels are separated and reunite again.highshort

κ2476ΚρόταλονrattleProperly a reed that is cut and fashioned purposely to make a sound, if one shakes it with one's hands, as though [from] 'accomplishing a rattling.' So he is saying, "you will be clear …highshort

κ2477ΚρόταλοςrattleMasculine, meaning supple-tongued and well-spoken, like rattles. Also in the Epigrams: "and now I am called female-crazy and now my discus [is] a rattle." It is a reed that has been split.highshort

κ2478ΚρόταφοςtempleA part of the body. Also the back part of a book. "[... they] putting on a certification in accordance with the temple of the book, through someone having assumed the craft of those …highshort

κ2479Κροτήσατεclap[Meaning] signify approval with your hands. "For clapping [is characteristic] of the victorious."highshort

κ2485Κρουνοχυτρολήραιον εἶyou are a fountain-pitcher-prattlerMeaning you are a babbler; for 'fountain' [sc. refers to] that which flows copiously and indiscriminately and all at once, 'prattler' refers to that which is useless. So he composed [sc. the word] from …highshort

κ2486Κρουσιδημῶνknocking off the public[Meaning that he is] knocking them down by shouting; or deceiving the people and knocking them off course by shouting. It is intending to knock off-course, which is said in reference to those who …highshort

κ2487Κροῦσιςchicaneryi.e. testing; since vessels that are cracked are tested by being rung; seizure.highshort

κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knot[Meaning] the hairstyle of children. Also the hairdo which those who wore the golden cicada used to criticize, a band, an adornment, the woven adornment of the hair. In the Epigrams: "of the same …highshort

κ2489Κρωβύλοςtop-knot[Meaning a] plait of hair that ends in a point. This [sc. krwbu/los] is the term that was used in the case of men, but ko/rumbos ['pinnacle'] in the case of women and skorpi/os …highshort

κ2491Κρωγμόςcroak, croaking[Meaning] a call.highshort

κ2492Κρώζειis croaking[Meaning he/she/it] is crying like a crow or a raven. "She's croaking backwards again." [sc. The croaking signifies] 'go to the back!' Aristophanes in Birds [sc. says this]. For 'backwards' [means] to the back: …highmedium

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