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κ14Καδίσκοςvoting-urnA particular vessel, into which the jurors used to cast their votes, bore this name. Phrynichus in Muses [writes]: "look, take the pebble; here is your voting-urn, this one to acquit, that one to …highshort
κ15ΚαδμείαKadmeia, CadmeiaThe acropolis of the Thebans.highshort
κ25ΚαδουΐαςKadouias, KadouidasA king of Scythians.highshort
κ26ΚάειραKaeiraA city and a proper name.highshort
κ30Καθαλάμενοςhaving leapt down[Meaning he] having dismounted. "Having leapt down from the horse he drew his sword and struck him".highshort
κ31Κάθαμμα λύειςyou are undoing a knot[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to undo something which is hard to undo. From the waggon of Midas. For an oracle had been issued to the Phrygians [which said] that …highshort
κ34ΚαθαρίζωI cleanse, I purify[Used] with an accusative.highshort
κ38ΚαθάρσιονpurificatoryIt was a custom in Athens to purify the [sc. place of] assembly and the theaters and, in sum, the meeting-places of the people with very tiny piglets, which they called purificatories. This is …highshort
κ39Καθαρσιώτεραcleaner[Meaning ones that are] brighter. "These to be cleaner and smarter".highshort
κ40Κάθαρσις γυναικῶν μαινουσῶνpurification of mad womenSee under "Bakis".highshort
κ44ΚαθαίρωI cleanse, I purge, I purify[Used] with an accusative.highshort
κ46Καθέδραsiege[Meaning] delay in Thucydides.highshort
κ48Καθελώνhaving overpoweredDemosthenes [writes "or having overpowered on a road"] meaning having done away with [someone] and killed [him]. Stesichorus and Sophocles also used the word in this way.highshort
κ57Καθεστῶταwhat was settled[Meaning the things that] were quiet. "They began to disturb what was settled".highshort
κ60Κάθετοςlowered-downThe lamb let down into the sea. So Lysias and Meliton [sc. use the term].highshort
κ64Καθεῖναιto let grow[Meaning] to let loose downwards. "They say that Antisthenes was the first to let his beard grow and to use a pouch and staff".highshort
κ70ΚαθηγοῦμαιI act as guide, I lead the way[Used] with a dative. "I act as guide for these [sc. ships] into the harbour".highshort
κ71ΚαθηδυπαθῶI dissipate in pleasure, I squander, I waste[Used] with a genitive. "To dissipate one's life". But [sc. also] with an accusative: "[him] dissipating, good and proper, the opportunity for power".highshort
κ78ΚαθήκονταdutiesDemosthenes in Philippics 11 says: "who did not think it right to do the duties [coming] to him." Meaning the things coming.highshort
κ80Καθηκούσαιςdescending[Meaning ones] proceeding through and out. Xenophon [writes]: "on rocks descending at that place".highshort
κ84Καθήμενον πεδίονsettled plain[Meaning] a level one. "The Romans were camping in a settled plain".highshort
κ85Καθ' ἡμέρανdaily, on a daily basis[no gloss]highshort
κ103ΚαθίζωI make to sit down, I seat[Used] with an accusative.highshort
κ106Καθικόμενοιhaving secured[Meaning they] having got a grip on. Polybius [writes]: "for all kings [initially] call "friends" and "allies" those who share their hopes; but having secured their ends they immediately behave towards those who have …highshort
κ112Καθιππάζεσθαιto trample underfoot[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".highshort
κ120Καθοσιωθεῖσαιconsecrated[Meaning they who were] offered up. "[...] to ensure that the women would suffer no harm, [they said] that guarantors would be the gods, to whom, consecrated, they would make their supplications to the …highshort
κ123Καθόσονinasmuch as, to the extent thatAn adverb.highshort
κ128ΚαθυβρίζωI destroy by insulting[Used] with an accusative.highshort
κ129Καθ' ὕδατος γράφεινto write on water[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those laboring in vain.highshort
κ130Καθυλακτῶ σουI bark at you[no gloss]highshort