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κ2362Κρέαςcarcass, flesh, meat… see n.1 below. [1] Aristophanes, Frogs 190-191 (web address 1): Charon [Author, Myth] (OCD(4) s.v. Charon(1)) proffers a possible exception to his refusal to ferry Xanthias, a slave, to Hades along with Dionysus; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ363Καρδαμίςcress, mustard-and-cress, nose-smart… 1163). Confusingly to modern readers this is not the fragrant cardamum pod, which is kardamomon.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1564Ἐξαρτήσαςhaving hung onThe headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See also ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle… the first instance from Lysias fr. 139 Sauppe, now 192 Carey OCT, but goes on to cite Acharnians.] In the play Dicaeopolis confronts a chorus -- a posse, we might say -- of charcoal …Matched in noteshighshort
κ392Καρκάδοναkarkadon… somewhere -- is unattested outside lexicography (here and Photius). For Charon [Author, Myth] see chi 135 (and alpha 1998, chi 140).Matched in noteshighshort
α1490Ἁμαξουργοίcartwrights, wagon-makersThe word cartwright occurs (in the singular) at Aristophanes, Knights 464; this material is from the scholia on the line. For the distinction between wild and cultivated trees see e.g. Herodotus 4.21.Matched in noteshighshort
κ386ΚαριαθιαρείμKariathiareim… "town", and is the same as the Phoenician root of Carthage, which means "New Town". Mentioned throughout the Septuagint and in (e.g.) Josephus. See also under omicron 65.Matched in noteshighshort
κ326Καπανῆταιcords? charioteers?… perhaps a better alternative is to connect it with kapa/nh, "chariot"; hence, 'chariot-men', though "Chariot-man" is also a likely etymology of the name of the hero Kapaneus. Also possible is a connection with skapanh/ths …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3362Εὐάγκαλονeasily-carried… ou)k eu)a/gkalon) of this adjective, which literally means easy to carry in one's arms. It is presumably extracted from the quotation given here. [1] Aelian fr. 151 Domingo-Forasté (148 Hercher). For Aeneas cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
κ500ΚαταγινώσκωI accuse, I charge… person (as in the quotation which follows here) or of charge. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2351Ἐπικαλῶνaccusing, charging… (cf. alpha 3460 note) who had denigrated her, but to charge him with sodomy instead of slander; cf. Kaldellis (74) and alpha 3151.Matched in noteshighshort
κ369Καρδιοφύλαξheart-protector, heart-guard… property class. The heart-protector (in Latin, pectorale) has already been characterized as worn by common soldiers; the lorica is for the rich.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… of Colophon, and the strains of the Sirens, and the charming songs." Similarly Nicetas Eugenianus, Drosilla and Charicles 6.590-591 "Who will say that someone who drank a vessel of poison will take part in …Matched in noteshighshort
α1636Ἄμωμονspice-plant, cardamom… Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F121). For amomon as a species of cardamom see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ43Λαθικηδήςcare-banishing… him how she used to nurse him, offering him her "care-banishing breast." cf. lambda 42.Matched in noteshighshort
δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… see alpha 3930. [4] Ruled Syracuse 405-367 BCE, keeping the Carthaginians at bay and becoming the stuff of story. See OCD(4) 459-60, and delta 1178. [5] cf. kappa 1810.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ404ΚάρνιοςKarnian… 'is probably to be identified with the temple of Apollo Carneius on the hill of Knakadion near Las'.Matched in noteshighshort
α3967Ἁρμάτειος τροχός Ἁρμάτειοςchariot wheel… up, the subject of this entry switches to music. The "chariot nome" (played on the aulos) is mentioned by Plutarch, Moralia 335A and 1133A, and the "chariot tune" is an intrusive stage-direction (which generated …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1855Κναφεύςcarder, fuller… the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 166. gna/yis is indeed "carding", as used in Plato, Politicus 282E. The derivation from "polish" and "bright" (already at gamma 329) is fantastical. [3] Also in gamma 328. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ400ΚαρνεάδηςKarneades, Carneades214/3-129/8. See generally Gisela Striker in OCD(4) s.v. Carneades; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy at web address 1. [1] Philokomos or Epikomos (Diogenes Laertius 4.62). [2] Karneades was the most recognized member of the "New" …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1895Κοβαλεύεινto carry as a porter… 1896. The verb also appears in late Greek as koubale/w "carry" (Lampe, Trapp, Kriaras), which has survived into Modern Greek.Matched in noteshighshort
α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms… -- 'this man walks around those getting married, speaking Ephesian charms' (for which see epsilon 3864).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always obey the rules of the Canon. With the exception of oi)/moi …Matched in noteshighlong
κ412Καρπαίαkarpaia, crop-dance… and at last the raider ties up the man and carries off the team -- though sometimes it is the ploughman who does this to the raider, whereupon he hitches him to the oxen …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… images of the Hippodrome and a portrait of his favorite charioteer (Vita S. Stephani iunioris, PG 100,1172; Grabar 1957, pp.48-49). Because of its prominent location at the intersection of the Mese and Augusteion, many …Matched in noteshighmedium
β273Βιβλιαφόροςbook-carrierAlmost identical similar entry in ps.-Zonaras, but see n. 2 below. See also epsilon 1572. [1] Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1990] 55-56 points out the similarities between this and Diodorus Siculus 21.4.1, on Agathocles; …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1515ΚηλῶI charm, I beguile… Suda has a tension between the proper meaning of khle/w, "charm, beguile" (kappa 1506, kappa 1507, kappa 1514), and the moralising "trick, deceive" (kappa 1504, kappa 1505, kappa 1515). The link between the two …Matched in noteshighshort
κ418Καρποῦ δίκηproduce lawsuit… gh=s into g' [2] Lysias fr. 72 Sauppe, now 80 Carey OCT.Matched in noteshighmedium
α1488Ἁμαξίςcart… see Dover (below) 205 (arguing for a literal interpretation of "cart" and suggesting that centuries of price-inflation were responsible for the "cake" interpretation). [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 864. On the Diasia, a festival of Zeus, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1514Κηλούμενοςbeing charmed… the cited masculine nominative singular), above, see also Laws 885D (charmed by gifts -- nominative plural), Republic 607D (by poetry -- dative plural) Phaedrus 259A (by the sound of cicadas -- accusative plural). Timaeus' …Matched in noteshighshort

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