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271
Κάλυξ
calyx, rosebud
[Meaning the] closed bloom of a rose.
high
short
κ
274
Κάμαξ
spear-shaft
[Meaning] a stake, an upright timber. It is said in the feminine. "The Parthians twist their spear-shafts backwards and hang them around the necks of their horses." And elsewhere: "[she] receiving numberless long spear-shafts." …
high
short
κ
278
Καματηρούς
tired
[Meaning them] who have grown weary. "Lest [Alexander] hand them over, tired and panting, to the unwearied barbarians."
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κ
286
Κάμνειν
to toil
In reference to doing and laboring, and in reference to being ill. It is also said in reference to those who are dying. "Images of [those] who have toiled." But by taking the apo-prefix …
high
short
κ
287
Καμμονίη
endurance
[Meaning] victory resulting from single-handed [combat].
high
short
κ
288
Καμόντων
of those whose work is done
[Meaning] of the dead. "Even should your boat be weighed down by ghosts of those whose work is done."
high
short
κ
289
Κάμμορος
ill-fated
[Meaning] one who is suffering.
high
short
κ
291
Κάμπη
caterpillar
[no gloss]
high
short
κ
292
Κάμπιος δρόμος
winding course
Some [race-]courses were winding, not straight and simple, but having bends.
high
short
κ
293
Καμπιδήκτωρ
drill-master
[no gloss]
high
short
κ
294
Κάμπτω
I turn
"He turned songs, as many as Nero bent and turned."
high
short
κ
297
Καμπυλιάζειν
to twist
[Meaning] to curve and to bend.
high
short
κ
298
Καννάβη
hemp
[no gloss]
high
short
κ
299
Καναστραῖα
kanastraia
[Meaning] hollow vessels of some kind.
high
short
κ
302
Κανδήλα
candle, torch
[sc. The word is derived] from the [phrase] burning [kai/ein] clearly [dh=la].
high
short
κ
303
Κάνδυλος
kandulos, kandylos
A dish prepared with honey and milk; as also sour-sauce restraining a dish. See also in the [entry for] a)kro/drua ["fruits"].
high
short
κ
305
Κάνναις
reeds
"[Reeds] and straws the nomads [= Numidians] use in hut-making."
high
short
κ
306
Κάνεον
reed-basket
[Meaning] a small basket. Also [sc. attested is the variant] kaneion [used] likewise.
high
short
κ
307
Κάνης
reed-mat
[Meaning] a rush-mat. And it is declined [in the genitive] ka/nhtos.
high
short
κ
313
Κανθήλιος
pack-ass
[sc. Someone] slow to understand, or dull. Or a large ass/donkey. Xenophon says: "in Babylon the date-palms are not less than a plethron in size: indeed, when they are under great pressure, they bend …
high
short
κ
314
Κάνθων
pack-ass
[Meaning] a donkey.
high
short
κ
326
Καπανῆται
cords? charioteers?
[no gloss]
high
short
κ
328
Κάππαρις
caper
[The word is derived] from the [phrase] "to take (ai)/resqai) out of the field (ka/mpou)".
high
short
κ
329
Καπετωλεῖον
Capitolium, Capitol
[Meaning] the temple [of that name]. But [sc. also attested is the spelling] *kapitw/lion.
high
short
κ
330
Κἄπειτα
and then
[ka)/peita means the same as] kai\ e)/peita.
high
short
κ
331
Κάπηθεν
from the manger, manger-like
and [sc. also attested is] kapi/strion ["manger-halter)"].
high
short
κ
333
Καπηλείας
retail outlet, tavern-keeping
[Meaning] trading-post(s). Also [sc. attested is] kaphlei=on ["shop/tavern"].
high
short
κ
334
Καπηλικῶς
deceptively, vamped up for sale
Meaning rascally. Since tavern-keepers adulterate the wine, mixing old [wine] with it. "Your tavern-keepers make the wine turbid."
high
short
κ
335
Καπηλίς
huckstress, landlady
[The term is derived] from the [phrase] "to spoil [kaku/nein] the dregs [phlo/n]". "Dregs" [phlo/s] [is] wine; hence also [comes] a)/mpelos, i.e. being e)/mpelos, having the dregs in itself.
high
short
κ
336
Κάπηλος
salesman, shopkeeper, retail-dealer
[Meaning] a huckster, a businessman. "Salesman of shields". [Meaning] the huckster of every item.
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short
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