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- κ338Καπήριαcaperia, kaperiaA kind of flat-cake; the ones [called] kapu/ria among us.
- κ339Κἀπιδώσειν μοι δοκῶ τὸ χρῆμα μᾶλλονand it seems to me the matter will increase furtherMeaning [it seems to me that it] will get an addition.
- κ340Καπίστριονhalter, head-restraint[Meaning] the feeding-string of a horse. For ka/pous [caput] [is] 'the head' in Latin; and out of it [comes] kapi/strion.
- κ341ΚαπιτώλιονCapitolium, Capitol, Capitoline HillRomulus, after founding/building the Palatine, also founded the Capitoline, which is the head of the city; in it he also placed the Palladium, having taken it from the city of Silva. It was called …
- κ343Κάπνηchimney[Meaning] a smoke-collector. Aristophanes [writes]: "why is the chimney making a noise?"
- κ344Καπνίας οἶνοςsmoky wine[Meaning that] which is found in Italian Beneventum. Also [sc. attested is] kapni/a a)/mpelos ["smoky grapevine"], [meaning] the dark [kind]. Interpretation of a dream: they call the strength of the winds 'Beneventum.' Concerning kapnizo/mena …
- κ346Καπνοῦ σκιάsmoke's shadow[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to exceedingly weak [people/things]. "And he does not know that he is killing a corpse or smoke's shadow, a mere phantom; for he would not have caught me …
- κ357Καρανούσθωlet it be achieved, let it be accomplished[Meaning] let it be perfected.
- κ359Καρατομεῖταιis beheaded[Meaning he/she/it] is decapitated.
- κ371Καρδιώττεινto have heartburn, to have stomach-ache[This is what] Sicilian Greeks [call] heart-suffering; what we [call] boulimia=n ["to be starving"]. Apollodoros in the sixth [book] of On Epicharmus says that the Sicilians call 'having a stomach-ache because of hunger' kardiw/ttein …
- κ372Κάρδοποςkneading-trough[Meaning] a mortar of [= for] wheat-meal. A trough, in which they used to knead the loaves. Or a small tub, in which [it was] customary to knead and mix up the barley-groats. ka/rdopos …
- κ413Καρπίζουσινthey fertilize[Meaning] they irrigate, they make [things] fruitful.
- κ414Κάρπιμος τόποςfruitful place[no gloss]
- κ415Καρπόςfruit; wrist[Meaning] produce; also a part of the hands. For it means two things.
- κ416Καρπὸςfruit, seedkarpo/s and perika/rpion are different. Properly karpo/s is the seeds of the fig and the stones of olives, but perika/rpion is the moist flesh surrounding these, with the skin which covers it.
- κ421Κάρπωμαfruit-offering[Meaning] sacrifice, offering.
- κ422Καρσίωςathwart, crosswise[Meaning placed] sideways, and [sc. also attested is] e)gkarsi/ws.
- κ423Κάρταextremely, very[Meaning] exceedingly, or greatly. "For Colchis was altogether extremely plundered, and the evil was unchecked. For it was lacking the general who had commanded."
- κ424Κάρτα ἐπαφρόδιτοςextremely charming[no gloss]
- κ426Κάρταλλοςkartallos, pointed-bottomed basket"I offer the first[-fruits] of my threshing-floor and wine-vat to Christ, and a kartallos of grapes to the Holy Spirit." [A kartallos is] a basket [that is] pointed below.
- κ428Καρτερόςmighty[Meaning] one who is able to rule over [someone/something]. "He was able to become mighty of [= in] the city, but he gave it [sc. the city] to the king." And elsewhere: "[they] about …
- κ438Καρφαλέονparched[Meaning] dry. Also [sc. attested is] karxale/on ["rough"], [meaning] very dry.
- κ439Κάρφηhay[Meaning] the dry and light grass. "They filled the skins they had for tent-covers with hay. Then they gathered the skins and sewed them together, so that the water would not touch the hay." …
- κ440Καρχαλέοςrough[Meaning] dry.
- κ485Καταβόστρυχοςflowing-haired[Meaning one who is] covered in hairs.
- κ486Καταβραβευέτωlet him disqualify[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] let him reckon up, let him condemn, let him prevail against. The Apostle is saying that to be disqualified [katabrabeu/esqai] [is] the [phenomenon of] crowning one man when another …
- κ490Κατάγελωςmockery"Is this not sheer mockery for men?" And the dative [is] tw=| katage/lwti. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] I scoff at you; [i.e. used] with a genitive.
- κ491ΚαταγγέλλωI denounce, I announce[Used] with a genitive. "Perhaps he would denounce you before the law-giver [of the fasts]". But [sc. also attested] with a dative: "a day of mirth and joy announces [itself?] to one's own people …
- κ492Καταγγέλτουςbetrayed"They said to dismiss them, before being betrayed to someone for being present."
- κ493Καταγέμωνfull, laden[Meaning someone] having abundantly. "Full of booty, he returned to the city."