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- κ1314Κενεβρίωνof carrion[Meaning] of carcasses. For carcasses [nekrimaia] [are called] carrion [kenebria], by rearrangement of the letters.
- μ537Μέλουcare for[Meaning] take care of. "And thereafter care for me justly, as [sc. you have done] up to this day."
- μ532Μελόμενοιcaring… believed [sc. themselves] to be dear to the gods, by caring for this deity."
- κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… [this means] a thorn dragging through clothes. In times past carders would comb wool by rolling up a heap of thorns. And the heap was called knaphos.
- κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… written for the 12 gods ought to sing these, like charming songs against present misfortunes."
- κ2357Κραιπάληcarousal, hangover… results] from much wine-drinking. Also [sc. attested is the participle] "carousing", meaning [someone] misbehaving from drunkenness, being inebriated. [Derived] from the drunk having their head (kara) throb (pallein). Or, from erring in timely matters …
- κ1855Κναφεύςcarder, fuller… grater". And a gnapheus [sc. is so called] from the "carding" [gnapsis] of "cloth" [phâros]; [gnapsis] is from "polished" [ganon] and "bright" [lampron]. And the [sc. spelling] with "g" is koine, while with "k" …
- 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.
- 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 …
- 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' …
- μ555Μεμβλώκατονthey two have come… had been of concern to me"], meaning it happened with care.
- κ1342Κεντροτύποςstriking with a goad[Meaning one who is] knavish. Or [a term for] a charioteer. From goading horses.
- κ2279Κωνοφόροιpinecone-bearing… of the pine, which women used to bring with them carrying [it] in the rituals for Dionysus, because the cone is similar in shape to the human heart, and the Greeks [ = pagans] …
- κ2166Κοτύληkotyle… of the thigh bone turns. And what is used to carry loads, which was first invented by Protagoras: for he was a porter.
- κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from Korykos… or as fellow sailors. Then, after finding out what their cargo is and where they were sailing to, they would announce it to the Myonnesians. And [the Myonnesians] would attack [the merchants], with [the …
- λ423Ληΐδαbooty[Meaning] carrying off in plunder.
- λ585Λιπαροκρήδεμνοςbright-veiled[Meaning] she who has a valuable veil. "Bright-veiled Charis — if we may quote Homer — wrought you with her own hands."
- μ556Μέμβλωκεhas come… attested is] memblwko/s ["having come"], [meaning something] arriving, constructed with care.
- κ1231Κεκαδησόμεθαwe will have been concerned[Meaning] we will take care.
- κ2036Κονιορτόςdust"He gave to each man a wineskin to carry which he had filled with dust, as full as possible; and during the conflict they would prick the wineskins full of soot with daggers."
- κ2082Κορήσατεsweep out[Meaning] take care of.
- λ428Ληΐσατοseized as plunder[Meaning he/she/it] divided up, or carried off as plunder.
- λ354Λείαsmooth; bootyA level road, and carrying off booty. It is also a proper name.
- μ478Μελέτηstudy, military drill[Meaning] exercise, care. "And one would not go wrong in saying that the drills of the Romans are battle-stations without blood, while their battle-stations are drills with blood."
- κ2016Κόμπαροςpartner… is joined in service to someone; likewise [he who is] carrying out the same duty.
- κ2031Κονίαdust, sand, plaster, lye, soap-powder[Meaning] dirt. Sodium carbonate, filth. "They bathed us [...] without soap-powder": Aristophanes [sc. writes this]. Also [sc. attested] in the neuter konion. Also [sc. attested is] koni/h|si ["in dust"].
- μ265Μάστιεscourge!… quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.622, where it is applied to chariot horses. Same glossing in Hesychius mu357 and the Etymologicum Magnum.
- κ1301Κέληςdinghy, yacht… simple one. In the Epigrams: "the frame of the already carved-out dinghy no longer keeps [you] afloat, Timarion, the rowing of Cypris." It is a kind of boat. [Note] that [the verb] kelhti/zw [is …
- μ533Μέλονbeing of concern[Meaning] being a matter of care. Aristophanes [writes]: "being of no concern about me, so much as to find out any little jibe I might throw out while being crushed." "[...] that, although he …
- μ691ΜεταδίδωμιI share… is shared. [2] Demosthenes 23.214 (referring to the naturalization of Charidemos: chi 102).