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7 entries for Cypriot ox

κ1340Κέντριονgoad… the diminutive of ke/ntron (kappa 1338), which means "goad" (including "ox-goad"), "spear-point", "bee sting", and "point of compass", hence "centre" (LSJ s.v.). Of the possible derived meanings, the word ke/ntrion is used in Galen …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1374Κερασβόλαhorn-struck, hard-shelled… than horn; its horn has struck the horn of the ox, what time the ploughman's hand is scattering the grain over his land." [2] Odd accusative for "sowing and the plough" (presumably meaning "during …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… on Lycophron, Alexandra 838), or just pouch (Hesychius "pouch, in Cypriot"; scholia on Theocritus, Idylls 1.53d). For the glossing term see kappa 1578.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1332Κεντηνάριονcentenarium, hundred-pounds-weight… A centenarium is equal to 32 kilograms in weight; cf. Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium s.v. kentenarion.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1416Κερόεσσαhorned… can refer to (e.g.) the horned Moon, carriages drawn by oxen, and ornaments made of horn -- see generally LSJ s.v. -- but the repeated glossing here is suggestive, rather, of braided hair-styles (for …Matched in noteshighshort
λ468Ληρεῖς ἔχωνyou are keeping babbling… to lhre/w or lh=ros A, "babble, trifles". The word is oxytone here and in the Greek Anthology. On this epigram, a young woman's dedication for her victory in a beauty competition, see Gow and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1897Κόβαλοςrogue… s.v. ko/pis derives it from ko/pis "liar", which it explains oxymoronically as "brief, sharp in words, or babbling". (ps.-Zonaras uses the same gloss, deriving it directly from ko/yai.) More plausibly, the Etymologicum Magnum and …Matched in noteshighshort