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1502
Κῆλα
arrows, arrow-shafts
Plural of a
Homeric
word (singular at kappa 1512), glossed with the Attic be/lh as early as Aristonicus, De signis Iliadis 11.584, 12.280. Apion, Fragmenta de glossis
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1505
Κηληθμός
rapture
[1]
Homer,
Odyssey 11.334 [= 13.2] "they were all hushed in silence, and were held in rapture throughout the shadowy halls". Derived from khle/w "beguile", whose derivative noun khle/sths (kappa 1504) is likewise glossed …
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1813
Κλίσια
outbuildngs, sheds
Neuter plural(s). The
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(Odyssey 24.208) headword is taken to refer to shepherds' huts: "and all about it ran the sheds in which ate, and sat, and slept the servants that were bondsmen". The …
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1256
Κεκότητο
had borne a grudge
… in the masculine nominative plural. It occurs four times in
Homer,
in the masculine dative singular, in the formula kekotho/ti qumw=|, "with angry heart". (Apollonius Rhodius also has an instance of the participle in …
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1329
Κένσαι
to spur on
The headword is quoted from
Homer,
Iliad 23.337. Verb form (from kente/w: kappa 1336) frequently glossed, including Hesychius kappa2222, the Lexicon Artis Grammaticae, the Etymologicum Magnum, and the
Homeric
scholia ad loc. The Suda's …
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κ
1383
Κερδαλεόφρων
profit-minded, greedy, crafty
Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon (see the references at Photius kappa596 Theodoridis). and cf. the scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 1.149, where the vocative singular of the headword occurs. …
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1438
Κευθμώνων
of hiding-places
… it seems to have been a variant of keuqmw=n in
Homer,
Iliad 13.29: a)/talle de\ kh/te' u(p' au)tou= / pa/ntoqen e)k keuqmw=n "and sea creatures came gamboling to him [Poseidon] out of their lairs, …
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1503
Κηλέῳ
in burning [fire]
With puri\, a
Homeric
formula, e.g. Iliad 8.235, 18.346, Odyssey 8.435. Glossed as kaustikw=| as early as Philoxenus fr.112* (1 BCE) and Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon s.v. khlei/w| (alternative form of the adjective). Also in …
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1698
Κλαγγηδόν
raucously, screech-fashion
The headword adverb occurs in
Homer,
Iliad 2.463, of flocking birds. (The noun klaggh/ is primarily used in
Homer
for the sound of geese: see kappa 1697.) Same glossing in the Synagoge and other …
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2169
Κοτυλήρυτον
copious, flowing by the cupful, flowing by the handful
[1] The headword adjective occurs in
Homer,
Iliad 23.34, referring to flowing blood. The definition appears in Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon (cf. Aristonicus, De signis Iliadis, and Hesychius kappa3817); see also LSJ. [2] Paraphrased from …
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1247
Κεκλόμενος
having commanded, commanding
From a scholion on
Homer,
Iliad 16.525 (web address 1); cf. Hesychius kappa2067 for corresponding plurals. The
Homeric
aorist participle of ke/lomai (LSJ entry at web address 2) is glossed by the present participle …
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1277
Κελαδεινή
noisy, sounding
… nominative singular, occurs as an epithet of Artemis: see esp.
Homer,
Iliad 20.70 and 21.511 (web address 1 for the latter); rendered in A.T. Murray's translation as "of the echoing chase". [2] Same or …
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1339
Κεντρηνεκέες
spurred-on
… generated by the corresponding accusative plural, used of horses, in
Homer,
Iliad 5.752 and 8.396. All other instances of the word are discussions of the formula; it is frequently glossed, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon, …
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1388
Κέρδιστος
most crafty, very crafty
Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon; see the references at Photius kappa598 Theodoridis. The headword literally means "most/very profitable". The sense "crafty" applies to people (LSJ s.v. kerdi/wn II.1), …
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κ
2040
Κονίσαλος
dust-cloud
[1] Literally "dust-stirring". The term is
Homeric,
e.g.
Homer,
Iliad 3.13; see the scholia there. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 982 (a term applied to the Spartan herald who has just arrived: "what are you, man …
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2082
Κορήσατε
sweep out
… of kore/w (kore/w (A) in LSJ), very probably quoted from
Homer,
Odyssey 20.149: "come, let some of you busily sweep out the hall". The Suda is guessing at its meaning. The Etymologicum Magnum has …
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2125
Κορύνη
club
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon (see the references at Photius kappa992 Theodoridis), and also in e.g. the Glosses to Herodotus 2.63 (cu/lwn koru/nas e)/xontes, "with clubs of wood in …
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2181
Κούρητας
kouretes
The headword is in the accusative plural, quoted from
Homer,
Iliad 19.193. Same glossing in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa1026 Theodoridis); the
Homeric
scholia have "young men still growing their hair …
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867
Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳ
pour the oil in the shield
… who will be prosecuted for cowardice". [2] An approximation of
Homer,
Iliad 13.340-1. [3] The entire passage is taken from the scholia ad loc. The term xalkei=on or xalki/on ("bronze thing") primarily refers to …
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1301
Κέλης
dinghy, yacht
… (with other references there). [7] The verb is attested in
Homer,
Iliad 15.679, but it means "jump from horse to horse", and is derived from the primary meaning of ke/lhs, "riding horse"; it has …
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1344
Κέντρων
rogue
… kappa 1337 has the Latin equivalent kentw/n, cento. On the
Homeric
Cento of the Empress Augusta, see web address 1 and web address 2. [4] The Suda returns to LSJ s.v. I, making the …
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1855
Κναφεύς
carder, fuller
[1]
Homer,
Iliad 11.639-640. knh=| is cited as a subjunctive both here and in kappa 1862, instead of the unaugmented imperfect indicative. [2] Etymology from the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 166. gna/yis is …
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1862
Κνῇ
scrapes
[1] cf. kappa 1851 [2]
Homer,
Iliad 11.639, misquoting the unaugmented imperfect knh= as a present (indicative or maybe subjunctive): "she grated goat's cheese" (web address 1).
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1871
Κνῆστις
grater, cheese-grater
… iron chopper. A scraper, with which cheese is scraped." [2]
Homer,
Iliad 11.640; cf. xi 91, kappa 1855. [3] Greek Anthology 6.305.5-6 (Leonidas of Tarentum), a fictional dedication of cooking tools by a glutton …
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1243
Κεκληγότες
having shouted
Like the Etymologicum Magnum, Hesychius, and a scholion on
Homer,
Iliad 2.222, this entry glosses the archaic perfect participle of kla/zw (LSJ entry at web address 1) by the present of kra/zw. The Suda's …
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1226
Κεδνός
diligent
[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon, and in several
Homeric
and tragedic scholia; see the references at Photius kappa513 Theodoridis. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 661-664 (web address 1), abridged. …
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1246
Κεκλιμένος
lying
… Photius kappa529 Theodoridis), and see also the scholia vetera to
Homer,
Iliad 5.709, from where the headword participle is likely to be quoted (li/mnh| keklime/nos *Khfisi/di). For corresponding plurals see
Homer,
Iliad 15.740 with …
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1273
Κεκρύφαλον
hairnet
… the accusative case. It is taken to be quoted from
Homer,
Iliad 22.469: cf. the scholia there. Same or similar glossing in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa541 Theodoridis, and nn.1-3 below. …
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1335
Κέντορος
of a goader, of a driver
… literature. However, it does occur in the scholia vetera to
Homer,
Iliad 13.171 ("Imbrius, the son of Mentor, rich in horses"), where it is a fanciful variant of Mentor: "And 'of Mentor' should have …
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1436
Κευθήμων
of hiding-places
… attested gloss for keuqmw/n, though cf. the D scholia on
Homer,
Iliad 13.28 (panto/qen e)k keuqmw=n: e)k tw=n kataduse/wn kai\ fwlew=n) and on
Homer,
Iliad 21.23, glossing muxou/s: "lairs. He means innermost and hidden-away …
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