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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
Homericis
vol 74 p. 243 Ludwich glosses …
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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
Homeric
(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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κ
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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κ
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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κ
2208
Κῶας
fleece
Homeric
form (e.g.
Homer,
Iliad 9.661). The gloss is particular to the Suda; Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon and Hesychius gloss it with the diminutive kw/dion, and although the form frequently features in grammatical discussion, its …
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2222
Κώεα
fleeces
Homeric
forms, with nominative singular kw=as (kappa 2208). The nominative plural given appears in
Homer,
Iliad 9.661, Odyssey 17.32, 20.3, 20.95, 23.180. The dative plural occurs (as kw/esin) in
Homer,
Odyssey 3.38, 20.142.
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κ
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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κ
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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κ
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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κ
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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κ
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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151
Λαυκανίη
gullet
Epic word: see e.g.
Homer,
Iliad 22.325, with scholion. Broadly similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon; see the references at Photius lambda118 Theodoridis. See again lambda 315.
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867
Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳ
pour the oil in the shield
… were unable to see the shield, for its brightness. And
Homer
[says]: "and eyes were blinded by the blaze of bronze from gleaming helmets". "You would say that seeing Bacchus in such a state, …
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κ
1301
Κέλης
dinghy, yacht
… of boat. [Note] that [the verb] kelhti/zw [is attested] before
Homer.
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κ
1344
Κέντρων
rogue
… various people and constituting a single goal, such as the
Homeric
Centos. But others understand this [to mean] an abuser, as in "goad-struck". Or kentrôn: a thief; because when thieves are tortured, goads are …
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κ
1855
Κναφεύς
carder, fuller
From the [verb] knw=, [meaning] I scratch.
Homer
[writes]: "but that on this she would grate (knh=|) goat's cheese with a bronze grater". And a gnapheus [sc. is so called] from the "carding" [gnapsis] …
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κ
1862
Κνῇ
scrapes
[Meaning he/she/it] cuts. And
Homer
[says]: "[she] grates cheese".
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1871
Κνῆστις
grater, cheese-grater
[Meaning a] knife.
Homer
[writes]: "with a bronze grater". And in the Epigrams: "and the well-wrought in brass and well-curved flesh-hook and grater".
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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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2295
Κώπη
handle, hilt
… meaning as "handle of a sword, hilt", with examples from
Homer
(the Iliad), Sophocles, and Euripides. [2] The derivation is offered in the scholia to
Homer,
Odyssey 21.7, via koph/ "a cut". The resemblance …
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κ
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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