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- κ1469Κεχωσμένοςheaped-up… Plato Comicus (fr. 183 Kock, now 199 K.-A., quoted in Plutarch's Themistocles). For other forms see e.g. Polybius 4.40.8 and later historiography (Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, Arrian, Pausanias).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1328Κενῶν φάουςof those empty of light… gno/fos or kne/fas "darkness"; the latter derivation already occurs in Plutarch, Moralia [De primo frigido] 948E, citing Chrysippus fr.430. The lexicographers' phrase itself is believed to come from Attic tragedy: Adespota fr.219* Snell & …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1315Κενεμβατεῖνto step on a hole, to lack a solid foundation… in sigma 547 (q.v.). The word is used literally by Plutarch (Flamininus 10), and figuratively by Lucian (Gallus 26). Its most frequent meaning was medical ("reach a cavity, e.g. with a lancet"), but that …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1582Κιγκλίδαςlatticed gates… here in the accusative plural. This form occurs in (e.g.) Plutarch, Caesar 68.1, and Libanius, Letters 119.3 and Speeches 1.41. However, the entire definition is taken, with slight wording changes, from the scholia to …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1953Κολουραία πέτρα'stump-tailed' rock… supposed to be hollow, to accept Theseus' sword (e)/xousan koilo/thta: Plutarch, Theseus 3.7).Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1129Κάττυμαstitched-leather[1] Same entry in Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, and Hesychius. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 301 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. kappa 817. For Kleon see kappa 1731. The scholiast is appealing to the metaphorical …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ672Λοξὴ φάλαγξcrooked battle-line, crooked phalanx… historical accounts it is mentioned in Diodorus Siculus 15.55.2 and Plutarch, Pelopidas 23.1. [2] Greek Anthology 7.531.6 (Antipater of Thessalonica) -- related to the rest of the entry simply by the recurrence of the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1856Κναιόμενονbeing scratched… on its own in classical Greek. (It is used in Plutarch, On Superstition 170B, citing an ancient verse referring to the pains of childbirth, and LSJ suggests it as an emendation to kainiei= in …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ105ΜάλλιοςMallius, Manlius… despite orders not to leave camp. The wording is from Plutarch, Fabius Maximus 9.2 (a)risteu/santos kai\ stefanwqe/ntos a)poko/yas pele/kei to\n tra/xhlon; Dionysius has "excelling" and "wreathed", but not the axe). The introduction to the …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1374Κερασβόλαhorn-struck, hard-shelled… word's metaphorical use in Plato is also commented on in Plutarch, Moralia [Quaestiones conviviales] 700C.Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… given, "the mullet fasts", in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.307C [7.79 Kaibel]; [Plutarch], Proverbs used by the Alexandrians 1.8; Pausanias, *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29; Libanius, Letters 332.2; Gregorius, Proverbs 2.90; Apostolius 9.76. In LSJ s.v. kestreu/s, …Matched in noteshighmedium