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κ1186Καίριαtimely [things]… of the adjective kai/rios; cf. kappa 1187, kappa 1188. [2] Sophocles, Electra 226-228 (with scholion); the Suda leaves out a)/n after pot'. With a less stilted rendering of the ethic dative: "Who indeed, my …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1322Κενόνvoid, wasteland… this adjective (for which cf. kappa 1316, kappa 1318). [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 54-57, with the scholia to 55.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1788Κληροῦχονlot-holder, cleruch, colonistcf. kappa 1787, kappa 1789, kappa 1790. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 507-508. The gloss (from the scholia there) is in the feminine accusative singular, to match this instance. [2] Appian, Italica 4.1; preserved only in …

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Καίρια

timely [things]

[Meaning] things that are advantageous. "For to whom [= to whose approval], o noble friends, would I ever hear a word of comfort? To whom who thinks timely [things]?". Meaning from whom would I hear things that are…

Καίρια· τὰ συμφέροντα. τίνι γάρ ποτ', ὦ φιλία γενέθλα, πρόσφορον ἀκούσαιμ' ἔπος; τίνι φρονοῦντι καίρια; ἀντὶ τοῦ παρὰ τίνος ἀκούσαιμι τὰ συμφέροντα; οὕτως Σοφοκλῆς.

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κ1316Κενεὸνempty[1] cf. kappa 1171. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 971. [3] Sophocles, Electra 403, with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… 9.68). The proverb is vaguely connected to the passage from Sophocles discussed next. [1] An approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 889-894 (web address 1): "if he does not gain his advantage fairly, but works …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1226Κεδνόςdiligent… tragedic scholia; see the references at Photius kappa513 Theodoridis. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 661-664 (web address 1), abridged. In the material the Suda omits is the verse (663) which actually includes the word glossed: ou)/pw …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1301Κέληςdinghy, yacht… Aristophanes, Lysistrata 59-60 (see above). [4] From a scholion on Sophocles, Ajax 954. Presumably, "not a normal boat" (but a dinghy), since a dinghy is hardly elaborate. The explanation has nothing to do with …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1312Κένανδρονempty of men, men-empty… city -- Aeschylus, Persae 119 (Susa, called an asty), and Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 917 (polis) -- and the Aeschylus passage is the one likely to have generated the present entry; cf. various scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1318Κενῆςof the empty… singular of this adjective (for which cf. kappa 1316). [1] Sophocles, Ajax 986-7, with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1376Κερασφόρουςhorned… four times before the Suda, and the likeliest source is Sophocles fr.89 Radt, quoted in Aelian, History of Animals 7.39: "[the deer] lifting its nose ... and the tines of its horns crept at …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1385Κερδάνῃshould gain, would gain… In the present instance they are probably both extracted from Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus 72 and Oedipus Tyrannus 889, respectively. The entry also illustrates that kerdai/nw in Attic, being a liquid verb, takes an …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1424Κερτομῶνtaunting… kertome/w -- occurs in, and might therefore be quoted from, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1235 (web address 1): "By the gods, is it to taunt me that you say these things?" See also kappa 1422, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… cf. also kappa 1506. It is attested in Attic tragedy: Sophocles, Trachiniae 575; Euripides, Hecuba 535. The association with religious songs does not appear in attested Classical literature, but it is also in Psellus …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1547Κηρύκειος γραφήherald's writing… to be associated with the "herald's letter" (khru/keion gra/mma) of Sophocles fr. 784 Radt, mentioned in the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. khru/keion.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1628Κίναδοςbeast, monster… the Sicilian sense cited by Harpocration: see kappa 1629. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 103 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort