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κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beamLSJ s.v. khlw/neion [sic] I: a device for drawing water. Defined with the Suda's spelling khlo/neion in ps.-Zonaras, Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum. In ps.-Zonaras: "But khlo/neion is a …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1275Κεκοισυρῶσθαιto be like CoesyraThe verb occurs as e)gkoisuro/omai in classical Greek; its locus classicus is Aristophanes, Clouds 48 (web address 1), and it is glossed in LSJ s.v. as "to be luxurious as Coesyra (a female name …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1526Κηπαίαgarden [door]Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; very similar one in ps.-Zonaras. It has probably been generated by the genitive of the headword (a feminine noun) in Hermippus fr. 47 Kock (preserved …

κ1513

Κηλόνειον

swipe, swing-beam

[Meaning] crane.

Κηλόνειον· τὸ γεράνιον.

clothing

clothing

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κ1793Κλητήcalled, invited; assemblyGlossed in other lexica as "prominent" (Etymologicum Gudianum) or "prominent or invited" (ps.-Zonaras). The latter provides the context for the word: "as in: This invited and holy day" (klhth\ kai\ a(gi/a h(me/ra). This is …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2212ΚωδαλοῦχοςkôdalouchosSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. ps.-Zonaras glosses the same word as sxoi=nic, which appears to mean xoi=nic, a measure of dry weight. What ps.-Zonaras glosses as "a measure of land" …Matched in noteshighshort

λ208ΛαῖφοςlaiphosLSJ records for the epic/poetic neuter noun lai=fos the two senses "shabby garment" and "canvas, sail". The dative given here in the Suda is to illustrate that this is a third declension neuter and …Matched in noteshighshort

λ368ΛειξούραgluttonyThis unglossed headword, lacking (Adler reports) in mss AFV, is also the final word of the previous entry, lambda 367 (q.v.). The word is defined as "gift" in Hesychius. It is defined as "greed" …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1141Καυστειρός ΚαυτηρὸςburningThe primary headword adjective kausteiro/s (LSJ at web address 1) appears in twice in Homer (Iliad 4.342, 12.316) in the feminine genitive singular, used figuratively of battle. The masculine appears by analogy in late …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1235ΚεκαινοπεποιημένοιrenewedQuotation (from which the nominative plural headword is extracted) repeated here from epsilon 552, and unidentifiable. The corresponding entry in Ps.Zonaras has kekainopoihme/noi with one less reduplication; cf. Hesychius pi194.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1260Κέκραθιscream!, shriek!The transmitted headword purports to be a reduplicated aorist imperative of kra/zw (kappa 2316, cf. kappa 1264, kappa 1266), attested only here, in two derivative entries in ps.-Zonaras, and (according to Adler) in the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1266Κεκρηγέναι ἢ Κεκραγέναιto cry outPerfect active infinitive(s) of the verb kra/zw (kappa 2316), frequently used with present sense. The second alternative given here, with its stem ending in alpha, kekrag-, is abundantly attested in antiquity (and cf. under …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1437ΚευθῆνεςkeuthenesClearly related to the verb keu/qw (kappa 1435) "hide" (cf. peu/qomai "ask" > peuqh/n "spy"), but the word is not attested in literature. The word does appear, in the singular, in ps.-Zonaras and the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1504ΚηλέστηςbeguilerDerived from the verb khle/w (kappa 1515). The word is attested only in lexica: the Suda, ps.-Zonaras (with the derivation from khle/w), and Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar II p. 458 Jugie, Petit & Siderides. See …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1527Κηπεύω Κηπεία ΚηπίονI gardenListing of related words; khpei/a, h( is "garden" in Plato, Laws 845D. (ps.-Zonaras construes the word as "gardening"). The diminutive khpi/on occurs e.g. in Polybius 6.17.2. Though this kind of spelling distinction is a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, walletThe headword ki/bhsis is a variant spelling of ki/bisis, which occurs in Hesiod, Shield 224: "the head of a dreadful monster, the Gorgon, covered the broad of his back, and a bag [chest?] of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1577ΚίβοςkibosLSJ s.v. kibwto/s [kappa 1578] mentions this entry as a suggested root form of the noun, whose etymology is problematic. But the same derivation is given in Choeroboscus (On Orthography), the Etymologicum Gudianum, the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tailThe verb kigkli/zw -- of which this is ostensibly the present indicative, third person singular (but see below) -- is derived from ki/gklos "dabchick" (kappa 1585), and literally means to act like the dabchick, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1695ΚιχλισμόςgigglingSame definition given in Pausanias the Atticist, the Synagoge, and Photius (Lexicon kappa750 Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1808Κλίνθηlay downThe poetic unaugmented aorist passive of kli/nw, with nu in its stem, is glossed with the augmented normal aorist without nu. The headword form appears in Homer, Iliad 23.232. Similar entries in Hesychius and …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1856Κναιόμενονbeing scratchedSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa813 Theodoridis. The headword is present middle/passive participle, masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular, of knai/w, a variant of kna/w. The …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1865Κνήμηshank, shinComparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1179), but not precisely paralleled elsewhere. ps.-Zonaras refers to the "roughness of the leg". Others appear to have identified this body-part with the calf (i)gnu/a) …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1889ΚνυζῶI whimperSee also kappa 1890, kappa 1891. [1] Uncritical abbreviation of Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 444-445 Lentz (citing Philoxenus fr.120 Theodoridis) "knuzw= is of both the first and the second conjugation [i.e. both regular …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1894Κοάλεμοςblockhead, dolt, dunceSee also kappa 1893. The folk etymology is taken from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 198, where the invective is used. Other derivations combine koei=n with a)lw/menos "wandering" (Suetonius, *peri\ blasfhmiw=n 7), a)/lema "vain" …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1897Κόβαλοςrogue[1] The lexicographer draws a connection between ko/b-alos, used in Aristophanes, Knights 450, and the verb ko/p-tw "cut". The Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. ko/pis derives it from ko/pis "liar", which it explains oxymoronically as "brief, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2094Κορθύεταιis raised[1] The headword verb appears in the form given here, korqu/etai, in Homer, Iliad 9.7, and the verbs used in the gloss appear in various combinations in lexicography; the first two are in the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2243ΚῶλονlimbSee also kappa 2244 (and the plural at kappa 2231 and kappa 2232). [1] The Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum use this derivation for koili/a "belly" instead. [2] That is, "worm" is derived …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2274Κώμυθαhay-bundle, sheaf[1] Likewise or similarly elsewhere; see the references at Photius kappa1315 Theodoridis. The headword noun is in the accusative singular, as it occurs in Theocritus, Idylls 4.18, in the scholia to which (and elsewhere) …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2357Κραιπάληcarousal, hangoverSee also kappa 2355, kappa 2356, kappa 2358. [1] Likewise in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1048 Theodoridis. ps.-Zonaras fills it out with reference to the ensuing etymology: "the throbbing and turmoil …Matched in noteshighshort

λ202ΛαιστρόνlaistronAlso in Theognostus, On Orthography 27, and ps.-Zonaras s.v. laitro/n. Seemingly a corruption of Hesychius' la/iton (lambda163) -- glossed as a)rxei=on -- which in turn is an Atticisation of Herodotus 7.197.2 ('the Achaians call …Matched in noteshighshort

λ209ΛαίφυρονnimbleThe purported headword adjective, in the neuter singular, occurs occurs only here, in ps.-Zonaras (with the same definition), and in Gennadius Scholarius, Grammar p. 463, defined as "weak or fast". It is probably a …Matched in noteshighshort