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- μ690Μεταδιδάξαιto teach something new, to change someone's mind… of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.3.5 (referring to Roman soldiers mutinying against Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus).
- μ370Μεγαλορήμονοςof someone grandiloquentand [sc. also attested is] megalorhmosu/nh ["grandiloquence"], [meaning] speaking grandly.
- κ1507Κηλητήρια ᾄσματαcharming songs, enchanting songs… the 12 gods ought to sing these, like charming songs against present misfortunes."
- λ344Λευστήρstone-thrower, oppressor… ['Stone-thrower' means] he who is deserving of having stones cast against him, that is of being stoned to death. And Aelian [writes]: "to destroy that cause of evil and stone-thrower."
- κ1573Κιβδηλίαadulteration, dishonesty… silver content; debasing coinage is in turn the action of someone wicked (though not obviously envious) --- hence the metaphorical use of the term in Aristophanes, noted below. [2] A distortion of the folk …
- λ430Ληϊστόςto be seized as booty[Meaning someone/something] to be acquired as a possession.
- μ670Μεσορῶνbeing mid-boundary (?)[Meaning someone] making his way in the middle.
- κ1998Κομιάτωνfurlough, leave of absence[Meaning someone] receiving a petition to be sent away.
- κ1883Κνώμενοςbeing scratched[Meaning someone] being tickled.
- μ371Μεγαλόφρωνgreat-minded, high-minded[Meaning] great-spirited. "Great-spirited is someone with a state of mind that places himself above all things happening, the same way for things trivial and serious." Amongst the men of old very great wealth is …
- κ1247Κεκλόμενοςhaving commanded, commanding[Meaning someone who is] ordering.
- κ1234Κεκαυτηριασμένοςcauterised, seared[Meaning someone] not having a healthy conscience.
- κ1632Κινδυνεύειis in danger, is at risk… it impossible to be in danger, with the attack being against the opponents." "Without [him] claiming that the common good could be at risk through a noble man's soul."
- μ284Ματιολοιχόςsmall-licker… For mátion (as is better accented) [is] something small. Or someone who eats little, since mation is what they call a minimum. Or someone making decisions in vain [mataia], and waiting in ambush [lochôn], …
- κ1897Κόβαλοςrogue[Meaning someone who is] rude, cunning. A robber, [sc. so-called] from the [noun] kopis ["knife"]. Or someone who is] scheming: for kobala are bad things. Also [sc. attested is] kobaleia, [meaning] flattery by someone …
- κ1851Κνᾶνto scrape… cut, to scratch. "He took a double tablet, and ordered [someone] to scrape the wax". Meaning to scratch.
- κ1987Κόμβοςband[Meaning] the band of two gloves, when someone ties [them] over his own neck.
- κ1348Κεπφωθείςcajoled, ensnared[Meaning someone who was] exalted, aroused, is being sharply driven.
- κ1895Κοβαλεύεινto carry as a porter[Meaning] to turn around another's property for hire against a small sum.
- μ749Μεταχρωννύντεςchanging the colour… they who are] changing the form [sc. of something or someone].
- λ664Λόγχηlance, spearThey name each composite whole in the singular, as if someone might say "horse" in reference to many horses. So a "lance" [is] an iron javelin.
- κ2016Κόμπαροςpartner[Meaning he] who is joined in service to someone; likewise [he who is] carrying out the same duty.
- κ1342Κεντροτύποςstriking with a goad… two glosses make a distinction between a passive "goad-struck" (i.e. someone deserving torture, like ke/ntrwn, kappa 1344), and an active "goad-striker" (e.g. charioteer); these should be distinguished by accent (kentro/tupos vs. kentrotu/pos, LSJ s.v.), …
- κ2037Κονιορτωσάμενονbeing covered in dust… and [doing something to] the man giving the appearance of someone coming from a journey in haste".
- κ2105Κορώνηshearwater, crow, something hooked (like a crow bill), tip, glans… [sc. one of them is] the tip of the pudendum. "Someone thought that his own pudendum was hairy up to its tip."
- κ1591Κιθαραοιδότατοςmost proficient on the kithara… three sons, who are most talented in the arts. First, someone who is friend to everyone and most/very wise, the most proficient on the kithara, one whom grace has visited." Aristophanes says [this].
- κ2109Κορωνῶνarching the neck[Meaning someone/something] prancing. Also [sc. attested is] "was arching the neck", [meaning he/she/it] was prancing.
- λ445Ληματιᾷςyou are high-spirited… is also used without an iota [subscript] [as] lêmatias, [meaning] someone high-spirited and powerful.
- κ1153Καχλάζειbubbles… glossing in Hesychius (kappa1135, kappa1938) and scholia to Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, where the headword twice occurs (115, 761: web addresses 1 and 2).
- κ2119ΚόρυζαsnotAlso [sc. attested is the participle] "snivelling", [meaning] someone who has become stupid; or discharging mucus. Also [sc. attested is] "[him] snivelling".