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κ1135ΚαυλῶI form a shoot, I form a stalk[1] The verb kaule/w is cited in its present and future tense. The simple verb is attested only in this passage (LSJ s.v.), and the lexicographer is using it to introduce the classical verb …Matched in noteshighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down… in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius lambda439; see the references at Photius lambda122 Theodoridis. The headword -- aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb lafu/ssw (cf. generally lambda 156, lambda 159) -- is …Matched in noteshighshort
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Καυλῶ

I form a shoot, I form a stalk

[I form a shoot/stalk], [future] I will form a shoot/stalk. [sc. Also attested is] e)kkekaulhko/ta ["having put out a shoot/stalk"]: "all of the [parts of the] vegetables that have put out a shoot/stalk".

Καυλῶ· καυλήσω. Ἐκκεκαυληκότα· τῶν λαχάνων πάντα ἐκκεκαυληκότα.

meter and music5

meter and music5

Κνηστιῶντες τὰς ἀκοάς

wanting to scratch their hearing, having itchy ears

The verb knhstia/w is a variant of the desiderative knhsia/w (cf. kappa 1868), "I want to scratch". The metaphorical use given here, as "having itchy ears", must come (as Adler's note implies) from Julian, …

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κ1256Κεκότητοhad borne a grudge… kote/w (cf. kappa 2146) that the Suda cites here is attested anywhere else; nevertheless, both are evidently quoted from somewhere. The supplementary lemma, the perfect active participle, is cited in the masculine nominative plural. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1265Κεκραιπαληκώςhaving been intoxicatedSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa537 Theodoridis. The headword -- perfect active participle of kraipala/w, masculine nominative singular -- is quoted from Psalms 77:65 LXX (NIV 78:65: …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1882Κνώδοντοςof a spear's tooth, of a swordAn approximation of Sophocles, Ajax 1024-1026 (from which the present headword, in the genitive case, is extracted: see web address 1), with scholion. [1] Literally, knw/dontes are the teeth of a hunting spear, which …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1243Κεκληγότεςhaving shoutedLike 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1373Κεράσαν[it] having mixedThe aorist active neuter singular participle and the aorist active infinitive of kera/nnumi (cf. kappa 1362). The particular participle form is attested before the Suda only in John Chrysostom (In Psalmum 145, PG 55.521). …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1315Κενεμβατεῖνto step on a hole, to lack a solid foundationSame or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa562 Theodoridis. The present headword reappears as a gloss in sigma 547 (q.v.). The word is used literally by Plutarch (Flamininus 10), …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1335Κέντοροςof a goader, of a driverThe headword noun does not appear in this form, the genitive singular, in extant literature. However, it does occur in the scholia vetera to Homer, Iliad 13.171 ("Imbrius, the son of Mentor, rich in …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1247Κεκλόμενοςhaving commanded, commandingFrom 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

λ464Λῆξιν δίκηςallocation of a lawsuitThe twin headword phrases here are lacking (Adler reports) in ms A, as if to suggest that this material is a continuation of lambda 463. But Photius too has this as a discrete entry: …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1518Κημὸν καταμηλῶνprobing down with a funnel[1] Aristophanes, Knights 1150. The noun khmo/s is properly a muzzle (kappa 1519), but here it refers to the funnel-shaped mouth of a voting urn: see kappa 1520 and LSJ s.v. II.2. [2] From …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1342Κεντροτύποςstriking with a goadThe 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1150Κἄχεζενand he was taking a shitThe headword is a crasis of kai\ e)/xezen, i.e. 'and' plus the third person singular imperfect of the verb xe/zw. The form was likelier to need glossing because of the crasis than for unfamiliarity …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1792Κλητεύειsummons, summonses; gives evidence that a summons has been served[1] The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb klhteu/w. It has this same glossing already in Hesychius kappa2978, and is presumably quoted from somewhere. [2] LSJ s.v. klhth/r (of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1148Καφώρηςof a vixen, vixen's… singular, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] The adjective kerdw=|os has the second sense given in LSJ s.v., being derived not from ke/rdos "profit", but kerdw/ "the wily one, the fox". (The …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2105Κορώνηshearwater, crow, something hooked (like a crow bill), tip, glansBesides kappa 2106 (below), cf. also kappa 2103. [1] Artemidorus 5.65: a dream interpretation, in which a passive homosexual's glans grows hairy out of disuse. The particular meaning "glans" for "tip" is not recorded …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2242Κωλοβάθρουof a fetter, fetter's… singular form must be quoted from somewhere, but not from an identifiable source. Artemidorus (3.15) and Hesychius (in definitions at kappa47 and kapp641) are the only other attestations of the word, none of them …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2318Κράμβηcabbage[1] Folk etymology from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 539 (see below, at n.5); also in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum; kora/mbh and kora/mblh are made up from ko/rh "pupil" and a)mblu/nw "make …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from Korykos… entry in Photius (Lexicon kappa1330 Theodoridis), deriving from Pausanias the Atticist (kappa60), and similarly elsewhere, including Hesychius kappa4882 (more succinct); see Theodoridis' references, and further below. For Korykos see Barrington Atlas map 65 grid …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1479Κειρίαbedstead-band… (The present gloss is taken, verbatim, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 816: see next note.) For LSJ s.v. II see kappa 1480. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 816. (The accepted text has xameu/nh|, as in …Matched in noteshighshort

λ465Λῆξιςallotment, cessation[1] LSJ s.v. lh=cis A "allotment", from lagxa/nw; LSJ s.v. lh=cis B "cessation", from lh/gw. Same definition given in alpha 3356 (and cf. mu 875); also in the Synagoge, Photius, and the Lexica Segueriana. …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ367Λεῖξαιlixae, camp-followers, sutlersThe headword lei=cai, otherwise unparalleled in Greek writers, is a straight transliteration of the Latin lixae. See generally Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary s.v., with references. [1] As the following excerpt outlines, the …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ867Κατάχει τοὔλαιον ἐν τῷ χαλκείῳpour the oil in the shield[1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 1128, with comment from the scholia there (see n. 3 below). The passage continues "I see [in the shield the image of] an old man who will be prosecuted for cowardice". …Matched in noteshighmedium

λ470Λῆροςdementia, deliriumFor this headword see also lambda 469. [1] From John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima 161.4-15 and 19-26 Hayduck. The Aristotle passage in question is 408B: "The case of mind is different; it …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2055Κοππατίαςkoppa-brandedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 23, where the headword occurs in the accusative singular. (Accusative plural in line 438, on which see n. 5 below; and for fr. 42 see n. 6 below.) …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2319Κραμβοτάτουloudest, quite loud, very loud[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 539; see already under kappa 2318. Crates (kappa 2339) is the subject of the verse involved: "kneading most ingenious notions from a krambotaton mouth". See further, next …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1682Κισσύβιονivy-cup[1] The headword is Homeric (Odyssey 9.346, 14.78, 16.52), already defined with this gloss (without "properly") in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. Pollux 6.97 instead suggests it was so called for being adorned with ivy. Both …Matched in noteshighshort

λ227ΛεαίνωI smoothMss AFV, Adler reports, contain only the two participles, not the primary headword leai/nw or "with an accusative." See also lambda 211, lambda 355. The verb is also listed as taking the accusative in …Matched in noteshighshort

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