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κατὰ τί δεῦρ' ἀνεφθάρης -> by what ill luck came you hither, why the hell did you come here, what the hell brought you here

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κατὰ τὸ φιλόκαλον πειραθέντα κατανοῆσαι -> see by working out the calculation

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κατὰ τὸν αὑτοῦ δαίμονα βιοῦν -> live under the direction of his own guiding spirit

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κατὰ τὸν δαίμονα ἑαυτοῦ -> true to his own spirit, true to his inner daemon

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κατακεχυμένος ζωμός -> sauce in oille | pot au feu | dish compounded of fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces

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κατακρίνω -> condemn, reprove, reprobate, reproach, give as sentence against, deem guilty of

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κατανοήσατε τὰ κρίνα [τοῦ ἀγροῦ] πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει -> Look at field-lilies, how they keep growing. They don’t toil, they don’t spin. (Luke 12:27)

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καταπέψαι μέγαν ὄλβον -> bear great fortune meekly

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καταπύγων -> the middle finger, middle finger, given to unnatural lust, lecherous, lewd, arse bandit, ass bandit, assfucker, batty boy, batty man, bender, bitch, bottom, bugger, buggerer, bum chum, bumder, bummer, butt pirate, buttfucker, catamite, catcher, chi chi man, chutney ferret, fag, fagboy, faggot, fairy, fartknocker, finocchio, flamer, friend of Dorothy, fruit, fudge packer, fudge-packer, gay, gayboy, gaylord, gunsel, homo, homosexual, horse's hoof, jobbie jabber, jobby jabber, mary, nan, nance, nancy, nancyboy, nancy-boy, omi-palone, oscar, pansy, pathic, peter puffer

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κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος -> grave, everlasting dwelling, everlasting dwelling place

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καταψῆν -> to rub down

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κατθανεῖν κρατεῖ -> 'tis better to die

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κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκειν -> to have come too late, to have arrived after the festival, to have come the day after the fair, to have missed the boat

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καί τιν᾿ ὀίω αἵματί τ' ἐγκεφάλῳ τε παλαξέμεν ἄσπετον οὖδας ἀνδρῶν μνηστήρων, οἵ τοι βίοτον κατέδουσιν –> and I think some one of the suitors that devour your property shall bespatter the vast earth with his blood and brains

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καίπερ κακοῖς δουλεύοντες ἐχόρευον ὅμως ταῖς γε θεοῖς ὡς σωθείησαν

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κείνους δὲ κλαίω ξυμφορᾷ κεχρημένους (Euripides' Medea 347) -> I weep for those who have suffered disaster

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κεῖται μὲν γαίῃ φθίμενον δέμας, ἡ δὲ δοθεῖσα ψυχή μοι ναίει δώματ’ ἐπουράνια –> my body lies mouldering in the ground, but the soul entrusted to me dwells in heavenly abodes

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κεκλημένον βαρβαρικῶς -> called in the language of the country

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κενὰ σκιαγραφήματα τῆς διανοίας -> figments of the imagination

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κεναὶ μακαρίαι -> hot air, poppycock, balderdash, baloney, bull, bunk, drivel, empty talk, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, a load of crap, a load of shit, nonsense, stuff and nonsense

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