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κλέος ἔπραξεν -> won a good reputation

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Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς -> Titus Flavius Clemens, Clement of Alexandria

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κνέφας δὲ τέμενος αἰθέρος λάβῃ -> and darkness had covered the region of the sky

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κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον –> fortune is common to all, the future is unknown (Isocrates, "To Demonicus" 29.2)

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κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων –> good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it

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κοινωνεῖν τῆς οἰκήσεως -> share in residence

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κοινωνὸς χερνίβων -> partaker of holy water, inmate of the same house, companion at table, table companion

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κόκκυ, μεθεῖται –> cuckoo—it's released

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κορυφαῖον τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων -> crowning fulfilment of things

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κορυφαῖος ἑστηκώς -> standing at the head of the row

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κοῦφοι καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι -> fleeting words, idle words

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κραδία δὲ φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει -> my heart knocks at my ribs

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κραταιὰ ὡς θάνατος ἀγάπη -> love is strong as death, strong as death is love (Song of Songs, LXX)

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κραταίπιλος -> with strong felt

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κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας -> the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

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κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων -> the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring

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κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) -> One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.

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κρεῖττον σιωπᾶν ἐστιν ἢ λαλεῖν μάτην -> it's better to keep silence than to speak without reason (Menander)

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος -> it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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κρηνῶν ἐπιμελητής -> keeper of fountains, Superintendent of Wells

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