A.rumour, report, τί δὴ κ. ἔστ᾽ ἀνὰ ἄστυ; Od.16.461; “κ. εὐρὺ φόνου” 23.137; “ὄσσαν . . , ἥ τε μάλιστα φέρει κ. ἀνθρώποισι” 1.283; σὸν κ. news of thee, 13.415: c. gen., μετὰ κ. ἵκετ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν the report of their coming, Il.11.227, cf. 13.364; κείνου κατὰ κ. at the news of his coming, Pi.P.4.125; “τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν κ.” S.Ph.251; rumour, opp. certainty, “κ. οἶον ἀκούομεν οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν” Il.2.486; “γυναικογήρυτον κ.” A.Ag.487 (lyr.).
II. goodreport, fame, freq.in Hom., “κ. ἐσθλόν” Il.5.3; “ἀνδρὸς τοῦ κ. εὐρὺ καθ᾽ Ἑλλάδα” Od.1.344: abs., “τῷ μὲν κ., ἄμμι δὲ πένθος” Il.4.197; “τὸ δ᾽ ἐμὸν κ. οὔ ποτ᾽ ὀλεῖται” 7.91, cf. 2.325; κ. εἶναί τινι to be a glory to him, 22.514; “κ. οὐρανὸν ἵκει” 8.192, Od.9.20; “κ. οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἵκανε” 8.74; “κ. ἄφθιτον” Sapph.Supp.20a.4, Ibyc.Oxy.1790.47, GDIl.c.; κ. ἀρέσθαι, εὑρέσθαι, Pi.O.9.101, P.3.111; γίνεσθε κατὰ κ. ὧδε μαχηταί in renown, BCH24.71 (Acraeph., iii B.C.); “λαβεῖν” S.Ph.1347; κ. αἰχμᾶς glory in or for . . , Pi.P.1.66; “τῆς μελλοῦς κ.” A.Ag.1356; κ. σου μαντικόν ib.1098; “μικροῦ δ᾽ ἀγῶνος οὐ μέγ᾽ ἔρχεται κ.” S.Fr.938: less freq. in Prose, “κ. ἀέναον” Heraclit.29; “μένοντι δὲ . . κ. μέγα ἐλείπετο” Hdt.7.220; κ. καταθέσθαι to lay up store of glory, Id.9.78; “τιμὴν καὶ κ. ἔσχεν” Ar.Ra.1035; “πόρρω κ. ἥκει” Id.Ach.646; “κ. οὐρανόμηκες” Id.Nu. 459; “κ. ἔχειν τὰ περὶ τὰς ναῦς” Th.1.25; “παρ᾽ ἀνθρώποις ἀείμνηστον κ. ἔχει τινά” X.Cyn.1.6; “κ. ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι” Pl.Smp.208c; “κ. τε καὶ ἔπαινος πρὸς ἀνθρώπων” Id.Lg.663a; “περὶ χώρας ἀκούειν κ. μέγα” Lys. 2.5; “κ. ἕξειν ἔν τινι” Ath.Mech.15.4; ποῖον κ., εἰ . . ; 1 Ep.Pet.2.20: pl., ἄειδε δ᾽ ἄρα κλέα ἀνδρῶν the lays of their achievements, Il.9.189, cf. 524, Od.8.73; “κλέα φωτῶν μνήσομαι” A.R.1.1.
2. rarely in bad sense, δύσφαμον κ. ill repute, Pi.N.8.36; “αἰσχρὸν κ.” E.Hel.135, cf. Ar.Fr.796: both senses in Th.2.45 ἧς ἂν ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου . . κ. ᾖ of whom there is least talk either for praise or blame. (Cf. Skt. śrávas 'fame', Slav.slovo 'word', 'glory'; cogn. with κλέω (A), κλύω.)
