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καρώ

karo

Kümmel, Carum carvi

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What it meant

1. καρώ · karō — Frisk

καρώ f. "Kümmel, Carum carvi’ (Dsk., Gal., Orib., wohl auch Diph. Siph. ap. Ath. 9,371e); καρωτόν n. “Karotte, Möhre’ (Ath. 1. e.?; Lesung sehr unsicher); lat. carota (Apie.). — Wohl von κάρᾶ, -n ‘Kopf’ wie κεφαλωτόν Ben. einer Zwiebel von κεφαλή (ähnlich Bg). «κἀς adverbielles Suffix, 5. &xac. — [Frisk, s.v. καρώ, p. 828]

2. καρώ · karō — LSJ

caraway

caraway, Dsc. 3.57, Orib. 3.2.3: perh. to be read in Ath. 9.371e.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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