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κάρπᾰσος

karpasos

a kind of fine flax

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What it meant

1. κάρπασος · karpasos — Beekes

κάρπασος [f.] ‘a kind of fine flax’ (Ὁ. H. 2, 68, sch. Ar. Lys. 736), ‘cotton’ (Peripl. M. Rubri 41). *VAR Also -a [n.pl.] ‘sails from linen’ (AP 9, 415, 6; after ἱστία). Also κάλπασος (pap.). *COMP ψευδο-κάρπασος [m.] = » Κάχρυ (Ps.-Dsc,; s.v.). *DER καρπάσιον ‘Spanish flax’ (pap. ITIP), καρπάσινος ‘made of x.’ (LXX, Str., Ὁ. H.) = Lat. carbasinus. λίνον Καρπάσιον ‘from Κ΄ on Cyprus’ (Paus. 1, 26, 7). … — [Beekes, s.v. κάρπασος, p. 695]

2. κάρπασος · karpasos — Chantraine

κάρπασος : f., avec le doublet κάλπασος dans un pap., serait une variété de lin (D.H. 2,68, Sch. Ar., Lys. 736), mais dans d'autres textes il s’agit franchement du coton (Peripl. M. Rubr. 41), cf. Olck, RE 3,1572, et Kalléris, Prôtai Hylai tés Hyphaniourgias…., thèse d'Athènes, 1952, 208 ; au pl. n. κάρπασα désigne des voiles (AP 9,415,6) ; dérivés : καρπάσιον sorte de lin qui viendrait d'Espagne (pap. 11° 8. … — [Chantraine, s.v. κάρπασος, p. 514]

3. κάρπασος · karpasos — Frisk

1. κάρπασος f. (auch κάλπασος [Pap.]) "eine Art feiner Flachs’ (D.H. 2,68, Sch. Ar. Lys. 736), "Baumwolle’ (Peripl. M. 792 κάρπασον --- καρπός Rubri 41), -α n. pl. ‘Segel aus Linnen’ (4P 9, 415, 6; nach ἱστία). Komp. ψευδο-κάρπασος m. = κάχρυ (8. d.; Ps.-Dsk.). — Davon καρπάσιον “spanischer Flachs’ (Pap. IIIP), καρπάσινος “aus x. (LXX, Str., D.H.) = lat. carbasinus. Mit aind. karpäsa- m. ‘Baumwollstaude’ identisch; … — [Frisk, s.v. κάρπασος, p. 823]

4. κάρπᾰσος · karpasos — LSJ

flax, Linum usitatissimum, L. angustifolium

flax, Linum usitatissimum (or perh. L. angustifolium), D.H. 2.68, Sch. Ar. Lys. 736.

2 cotton

cotton, Peripl.M.Rubr. 41 (cf. Skt. karpāsas).

II white hellebore, Veratrum album, sucus carpathi

κάρπασον, τό, white hellebore, Veratrum album, Orph. A. 922; ὀπὸς καρπάσου Archig. ap. Gal. 12.445, Dsc. Alex. 13; sucus carpathi, Plin. HN 32.58; cf. ὀποκάρπασον, καρπησία.

Where it came from

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