The corpus record

καρφαλέος

karphaleos

dry, parched

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

καρφ-ᾰλέος · karph-aleos — LSJ

dry, parched, dry, sharply

dry, parched, ὡς ἄνεμος ἠΐων θημῶνα τινάξῃ καρφαλέων Od. 5.369; δέρμα Hp. Aph. 5.71, Prog. 2, Gal. 10.674; ἀστάχυες, ἄρουρα, AP 9.384.14, Orph. L. 269; κ. δίψει AP 9.272 (Bianor), 7.536 (Alc.); of sound, καρφαλέον δέ οἱ ἀσπὶς . . ἄϋσεν the shield rang dry, i.e. sharply, Il. 13.40

II drying, parching

Act., drying, parching, πῦρ v.l. for καρχαλέος (q. v.), Nic. Th. 691.

In the wild

καρφαλέον · karphaleon Iliad 13.409
καρφαλέων · karphaleōn Odyssey 5.369

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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