καρτερός (karteros)

Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 4 · 5.18/10k
Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Symposium 3 · 1.72/10k
Iliad 17 · 1.52/10k
Odyssey 11 · 1.27/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
History 17 · 1.14/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καρτερός · karteros — LSJ

strong, staunch, the strongest

= κρατερός (q. v.), strong, staunch, φάλαγγες Il. 5.592; καὶ εἰ μάλα κ. ἐστιν [Hector] 13.316; Ἡρακλῆς ὁ κ. Ar. Ra. 464: c. inf., κ. ἐστι μάχῃ ἔνι φῶτας ἐναίρειν Il. 13.483; πολέμῳ ἔνι κ. ἐσσι 9.53; Ζεὺς Τυφῶ -ώτερος μάχῃ A. Th. 517; τὰ καρτερώτατα the strongest, S. Aj. 669.

2 possessed of, in control of, master of

c. gen., possessed of, in control of, master of, Ἀσίης Archil. 26; οὐκέτι τῆς αὑτοῦ γλώσσης κ. οὔτε νόου Thgn. 480; ἁμῶν Theoc. 15.94; παθῶν D.H. 5.8; γῆς καὶ οἰκίων SIG 45.28 (Halic., V B.C.); Θηβαίων Arr. Fr. 91 J.

3 steadfast, patient, obstinate, mighty

= καρτερικός, steadfast, patient, πρὸς πάντα X. Cyr. 1.6.25; obstinate, -ώτατος ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ ἀπιστεῖν Pl. Phd. 77a; κ. πρὸς τὸ λέγειν mighty in disputation, Id. Tht. 169b.

4 mighty, potent, of might, severe, strongly contested, sharp, severe, force, violence, the utmost verge of

of things, mighty, potent, ὅρκος Il. 19.108; κ. ἔργα deeds of might, 5.872; κ. ἕλκος severe, 16.517; κ. μάχη strongly contested, sharp, severe, Hdt. 1.76, Th. 4.43; ναυμαχίη Hdt. 8.12; ἀγών Plb. 1.27.11; ἀλαλά, μέριμναι, Pi. I. 7(6).10, 8(7).13; λίθος Id. O. 1.58, E. Fr. 1044; κτύπος A. Pr. 923; -ώτατον βέλος Pi. O. 1.112; τὸ κ. force, violence, A. Supp. 612; but τόλμης εἶμι πρὸς τὸ κ. the utmost verge of . . , E. Med. 394; κατὰ τὸ κ. in Adv. sense, Hdt. 1.212, 3.65, Ar. Ach. 622, etc.; πρὸς τὸ

5 strong

of place, strong, Hdt. 9.9, Th. 4.3; τὸ -ώτατον τοῦ χωρίου Id. 5.10; λόφος κ. Id. 4.131.

6 fixed, determined

= κύριος, fixed, determined, τοῦτο κ. εἶναι SIG 45.22 (Halic., V B.C.).

II strongly, violently, sound

Adv. -ρῶς strongly, violently, LXX 4 Ma. 15.31, Arr. An. 2.23.7, Luc. Somn. 6; κ. ὑπνοῦσθαι to sleep sound, Hdt. 3.69.

2 resolutely

resolutely, Ach.Tat. 8.17; κ. ὑπόμενε Luc. Prom. 21.

In the wild

καρτεροῖς · karterois Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 208–210
καρτερόν · karteron Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 211–215
καρτερὸν · karteron Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 922–923
καρτερώτερος · karterōteros Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 516–518
καρτερόν · karteron Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 612–614
καρτερὸν · karteron Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..5 (DIORISIS sentence 72)

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Where it came from

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