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κάρτος

kartos

cut

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1. καρτός · kartos — Beekes

καρτός [adj.] ‘cut’, epithet of πράσον ‘onion’, κρόμμυον ‘garlic’; τὸ καρτόν ‘chive’ (Dsc., Gal. Gp.); also of clothes, perhaps ‘(finely) cut’ (IG 2”, 1514: 39f. of xAavic, xAavioKtov). VAR Kaptol κεκουρευμένοι ‘who have had the hair cut’ (H.). *ETYM Zero grad verbal adjective of » κείρω. For the connection with onion, cf. MoHG Schnittlauch ‘chive’ from schneiden ‘to cut’, and Knoblauch ‘garlic’, from OHG … — [Beekes, s.v. καρτός, p. 697]

2. καρτός · kartos — Frisk

καρτός Beiwort der Zwiebel, des Lauches (πράσον, κρόμμυον) “geschnitten’, τὸ καρτόν “Schnittlauch” (Dsk., Gal., Gp.); auch von Kleiderä, etwa ‘(fein) geschnitten’? (7@ 22 1514, 39f.; χλανίς, yAavlaxıov); καρτοί" πεκουρευμένοι H. — Verbaladjektiv von xeiow (s.d.); wegen der Beziehung auf die Zwiebel vgl. nhd. Schnittlauch und Knoblauch, aus ahd. klobo-louh zu ags. clufu “Zwiebel’ und ahd. klioban “klieben, spalten’; … — [Frisk, s.v. καρτός, p. 826]

3. καρτός · kartos — LSJ

shorn smooth

shorn smooth, opp. rough, of cloths, IG 2(2).1514.40.

II chopped, sliced

chopped, sliced, esp. of the leaves of the leek, πράσον κ. Dsc. 2.149, Eup. 2.123; also κ. κρόμμυα Gal. 10.815; τὸ κ. abs., Gp. 2.6.32. (On the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.216.)

4. κάρτος · kartos — LSJ

strength, vigour, violence, force

strength, vigour, κάρτεϊ καὶ σθένεϊ σφετέρῳ Il. 17.322; κάρτος τε βίη τε Od. 6.197; violence, force, κάρτεϊ νικήσας πατέρα Hes. Th. 73; κάρτεϊ, = βίᾳ, Leg.Gort. 2.3, al.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κάρτος (scan p. 697; entry #2962).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κάρτος (scan p. 515; entry #3699).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κάρτος (scan p. 826; entry #2826).

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