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κάρῠον

karuon

Karyatiden

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Where it lives

Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

1. κάρυον · karyon — Frisk

κάρυον. Lak. ON Kagvaı mit einem berühmten Artemistempel; Adj. Καρυᾶτις (Ἄρτεμις, Paus.), pl. -tıdes Bez. der betreffenden Priesterinnen (Pratin. Lyr.), übertr. "Karyatiden’ (Lyrik. ap. Ath., Vitr.). — Myk. ka-ru-pi (Instr.)? — [Frisk, s.v. κάρυον, p. 2246]

2. κάρῠον · karyon — LSJ

nut, filberts, walnuts, sweet chestnut, filbert, almonds

any kind of nut, Ar. V. 58, Pl. 1056, Theoc. 9.21; κάρυα, = ἀκρόδρυα, Ath. 2.52a (but τὰ κ. ἢ . . τὰ ἀκρόδρυα Thphr. Char. 11.4); κ. πλατέα, i.e. filberts, X. An. 5.4.29; esp. of walnuts, Batr. 31, Epich. 150, Philyll. 25, Gal. 6.609; but this is prop. κ. βασιλικόν, Thphr. CP 4.2.1, Agatharch. 96, PCair.Zen. 13.6 (iii B. C.), Dsc. 1.125; or Περσικόν ibid.; κ. Εὐβοϊκόν sweet chestnut, Thphr. HP 1.11.3, 4.5.4; also κασταναϊκόν ib. 4.8.11, Agatharch. 43; κ. Ἡρακλεωτικόν filbert, Thphr. CP 4.2.1, IG

2 nut-shaped boss

nut-shaped boss as ornament, OGI 214.49 (Branchidae, iii B. C.).

II stone, kernel

stone, kernel, Thphr. HP 3.9.5; κ. κοκκυμήλου ib. 4.2.5.

2 seed, kernels

seed of conifers, Id. CP 1.19.1; κ. πιτύϊνα pine-kernels, Diocl. Fr. 127.

III

= ἠρύγγη, Dsc. 3.21.

In the wild

κάρυα · karya Septuaginta, Genesis 43
κάρυα · karya Septuaginta, Numeri 17
κάρυα · karya Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.29 (DIORISIS sentence 2260)
καρύοις · karyois Xenophon, Anabasis 5.4.32 (DIORISIS sentence 2269)

Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κάρῠον (scan p. 2246; entry #7330).

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