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Carystos

Carystos · f

A very ancient town on the south coast of Eubœa

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Cărystŏs — Lewis & Short

Cărystŏs and -us, i, f., = *ka/rustos.

I A very ancient town on the south coast of Eubœa, famous for its marble, now Karysto or Castel Rosso, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; Liv. 32, 17; Tib. 3, 3, 14 al.
B Derivv.
1 Cărystēus, a, um, adj., of Carystos, Carystian: vada, Ov. F. 4, 282: marmor, Isid. Orig. 6, 11, 2; 16, 5, 15. —
2 Cărystĭus, a, um, adj., the same: marmor, Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 36, 6, 7, § 48: columellae, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 36: LAPIDICINAE, Inscr. Orell. 2964.—In plur. subst.: Căry-stĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Carystos, Liv. 32, 16, 8.—
II A town in Liguria, now Carosio, Liv. 42, 7, 3.

In the wild

6 of 22 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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