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Κάρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κάρ Καρός

Structure: Καρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Caria; a Carian

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐνθένδε ἐσ Καρῶν λιμένα ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 24 5:3)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ Καρῶν λιμένοσ ἐσ Τετρισιάδα στάδιοι εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατόν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 24 5:5)
  • Φιλόξενόσ τισ Μακεδὼν Καρίασ σατραπεύων δεηθεὶσ χρημάτων Διονύσια ἔφασκε μέλλειν ἄγειν, καὶ χοραγοὺσ προέγραψε τῶν Καρῶν τοὺσ εὐπορωτάτουσ καὶ προσέταττεν αὐτοῖσ ἃ δεῖ παρασκευάζειν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 110:1)
  • λόγον δὲ τοῖσ ἀρίστοισ περὶ αὑτοῦ καταλέλοιπεν ἀνδρὸσ βίον βεβιωκὼσ ὑψηλότερον, ὦ Καρῶν ἀνδραποδωδέστατε, τοῦ σοῦ μνήματοσ καὶ ἐν βεβαιοτέρῳ χωρίῳ κατεσκευασμένον. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:6)
  • ἱστορεῖται δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον τῶν Καρῶν δεισιδαιμονίᾳ περισχεθέντων ἐπὶ τὸ μαντεῖον τοῦ θεοῦ παραγενομένων εἰσ Ὕβλαν καὶ πυνθανομένων περὶ τῶν ἀπηντημένων, θεσπίσαι τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ποινὴν αὐτοὺσ ἀποδοῦναι τῇ θεῷ δι’ ἑαυτῶν ἑκούσιον καὶ χωρὶσ δυσχεροῦσ συμφορᾶσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 131)

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