Κάρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Anatolian language, possibly Carian or Hittite 𒅗𒅈𒆠𒅀 (Karkija).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǎːr/ → /kar/ → /kar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǎːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kar/

Proper noun

Κᾱ́ρ • (Kā́r) m (genitive Κᾱρός); third declension

1. Car or Kar, the legendary founder of Caria

Noun

Κᾱ́ρ • (Kā́r) m (genitive Κᾱρός); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Caria; a Carian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κᾱ́ρ; τοῦ Κᾱρός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κᾱ́ρ ho Kā́r	τὼ Κᾶρε tṑ Kâre	οἱ Κᾶρες hoi Kâres
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾱρός toû Kārós	τοῖν Κᾱροῖν toîn Kāroîn	τῶν Κᾱρῶν tôn Kārôn
Dative	τῷ Κᾱρῐ́ tôi Kārí	τοῖν Κᾱροῖν toîn Kāroîn	τοῖς Κᾱρσῐ́ / Κᾱρσῐ́ν toîs Kārsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κᾶρᾰ tòn Kâra	τὼ Κᾶρε tṑ Kâre	τοὺς Κᾶρᾰς toùs Kâras
Vocative	Κᾱ́ρ Kā́r	Κᾶρε Kâre	Κᾶρες Kâres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κᾱρῐ́ᾱ (Kāríā)
• Κᾱρῐκός (Kārikós)
• Κάειρᾰ (Káeira)

Descendants

• Greek: Καρ (Kar), Κάρας (Káras)
• Latin: Cār

References

• “Κάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κάρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Κάρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Κάρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Caria" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.