κάρος

See also: καρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said to be from κάρα (kára, “head”), as in "to have a heavy head," but Beekes finds this doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.ros/ → /ˈka.ros/ → /ˈka.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ros/

Noun

κᾰ́ρος • (káros) m (genitive κᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. heavy sleep, torpor; drowsiness

   Synonyms: κῶμᾰ (kôma), νῶκᾰρ (nôkar)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́ρος; τοῦ κᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́ρος ho káros	τὼ κᾰ́ρω tṑ kárō	οἱ κᾰ́ροι hoi károi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́ρου toû károu	τοῖν κᾰ́ροιν toîn károin	τῶν κᾰ́ρων tôn kárōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́ρῳ tôi kárōi	τοῖν κᾰ́ροιν toîn károin	τοῖς κᾰ́ροις toîs károis
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́ρον tòn káron	τὼ κᾰ́ρω tṑ kárō	τοὺς κᾰ́ρους toùs károus
Vocative	κᾰ́ρε káre	κᾰ́ρω kárō	κᾰ́ροι károi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰροφόρος (karophóros)
• κᾰρόω (karóō, verb)
• κᾰρώδης (karṓdēs, adjective)

References

• “κάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press