previous next

[378] καρός: a word of unknown origin, and apparently not found again in Greek. The most likely explan. is that which connects it with “κείρω” (cf. “ἀκαρής”), a chip, shaving. Heyne ad loc. collects the ancient interpretations, which are all worthless; e.g. that it is the gen. of “κήρ” and means ‘I hate him like death ’ (as 3.454; hence van L. conj. “τίω δέ ἑ κηρὸς ἐν αἴσηι”), or that it means a Karian — “Κᾶρες Καππάδοκες Κίλικες, τρία κάππα κάκιστα” — which would need a long “α”: “τίω δέ ϝε Καρὸς ἐν αἴσηι” Bentley. Others read “ἔγκαρος” and explained “φθειρός”! For αἴσηι, lit. in the measure of, cf. on 1.418.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide References (1 total)
  • Commentary references from this page (1):
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: