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Κάρ

Κάρ

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Κᾱ́ρ (Kā́r) m (genitive Καρός); third declension

  1. Car or Kar, the legendary founder of Caria

Noun

Κᾱ́ρ (Kā́r) m (genitive Καρός); third declension

  1. an inhabitant of Caria; a Carian

Inflection

The personal name rarely takes a definite article.

Derived terms

  • Καρία (Karía)
  • Καρικός (Karikós)
  • Κάειρα (Káeira)

Descendants

  • Greek:
    • Καρ (Kar)
    • Κάρας (Káras)
    • plural: Κάρες (Káres)
  • Latin: Car (plural Cares)

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012