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Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.

Τhucydides, 2.40.1

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Κάρπᾰθος: ἡ, νῆσος μεταξὺ Κρήτης καὶ Ρόδου, ἀνθ᾽ οὗ παρ᾽ Ὁμ. (Ἰλ. Β. 676) ὑπάρχει Κράπαθος χάριν τοῦ μέτρου· ὁ συνήθης τύπος Κάρπαθος κατὰ πρῶτον ἀπαντᾷ ἐν Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 43· - τὸ Καρπάθιον πέλαγος κατὰ πρῶτον παρὰ Στράβ. 488.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ἡ) :
Carpathos, île entre la Crète et Rhodes.