Καρύαι

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Full diacritics: Κᾰρύαι Medium diacritics: Καρύαι Low diacritics: Καρύαι Capitals: ΚΑΡΥΑΙ
Transliteration A: Karýai Transliteration B: Karyai Transliteration C: Karyai Beta Code: *karu/ai

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ῶν, αἱ, Caryae, a place in Laconia with a famous temple of Artemis, Th.5.55, etc.:—hence Κᾰρῠᾶτις, ιδος, ἡ, μέλισσα (prob. priestess of Artemis) St.Byz.; as Subst. esp.    1 Artemis, Paus.3.10.7.    2 dance in honour of Artemis, Poll.4.104; cf. καρυατίζω 2.    II Κᾰρῠάτῐδες, ων, αἱ, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, Pratin.Lyr.4.    2 Archit., female figures used as bearing-shafts, Lync. ap. Ath.6.241e, Vitr.1.1.5.    3 a kind of ear-rings, Poll.5.97.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Καρύαι: ῶν αἱ, τόπος ἐν Λακωνικῇ μετὰ περιφήμου ναοῦ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, Θουκ. 5. 55, κτλ.· -ἐντεῦθεν, ΙΙ. Καρυᾶτις, ἡ, ἐπώνυμον τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, Παυσ. 3. 10, 7. 2) Λακωνικὸν ὄρχημα εἰς τιμὴν τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, Πολυδ. Δ΄, 104· - ὁπόθεν Καρυᾱτίζω, ὀρχοῦμαι τὸ ὄρχημα τοῦτο, Λουκ. π. Ὀρχ. 10. ΙΙΙ. Κᾰρυάτῐδες, ων, αἱ, αἱ ἱέρειαι τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ἐν Καρύαις, Meineke εἰς Εὔφορ. σ. 94. 2) ἐν τῇ Ἀρχιτεκτονικῇ Καρυάτιδες εἶναι ἀγάλματα κορῶν χρησιμεύοντα ὡς κίονες ἢ ὑποστηρίγματα ἐπιστυλίων, Βιτρούβ. 1. 1· πρβλ. Müller Archäol. d. Kunst. § 279, Museum Grit. 2. 400, καὶ ἴδε ἐν λ. Ἄτλαντες, Τελαμῶνες, Κανηφόροι. 3) εἶδος ἐνωτίου, Πολυδ. Ε΄,97.