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|Definition=(A), Ep.and Ion. [[κάρη]] [ᾰ], τό, ''poet.'' for [[κεφαλή]], Luc.''Lex.''5:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[head]], of men or animals, πολιόν τε κάρη πολιόν τε γένειον Il.22.74; <b class="b3">ὑψοῦ κάρη ἔχει</b> ([[ἵππος]]) 6.509; <b class="b3">περὶ πόδα περὶ κάρα</b> from [[head]] to [[foot]], A.''Eu.'' 165 (lyr.): metaph., ἐν δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεός μ' ἔπαισεν S.''Ant.''1272, cf. ''OC'' 564; of the [[face]], <b class="b3">γέλωτι φαιδρὸν κ.</b> Id.''El.''1310; μου κ. τὸ δυσπρόσοπτον Id.''OC''285.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[peak]], [[top]], κάρη νιφόεντος Ὀιύμπου Hes.''Th.''42; of a tree, S.''Fr.''23; [[edge]], [[brim]] of a cup, Eub.56.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Trag., as [[periphrasis]] for a [[person]], <b class="b3">Οἰδίπου κάρα</b>, i.e. [[Οἰδίπλους]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''40, 1207 (lyr.); <b class="b3">αὐτάδελφον Ἰσμήνης κ.</b> Id.''Ant.''1; <b class="b3">ὦ κασίγνητον κ.</b>, for <b class="b3">ὦ κασίγνητε</b>, Id.''El.''1164; <b class="b3">ὦ φίλον κ.</b> Id.''OC''1631; <b class="b3">φίλον κ.</b> A.''Ag.''905.--Hom. uses nom. acc. [[κάρη]], gen. dat. [[κάρητος]], [[κάρητι]], Od.6.230, Il.15.75; also [[καρήατος]], [[καρήατι]], 23.44, 19.405, nom. pl. καρήατα 11.309 (whence was formed nom. sg. [[κάρηαρ]], Antim.76); acc. pl. κάρη Il.10.259 (but perhaps sg.), nom. acc. pl. κάρᾱ Sannyr.3, perhaps S.''Ant.''291; κάρᾰ ἐξεπεφύκει ''h.Cer.'' 12; dat. pl. [[κάρησι]] [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Tryph.602:—post-Homeric Poets inflected [[κάρη]] as if it were of decl. ''1'', gen. κάρης Mosch.4.74, Call.''Fr.''125; dat. κάρῃ Thgn.1024, Nic.''Th.''249; acc. κάρην D.P.562, Nic.''Th.''131; Trag. dat. [[κάρᾳ]] with neut. Prons., A.''Ch.''230, etc.; late acc. κάραν ''Anacreont.'' 50.9. (Cf. Skt. śiras (neut.) 'head', gen. śīrṣṇás, abl. [[śīrṣatás]]: [[κάρηνα]] (fr. <b class="b3">κᾰρᾰσ-ν-α</b>) and [[κράατα]] (perhaps fr. κρᾱς-ṇ-τα) are forms of this word, v. [[κάρηνον]], [[κράς]], [[κρανίον]]: cogn. with Lat. [[cerebrum]] (fr. ceres-ro-), ONorse hjarne 'brain', and prob. [[κέρας]], [[κόρση]].)<br /><br />(B), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tame goat]] (Cret.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; also, [[fig]], Id. [[καραβαία]]· <b class="b3">δίκρουν ξύλον</b>, Id.