Καρυᾶτις
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
-ιδος, ἡ, μέλισσα (prob. priestess of Artemis) St.Byz.; as substantive esp. Artemis, Paus. 3.10.7.
1. dance in honour of Artemis, Poll. 4.104; cf. καρυατίζω¹.
2. Καρυάτιδες, ων, αἱ, Caryatids, Karyatids, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, Pratin. Lyr. 4.
3. Archit., Caryatid, caryatid, Karyatid, karyatid: female figures used as bearing-shafts, Lync. ap. Ath. 6.241e, Vitr. 1.1.5.
4. a kind of earrings, Poll. 5.97.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ιδος
adj. f.
de Karyes.
Étymologie: Καρύαι.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Κᾰρυᾶτις: ιδος adj. f Карийская (эпитет Артемиды, храм которой находился в городе Καρύαι) Plin.
ιδος ἡ кариатида
1 колонна в форме женской статуи Plut.;
2 pl. пляски в честь Артемиды Καρυᾶτις - см. καρυατίζω.
Greek Monolingual
η (AM Καρυᾶτις, -ιδος)
αρχιτ. κίονας που έχει γυναικεία μορφή και υποβαστάζει τον θριγκό ενός οικοδομήματος (α. «οι Καρυάτιδες του Ερεχθείου» β. «δειπνεῖν δεῖ ὑποστήσαντα τὴν ἀριστερὰν χεῖρα ὥσπερ αἱ Καρυάτιδες», Αθήν.)
αρχ.
1. ιέρεια τὴς Αρτέμιδος
2. επίθ. της Αρτέμιδος («ἄγαλμα ἕστηκεν Ἀρτέμιδος ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ Καρυάτιδος», Παυσ.)
2. (κατά τον Πολυδ.) είδος χορού προς τιμή της Αρτέμιδος στις Καρυές της Λακωνικής
3. είδος σκουλαρικιού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < τοπων. Καρύαι + κατάλ. -ᾶτις (πρβλ. Γυθ-άτις)].
Wikipedia EN
A caryatid (/ˌkæriˈætɪd/ KARR-ee-AT-id; Ancient Greek: Καρυάτις, pl. Καρυάτιδες) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town on the Peloponnese. Karyai had a temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants". An atlas or telamon is a male version of a caryatid, i.e. a sculpted male statue serving as an architectural support.
Translations
ar: تماثيل عذارى كارواي; az: Kariatid; be: Карыятыда; bg: Кариатида; ca: Cariàtide; cs: Karyatida; da: Karyatide; de: Karyatide; el: Καρυάτιδες; en: Caryatid; eo: Kariatido; es: Cariátide; et: Karüatiid; eu: Kariatide; fa: ستون زنپیکر; fi: Karyatidi; fr: Cariatide; ga: Cairiaitid; gl: Cariátide; he: קריאטידה; hr: Karijatida; hu: Kariatida; hy: Կարիատիդ; io: Kariatido; it: Cariatide; ja: カリアティード; ka: კარიატიდები; kk: Кариатида; ky: Кариатида; lv: Kariatīde; mk: Каријатида; nl: Kariatide; no: Karyatide; pl: Kariatyda; pt: Cariátide; ro: Cariatidă; ru: Кариатида; sh: Karijatida; sk: Karyatída; sl: Kariatide; sr: Каријатиде; sv: Karyatid; uk: Каріатида; vls: Karyatide; zh: 女像柱
Armenian: կարիատիդ; Bulgarian: кариатида; Catalan: cariàtide; Czech: karyatida; French: cariatide; caryatide; Greek: Καρυάτις, καρυάτιδα; Ancient Greek: Καρυᾶτις; Hungarian: kariatida; Italian: cariatide; Portuguese: cariátide; Spanish: cariátide
