κάρηνον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], τό, Dor. κάρᾱνον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>396</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Mosch.1.12</span> (Ion. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κάρηνον <span class="bibl">2.87</span>); in derivs. the ᾱ prevails: (v. <b class="b3">κάρα</b> A):—<b class="b2">head</b>, mostly in pl. (as always in Hom.), <b class="b3">ἀνδρῶν κάρηνα</b>, periphr. for <b class="b3">ἄνδρες</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.500</span>; <b class="b3">νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.10.521</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">βοῶν ἴφθιμα κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.23.260</span>; <b class="b3">ἵππων ξανθὰ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">9.407</span>: metaph., of mountain <b class="b2">peaks</b>, <b class="b3">Οὐλύμποιο κ</b>. <span class="bibl">1.44</span>, etc.; of towns, πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα <span class="bibl">2.117</span>, <span class="bibl">9.24</span>; <b class="b3">Μυκάλης αἰπεινὰ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">2.869</span>: in pl., of a single person, κάρηνα . . Μελανίππου σπάσας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>537</span>: sg. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>8.12</span>, <span class="bibl">28.8</span>, Mosch.ll. cc., <span class="bibl">Coluth.264</span>, <span class="title">Anacreont.</span> 1.11.</span>