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|Definition=(A), Ep.and Ion. κάρη [ᾰ], τό, poet. for <b class="b3">κεφαλή</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>5</span>:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[head]], of men or animals, πολιόν τε κάρη πολιόν τε γένειον <span class="bibl">Il.22.74</span>; <b class="b3">ὑψοῦ κάρη ἔχει</b> [<b class="b3">ἵππος</b>] <span class="bibl">6.509</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ πόδα περὶ κάρα</b> from [[head]] to foot, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 165</span> (lyr.): metaph., ἐν δ' ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεός μ' ἔπαισεν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1272</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span> 564</span>; of <b class="b2">the face</b>, <b class="b3">γέλωτι φαιδρὸν κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1310</span>; μου κ. τὸ δυσπρόσοπτον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>285</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[peak]], [[top]], κάρη νιφόεντος Ὀιύμπου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>42</span>; of a tree, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>23</span>; [[edge]], [[brim]] of a cup, <span class="bibl">Eub.56.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in Trag., as periphr. for <b class="b2">a person</b>, <b class="b3">Οἰδίπου κάρα</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">Οἰδίπλους</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>40</span>, <span class="bibl">1207</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">αὐτάδελφον Ἰσμήνης κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ κασίγνητον κ</b>., for <b class="b3">ὦ κασίγνητε</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1164</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ φίλον κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1631</span>; <b class="b3">φίλον κ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>905</span>.--Hom. uses nom. acc. <b class="b3">κάρη</b>, gen. dat. <b class="b3">κάρητος, κάρητι</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.230</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.75</span>; also <b class="b3">καρήατος, καρήατι</b>, <span class="bibl">23.44</span>, <span class="bibl">19.405</span>, nom. pl. καρήατα <span class="bibl">11.309</span> (whence was formed nom. sg. <b class="b3">κάρηαρ</b>, <span class="bibl">Antim.76</span>); acc. pl. κάρη <span class="bibl">Il.10.259</span> (but perh. sg.), nom. acc. pl. κάρᾱ <span class="bibl">Sannyr.3</span>, perh. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>291</span>; κάρᾰ ἐξεπεφύκει <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 12</span>; dat. pl. <b class="b3">κάρησι</b> f.l.in <span class="bibl">Tryph.602</span>:—post-Homeric Poets inflected <b class="b3">κάρη</b> as if it were of decl. <span class="bibl">1</span>, gen. κάρης <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.74</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>125</span>; dat. κάρῃ <span class="bibl">Thgn.1024</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>249</span>; acc. κάρην <span class="bibl">D.P.562</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>131</span>; Trag. dat. <b class="b3">κάρᾳ</b> with neut. Prons., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>230</span>, etc.; late acc. κάραν <span class="title">Anacreont.</span> 50.9. (Cf. Skt. [[śiras]](neut.) 'head', gen. [[śīrṣṇás]], abl. [[śīrṣatás]]: <b class="b3">κάρηνα</b> (fr. <b class="b3">κᾰρᾰσ-ν-α</b>) and <b class="b3">κράατα</b> (perh. fr. κρᾱς-ṇ-τα) are forms of this word, v. [[κάρηνον]], κράς, κρανίον: cogn. with Lat. [[cerebrum]] (fr. <b class="b2">ceres-ro-</b>), ONorse [[hjarne]] 'brain', and prob. <b class="b3">κέρας, κόρση</b>.)</span><br /><span class="bld">κάρα</span> (B), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">tame goat</b> (Cret.), Hsch.; also, [[fig]], Id. καραβαία· <b class="b3">δίκρουν ξύλον</b>, Id.</span>