καρκίνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ὁ, heterocl. pl. [[καρκίνα]] (v. sub. fin.: on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.2.926):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[crab]], <span class="bibl">Epich.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Hellanic.103</span> J., S.<span class="title">Ichn.</span>298, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Eq.</span>608</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>297c</span>, <span class="bibl">Batr.299</span>; κ. ποδήνεμοι <span class="bibl">Crates Com.29.3</span>: various species distinguished, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>525a34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">601a17</span>, al.: prov., οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1083</span>; <b class="b3">εἴς μ' ὁρεῦσα καρκίνου μέζον</b> 'with saucer-eyes', <span class="bibl">Herod.4.44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <span class="title">Cancer</span>, as a sign in the zodiac, Eudox. ap. <span class="bibl">Hipparch.1.2.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Euc. <span class="title">Phaen.</span>p.10</span> M., <span class="bibl">Arat.147</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[eating sore]] or [[ulcer]], [[cancer]], = [[καρκίνωμα]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>6.38</span>, <span class="bibl">D.25.95</span>, Gal.10.83. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> from like ness of shape to crab's claws, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[pair of pincers]], <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.20.3</span>, <span class="bibl">32.5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).165.11 (Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="title">AP</span>6.92 (Phil.), <span class="bibl">Ath.10.456d</span>; κ. σιδηροῦς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>521.14</span> (ii A.D.); used as an instrument of torture, <span class="bibl">D.S.20.71</span>: in Surgery, [[forceps]], κ. ἰατρικός <span class="title">IG</span>22.47.16: metaph., <b class="b3">λήψεται τὸν τράχηλον ἐντόνως ὁ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>609</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ζυγώματα]], bones of the temples, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.85</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> a kind of [[shoe]], <span class="bibl">Pherecr.178</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> a kind of [[bandage]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.48.54</span> tit., Gal.18(1).777. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[pair of compasses]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>55.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.192</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Opt.Doctr.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span> 10.54</span>: heterocl. pl., καρκίνα σπειροῦχα <span class="title">AP</span>6.295.5 (Phan.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[still]], implied in καρκινοειδής ''ΙΙ'' (q. v.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> pr. n. of Attic tragedian, hence prov., <b class="b3">Καρκίνου ποιήματα</b>, = [[τὰ αἰνιγματώδη]], <span class="bibl">Men.525</span>; Megarian pr. n. Κερκίνος <span class="title">SIG</span>201.12 (iv B.C.). (Cf. Lat. [[cancer]], Skt. [[karkaṭas]] 'crab'.)</span>