καρτερός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν<b class="b3">, (κάρτος)</b> <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[κρατερός]] (q. v.), [[strong]], [[staunch]], φάλαγγες <span class="bibl">Il.5.592</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ εἰ μάλα κ. ἐστιν</b> [Hector] <span class="bibl">13.316</span>; <b class="b3">Ἡρακλῆς ὁ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>464</span>: c. inf., κ. ἐστι μάχῃ ἔνι φῶτας ἐναίρειν <span class="bibl">Il.13.483</span>; πολέμῳ ἔνι κ. ἐσσι <span class="bibl">9.53</span>; Ζεὺς Τυφῶ -ώτερος μάχῃ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>517</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ καρτερώτατα</b> [[the strongest]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>669</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">possessed of, in control of, master of</b>, Ἀσίης <span class="bibl">Archil.26</span>; οὐκέτι τῆς αὑτοῦ γλώσσης κ. οὔτε νόου <span class="bibl">Thgn.480</span>; ἁμῶν <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.94</span>; παθῶν <span class="bibl">D.H.5.8</span>; γῆς καὶ οἰκίων <span class="title">SIG</span>45.28 (Halic., V B.C.); Θηβαίων <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>91</span> J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[καρτερικός]], [[steadfast]], [[patient]], πρὸς πάντα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.25</span>; [[obstinate]], -ώτατος ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ ἀπιστεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>77a</span>; <b class="b3">κ. πρὸς τὸ λέγειν</b> [[mighty]] in disputation, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of things, [[mighty]], [[potent]], ὅρκος <span class="bibl">Il.19.108</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἔργα</b> deeds [[of might]], <span class="bibl">5.872</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἕλκος</b> [[severe]], <span class="bibl">16.517</span>; <b class="b3">κ. μάχη</b> [[strongly contested]], [[sharp]], [[severe]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.76</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.43</span>; ναυμαχίη <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.12</span>; ἀγών <span class="bibl">Plb.1.27.11</span>; [[ἀλαλά]], [[μέριμναι]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).10</span>, <span class="bibl">8(7).13</span>; λίθος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>1.58</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1044</span>; κτύπος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>923</span>; -ώτατον βέλος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.112</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[force]], [[violence]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>612</span>; but <b class="b3">τόλμης εἶμι πρὸς τὸ κ</b>. [[the utmost verge of]]... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>394</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὸ κ</b>. in Adv. sense, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.212</span>, <span class="bibl">3.65</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>622</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>214</span>: abs., <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of place, [[strong]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.3</span>; τὸ -ώτατον τοῦ Χωρίου <span class="bibl">Id.5.10</span>; <b class="b3">λόφος κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.4.131</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> = [[κύριος]], [[fixed]], [[determined]], τοῦτο κ. εἶναι <span class="title">SIG</span>45.22 (Halic., V B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-ρῶς</b> [[strongly]], [[violently]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>15.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>2.23.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Somn.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ὑπνοῦσθαι</b> to sleep [[sound]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 3.69</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[resolutely]], <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.8.17</span>; κ. ὑπόμενε <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Prom.</span>21</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[καρτερός]], ή, όν [[κάρτος]] = [[κρατερός]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[strong]], [[staunch]], [[stout]], [[sturdy]]; c. inf., καρτερὸς ἐναίρειν [[strong]] to [[kill]], Il.; τὰ καρτερώτατα the strongest, Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. gen. [[possessed]] of a [[thing]], [[lord]] or [[master]] of it, Theogn., Theocr.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> like [[καρτερικός]], [[steadfast]], [[patient]], πρὸς πάντα Xen.: [[obstinate]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of things, [[strong]], [[mighty]], [[potent]], [[ὅρκος]] Il.; κ. ἔργα deeds of [[might]], Il.; κ. [[μάχη]] [[strongly]] [[contested]], [[desperate]], Hdt., Thuc.; —τὸ καρτερόν, τόλμης τὸ κ. the [[extremity]] of [[daring]], Eur.:— κατὰ τὸ καρτερόν by [[force]], Hdt., Ar., etc.; so, πρὸς τὸ καρτερόν Aesch.; τὸ καρτερόν, absol., Theocr.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> of [[place]], like [[ὀχυρός]], [[strong]], Thuc.; τὸ καρτερώτερον τοῦ χωρίου Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> adv. -ρῶς, [[strongly]], etc., κ. ὑπνοῦσθαι to [[sleep]] [[soundly]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the [[common]] comp. and Sup. are [[κρείσσων]] and [[κράτιστος]] (qq. v.): but the [[regular]] forms καρτερώτερος, -ώτατος, [[occur]] now and then, Pind., [[attic]]