καρτερός: Difference between revisions

|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]] (q[[quod vide|q.v.]]): but the [[regular]] forms καρτερώτερος, -ώτατος, [[occur]] now and then, Pind., [[attic]]