Καρύαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ῶν, αἱ, <span class="title">Caryae</span>, a place in Laconia with a famous temple of Artemis, <span class="bibl">Th.5.55</span>, etc.:—hence Κᾰρῠᾶτις, ιδος, ἡ<b class="b3">, μέλισσα</b> (prob. priestess of Artemis) St.Byz.; as [[substantive]] esp. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> <span class="title">Artemis</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.3.10.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[dance in honour of Artemis]], <span class="bibl">Poll.4.104</span>; cf. [[καρυατίζω]] <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Κᾰρῠάτῐδες, ων, αἱ, [[priestesses of Artemis at Caryae]], Pratin.Lyr.<span class="bibl">4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Archit., [[female figures used as bearing-shafts]], Lync. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.6.241e</span>, Vitr.1.1.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> a kind of [[earrings]], <span class="bibl">Poll.5.97</span>.</span>