κάρφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> any [[small]] [[dry]] [[body]], esp. [[dry]] [[stalk]], as of the [[dry]] [[stick]]s of [[cinnamon]], Hdt.3.111; of [[rice]]-[[straw]], Polyaen.4.3.32, cf. Luc. Herm.33: generally, in plural, [[dry]] [[twig]]s, [[chip]]s, [[straw]]s, [[bit]]s of [[wool]], such as birds make their nests of, Ar.Av.643, Sophr.32, Arist.HA612b23, AP10.14 (Agath.): collectivelyin sg., A.Fr.24, Arist.HA560b8, Ath.5.187c: in sg., [[chip]] of [[wood]], Ar.V.249; [[toothpick]], Alciphr.1.22: [[proverb|prov.]], [[κινοῦσα μηδὲ κάρφος]] = stirring not a single [[blade]] of [[grass]], '[[not stirring an inch]]', Ar.Lys.474, cf. Herod. 3.67; οὐδὲ κ. ἐβλάβη Epigr.Gr.980.9 (Philae); ἀπὸ τῆς κύλικος κάρφος τῷ μικρῷ δακτύλῳ ἀφαιρετεῖν Ion Hist.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = Lat. [[festuca]], Plu.2.550b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> a [[small]] [[piece]] of [[wood]] on which the watchword was written, Plb.6.36.3.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in plural, [[ripe]] [[fruit]], Nic.Al.230, 491, Th.893,941.<br><span class="bld">V</span> = [[τῆλις]], Dsc.2.102. ([[σκάρφος]] is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] (perhaps right) in A.l.c., Plb.l.c.: perhaps cogn. with Engl. [[sharp]].)